[NFB-NM] FW: [State-Affiliate-Leadership-List] NFB Senior Division Virtual Retreat

[Tara Chavez]

Attention all Seniors, please see the below message regarding a virtual
Senior retreat.

 

 

Tara Chavez, President

National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico

NFBNM.President at gmail.com <mailto:NFBNM.President at gmail.com> 

(505) 328-3349

Live the life you want.

www.nfbnm.org <http://www.nfbnm.org/> 

 

The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends
who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work
together to help blind people live the lives they want.

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From: State-Affiliate-Leadership-List
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Subject: [State-Affiliate-Leadership-List] NFB Senior Division Virtual
Retreat

 

Request for distribution from Jane Degenshein, NBF Senior Division Board
Member

 

Topic:  National Federation of the Blind Senior Division 2024 Virtual Senior
Retreat

Date: February 11th through 17th, 2024

Location:  Zoom; Anywhere and Everywhere





This virtual retreat focuses on promoting a sense of wellbeing and
self-confidence despite living with newly acquired vision loss, and/or
lifelong blindness. Our collective experience has taught us that learning
about blindness from competent blind people, while sharing the camaraderie
of fellow retreat members, strengthens personal growth and guides seniors to
advocate for themselves. Participants can look forward to receiving training
in basic skills in adaptive techniques, development of new strategies for
solving problems, an introduction to valuable resources, all to be better
able to determine for themselves, what steps they can take to Live The Life
They Want. We cannot overstate the positive impact an individual will
experience as a member of a group of seniors, working together, sharing
life-changing activities in a retreat of this nature; just ask one of our
recent graduates!

 


Schedule


Note: All times listed are in Eastern Time.

Sunday, February 11

1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Meet & Greet

 


Monday, February 12 through Friday, February 16


12:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Classes


Saturday, February 17


1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

Wrap Up


ELIGIBILITY


*  Legally Blind

*  Strong desire to learn nonvisual techniques

*  50 or over


Featured Topics


*  Cane Travel

*  Daily Living Skills

*  Beginning Braille

*  Organizational Skills & Tactile Learning

*  Useful Aids & Devices

*  Cooking Techniques & Food Preparation

*  Technology Topics

*  NFB-NEWSLINE


COST


The cost is $50 per attendee. Money must be received by February 3, 2024.
Payment can be made by check, PayPal or Zelle. PayPal accepts credit cards
and debit cards.

 

Checks should be made payable to NFB Seniors Division with 2024 Seniors
Retreat in the memo, and sent to:

NFB Senior Division

c/o Duncan Larsen

304 East Simpson Street

Lafayette, CO 80026-2326

 

To pay using PayPal, complete the online registration form and then click on
the PayPal button found on the form's confirmation page. You can pay via
PayPal by using a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account.

 

If you prefer to make an instant payment using Zelle, you may do so by
choosing to send money and adding NFB Senior Division as a recipient. When
asked whether you want to add a mobile number or email address to send,
choose mobile and use 979-583-6343 as the number for the recipient.


Registration Form


https://seniors.nfb.org/senior-retreat/registration

 

The registration form for the 2024 Senior Retreat can be found here. 

 

Please visit our https://seniors.nfb.org/senior-retreat/archived

Archived Senior Retreats page to listen to the audio archives of previous
Senior Retreats.

 


Additional Information


Questions should be directed to nfbseniors at gmail.com
<mailto:nfbseniors at gmail.com> 

nfbseniors at gmail.com <mailto:nfbseniors at gmail.com>  or to 443-681-9345. If
you have difficulty completing the online form, call or email us for
assistance. We will be happy to help.

 

If we are not available when you call, someone will contact you as soon as
possible.

 




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