[Nfb-kzoo] Chapter Support

[Jacalyn Paulding]

I woudl wholeheartedly agree with Christine's statement.  Our mission is to
empower.

Thanks!

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Boone, Christine (DELEG) <
BooneC at michigan.gov> wrote:

> I would be OK giving her $25 or something like that, but I know that
> someone is helping with her room, and Tyler, did you say that her
> boyfriend is helping with the train ticket?  Well, here is the question
> that I think we need to pose to this woman:
>
> Whatever one does, on any given day, one must spend money to eat, and to
> get around town (whether by car or bus).  Is Corinne spending any of her
> own money at all... on this convention?  I do not mind helping someone,
> but I would like them to show just a little self investment at the same
> time.
>
> What say the rest of you?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-kzoo-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-kzoo-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>  On Behalf Of Tyler Merren
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 11:41 AM
> To: nfb-kzoo at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-kzoo] Chapter Support
>
> Hey Everyone, I had a phone call from Corran Covacs asking if we may be
> able
> to assist with purchasing her train and her daughters train ticket to
> detroit.  I explained to her that their was no money available from the
> state, and that our funds were limited, but that we may be able to help
> her
> out a little.  She appearently is registered and has a room, and has a
> ticket reserved, but not yet purchased (she is waiting until the first
> of
> the month).  I spoke with her boyfriend and he stated that he would be
> able
> to help her out with the ticket, which is a total of $72 total for both
> of
> them round trip.  What does everyone think of this, should we offer some
> assistance from our small funds?  I personally don't have any problems
> with
> it at all, but I wanted to get an idea from the group on what you all
> thought?  Also, my computer is down, and I don't really care fro gmail's
> website, but I'll check my messages as much as I can.  There will also
> be
> spelling errors here, sorry about that, but it just isn't as easy
> without
> windows mail :).   Tyler Merren
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