[Nfb-krafters-korner] Transportation was: Starting a Business

[slery]

I changed the subject line to make sure that these messages come up when
someone does a search in the archives.

Have any of you considered hiring a college student as a driver? Or a
helper? 

For Joyce's situation of teaching classes at Joanne's, they could drive to
and from, help unload if necessary, and then while the class is going on
they would be free to work on homework. Typically, classes are one to two
hours so in most cases it would not be practical for them to leave and come
back, however, they could be free to leave and catch a meal. You could hire
based on your driving time only so that you would only be responsible for
paying for the driving time and then it would be up to them what they could
do during the non-working time frame.

For Lynda, maybe you would be able to hire a college student by promoting
the fact that there would be down time where they could do homework.

College students would probably be willing to work for cheaper (not
necessarily cheap) rates because they would be working AND doing homework.

I know we all have our own budget but I wanted to put this out there as
something that might be a little more affordable. Of course, there are some
flaky college students, but honestly, I have had better luck with them than
adults/non-students.

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> River Woman
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 5:05 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business 
> inCraftstranpostations
> 
> 
> Yes, Greg, a sighted person has no clue about the many many 
> little details 
> we have to think about all the time. The bathroom is sure one 
> of them. And, 
> transportation is enormous. I live in the country, and i do 
> not even have 
> blind services available here from the country blind 
> association. So without 
> my husband or a family member, I would get just about 
> nowhere. To work a 
> full time JOB like I did all my life, would be a real stretch of the 
> imagination and one that someone who does not know our 
> difficulties would 
> never even think about. Lynda
> 
> Lynda Lambert
> River Road Studio, Since 1976
> www.lyndalambert.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "NCBootman" <ncbootman at gmail.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 4:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business 
> inCraftstranpostations
> 
> 
> >I sure understand all of that! I have lots of crafts that 
> would do well 
> >at
> >a flea market or yardsale or even craft show. But, I don't 
> have dependable 
> >transportation and in addition, have to have a sighted 
> helper. It would be 
> >very easy at something like this to just walk by and take 
> what you like and 
> >me never know it! They steal from sighted people. But, I'd 
> be an easy 
> >target. And, then there's the issue of a bathroom. It may be 
> on the other 
> >end of the event and just not be doable to go by oneself.
> >
> > So, I enjoy doing my crafts, make them for gifts, sell a few to 
> > friends,
> > and once in a while get sighted help and do a sale of some 
> kind like in my 
> > front yard. These are all considerations. I love what I do 
> and stay as 
> > busy as I want to be with all my different activities but 
> for the sighted 
> > person who thinks it is easy for a blind person to work, it isn't.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 11:55 AM
> > To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in
> > Craftstranpostations
> >
> >> Greg
> >>
> >> Man you are correct about transportation.  That is why I stopped 
> >> doing
> >> the
> >> craft shows, my friend that was sighted hurt her back and 
> could not go 
> >> with
> >> me any more to shows, so I lost my eyes and driver for shows.
> >>
> >> I have had 3 job offerings  and the first I could not get  
> >> transportation and it would have been to teach triangle 
> weaving, the 
> >> other one  was at the Joann's craft store being a knitting and 
> >> crochet teacher, I could get transportation during the 
> day, but not 
> >> in the evening and of course they wanted
> >> classes in the evening.  I could get public transportation 
> up there, but 
> >> it
> >> would drop me off at the huge shopping center next to the 
> shopping center
> >> that  Joann's was in.  I would have to walk through 2 
> large parking lots 
> >> to
> >> get  there.
> >>
> >> Now I am sitting waiting to start a job learning how to 
> cane chairs.
> >> The
> >> only public transportation directly to the area I need to go is by 
> >> train.
> >> I have been working with the mobility trainer now and it 
> has come  to his
> >> decision  that he feels it would be safe for me to take 
> the train up 
> >> there,
> >> but not the return back train.  He is giving it a 75% 
> rating of  being
> >> successful.  So I am waiting to here the blind agency's 
> other  thoughts 
> >> on this.
> >>
> >> Joyce  Kane
> >> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
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