[Nfb-or] Student Outreach

[Mike Freeman]

Haben:

I have not met you although I more-than-anxious to do so. I'm President 
of the NFB of Washington.

Your ideas below are great and should all be tried. But in my 
experience, the only thing that *really* works is personal outreach, 
i.e., going to the high schools and colleges and actually advertising 
for and holding meetings to gauge the interest of blind students. Making 
friends is the best way to welcome and engage new members. I know funds 
and time are tight but the personal touch will accomplish far more than 
will written correspondence although email works somewhat better in that 
many of your generation consider it almost as good as personal 
communication.

Just one old curmudgeon's opinion.

Warmly,

Mike Freeman, President
National Federation of the Blind of Washington

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Haben Girma" <habnkid at aol.com>
To: "NFB of Oregon mailing list" <nfb-or at nfbnet.org>; "Vivian M. Smith" 
<vmsmith76 at charter.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 02, 2009 1:16 PM
Subject: [Nfb-or] Student Outreach


Hello all,

The student division wants to reach out to more students, and we need
help sending letters to high schools, colleges, and agencies for the
blind in Oregon that can pass our message on to blind students. Please
let me know if you would like to help out.

Haben

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