[Nationalharbor] County Resource Day. Only Two Weeks Left to Register!

[Michelle Clark]

7th Annual County Resource Day for Blind and Low Vision Persons 2016

How to Get What You Need to Live the Life You Want!

 

 

Explore Services and activities available in Prince Georges County and
surrounding areas!

WHEN:           Saturday, November 5, 2016   

TIME: 10 A.M. to 2 P.M.

WHERE: Colmar Manor Town Hall 

            3701 Lawrence Street, Colmar Manor, MD 20722

(Just outside of the DC line from Bladensburg Rd N.E.)

Service dogs are welcome as well!

ADMISSION: Free (Items and food will be Available for Purchase. 

 

Please support our Annual Hygiene Kit Project for Homeless Person.  Boxes
will be available on site for your donation. 

 

Do you know you can;

Learn to read and write Braille?   Get healthy and active outdoors? Find a
person who understands what to do to regain your independence? Advocate for
yourself? Get a free white cane and learn how to use it to navigate
independently? Learn to ride public transportation?   Get reduced taxes on
your home? Learn about housing assistance?

Hear the news on-line or listen to newspaper ads?      

Take classes and get help with accessibility? Apply for a private or Federal
job?

Get a refurbished computer?   Get help with reading your mail and small
chores?

Let us help you find out!   There will be answers to these questions and
many more!

 

Over 25 exhibitors and Vendors have been invited. They Include:

.           Maryland Park and Planning/Inclusion Services

.           Torres Foundation / Training

.           Quick Check 1& 2 (blood pressure, weight, and glucose levels)

.           The Washington Ear 

.           WMATA/Metro Access and Accessible Bus and Rail

.           Adaptify Solutions (everyday items for our use)

.           Phoenix Computers (refurbished computer referrals) 

.           Suitland Action Team (Community Services)

.           Maryland Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped/ NLS
Book Readers

.           Prince Georges Department of Health 

.           Move It with Moody

.           Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind 

.           Maryland Relay  

.           Vanda Pharmaceutical

.           A Federal Government Special Placement Coordinator (Schedule A)

.           Randolph Sheppard Vending Facility Program (for Blind Vendors)

 

To assist us with capacity control, all attendees must pre-register. There
are two ways in which to choose:

1.   On Line Registration: Go to Brown Paper Tickets Website at
<http://www.brownpaper> www.brownpaper tickets.com Type "County Resource Day
for Blind and Low Vision Persons in the "Search" box. Click on the link
marked "Register".

2.   Phone "Brown Paper Tickets" at: 800-838-3006.

 

Family and Friends are welcome! 

 

SPONSORED BY: The National Harbor Chapter, National Federation of the Blind
of Maryland

Amber Woods, Chairperson

Michelle Clark, President

 

Live the life you want in Prince Georges County!

 

 

 

 

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