[Nfb-idaho] BELL Program

[vickie bateman]

Ramona,
Thanks for sharing that information.  It sounds like it was very
successful and so very beneficial to those children.  Thanks to you
and all the others who helped with the BELL program.
Vickie Bateman

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Ramona Walhof <ramona.walhof at gmail.com> wrote:
> I keep asking people to use this listserv.  I guess I better take my own
> advice.
>
> Last Friday we completed the first Braille Enrichment for Learning and
> Literacy Program for blind children in this State.  We had five students,
> and I think it went very well for the first year.  We had two five-year-olds
> starting to kindergarten this fall, a six-year-old, and nine-year-old, and a
> young man who just turned 14, older than the recommended age, but it was
> really good for him.  I think it was good for all the kids.
>
> We had lots of help, and I thank all those who worked.  Our drivers were
> Mary Symms Pollot and Brian Jain.  Our teachers were Carlton Walker from
> Pennsylvania, Jan Zollinger and Jeanne-Marie Kopecky from IESDB; Susan Ford,
> Sue Sebranek.  Susan MCCoy, Dana Ard, and Mike Gibson came in for an
> afternoon each.  Our cooks were Susan Bradley and Linda Lindley.  Ray
> Halverson, Harry Gawith, Larry Sebranek, and Cassandra Parks also helped
> haul things in and out.  St. Joe's Catholic School where we held the classes
> was very accomodating.
> It was a lot of work, but worth every minute of it, I think.  I think the
> kids learned a lot, and so did the bolunteers.
>
> We had music first thing in the morning, Braille reading, Braille writing,
> travel, other non-visual techniques, and Journaling what happened each day.
> We had three field trips, and the other afternoons we did a wide variety of
> different things.  The Commission for the blind helped a lot  with funding,
> and the School for the Blind let us use a van and other equipment and
> supplies.  It takes a  lot to set up a school, even if it is only for two
> weeks.
> I think we can be proud of this project, and I thank all who helped and all
> who cheered us on.
>
> Ramona
>
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