<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Pam Allen" <<a href="mailto:pallen@lcb-ruston.com">pallen@lcb-ruston.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> February 3, 2014 at 1:42:56 PM CST<br><b>To:</b> "Catherine Guillory" <<a href="mailto:guillcat@gmail.com">guillcat@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: [PSDBC] Invitation to Participate in HKNC Senior Survey</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Invitation to Participate in new HKNC Senior Survey! We are still looking for volunteers!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults (HKNC) will be conducting a survey with seniors who experience combined loss of vision and hearing. If you are 55 or older and experience both hearing and vision loss, we invite you to participate in this survey. A gift card will be offered as a way to thank you for participating. Survey format options include online, telephone, braille, or large print.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The purpose of the survey is to determine priorities for training family members, community service providers, and professionals who work with older people who have hearing and vision loss. The results of the survey will be used to develop HKNC’s training curriculum to improve the skills and knowledge of these people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The survey is being carried out by The National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision (NRTC) at Mississippi State University and will begin in January 2014. If you would like to sign up to participate, you may do so online (</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HKNCparticipants"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HKNCparticipants</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> , by phone (662-325-2001) or by email (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:nrtc@colled.msstate.edu"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">nrtc@colled.msstate.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">). Please contact the NRTC by phone or email if you have questions or would like additional information. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon">B. J. LeJeune, M.Ed., CRC, CVRT </span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon"><br></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon">NRTC on Blindness and Low Vision<br>Mississippi State University</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon">P. O. Box 6189</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon">Mississippi State, Ms 39762<br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:bjlejeune@colled.msstate.edu"><span style="color:maroon">bjlejeune@colled.msstate.edu</span></a><span style="color:maroon"> <br>662-325-2694<br>FAX 662-325-8989</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">-------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <a href="mailto:PSDBC-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@TR.WOU.EDU">PSDBC-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@TR.WOU.EDU</a> For assistance, contact List Owners, Dorothy Walt <<a href="mailto:nwhknc@juno.com">nwhknc@juno.com</a>> or Paul Deeming <<a href="mailto:pauld@dbsm.org">pauld@dbsm.org</a>> --------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></body></html>