[NFB-Seniors] Fw: Second Virtual National Federation of the Blind Senior Division Retreat will be held from Sept. 19 to Sept. 25; Online registration open now

[jane degenshein]

From: Linda Melendez
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2021 5:03 AM
To: Bernice Davis ; Deshields, Elizabeth ; Pamela Gaston ; Vanino, Susan
Cc: Janie Degenshein
Subject: Second Virtual National Federation of the Blind Senior Division 
Retreat will be held from Sept. 19 to Sept. 25; Online registration open now

Greetings all,



Can you please share far and wide inviting all to participate in this year’s 
National Federation of the Blind Senior Division retreat; details below?



Request for distribution from Janie Degenshein, National Senior Division 
Bored Member



Hello all,



We are pleased to announce this wonderful and highly affordable opportunity. 
The second virtual National Senior Division Retreat will be held from Sept. 
19 to Sept. 25 2021.




2021 Virtual Senior Retreat
September 19th through 25th, 2021
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 the 
life-changing activities in a retreat of this nature; just ask one of our 
recent graduates!

ELIGIBILITY
Participants must be legally blind or have a serious change of vision. They 
must have a strong desire to learn nonvisual techniques taught by competent 
blind instructors. You do not have to be a senior or a member of the 
National Federation of the Blind to apply.

COST
The cost is $50 per attendee. Money must be received by August 30, 2021. 
Payment can be made either by check or PayPal. PayPal accepts credit cards 
and debit cards.

Checks should be made payable to NFB Seniors Division with 2021 Seniors 
Retreat in the memo, and sent to:
NFB Senior Division
c/o Duncan Larsen
Colorado Center for the Blind
2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
Littleton, Co 80120

To pay using PayPal, complete the online registration form and then complete 
the checkout process. You can pay via PayPal by using a credit card, debit 
card, or PayPal account.

Registration Form
  a.. 2021 Senior Retreat Registration Form (HTML)
  b.. 2021 Senior Retreat Registration Form (Word Document)
Agenda
  a.. 2021 Seniors Retreat Agenda (HTML)
  b.. 2021 Seniors Retreat (Word Document)
Archived Retreats
Please visit our Archived Senior Retreats page to listen to the audio 
archives of previous Senior Retreats.

Additional Information
If you have questions and need additional information, please contact:

Ruth Sager, President
Phone: 410-602-9030
Email: rsager78 at gmail.com

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​Warmly,
Linda Melendez, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
732-421-7063
Email: president at nfbnj.org
Website: www.nfbnj.org
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238
Twitter: @NFBNewJersey
YouTube: NFBNJTransformDreams
Live the life you want.

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