[Nfbc-info] Hello 2012! East Bay chapter celebrates braille for the New Year!

[Genesis Renata]

Hi East Bay Chapter,

 

This sound like a great event.  I wish you all luck and success.

Happy New Year!

 

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---------------------------------------- > From: jrholloway at earthlink.net > To: nfbc-info at nfbnet.org > Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:15:14 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Hello 2012! East Bay chapter celebrates braille for the New Year! > > > Jennifer and I will be there! > > -----Original Message----- > From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On > Behalf Of Serena Olsen > Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 1:12 PM > To: nfbc-east-bay > Cc: cabs-talk; nfbc-info > Subject: [Nfbc-info] Hello 2012! East Bay chapter celebrates braille for the > New Year! > > Happy New Year East Bay Chapter! > > Welcome to another year! As we emerge from the revelry of the long > holiday season and begin another year, I can't think of a better way > to get things started than a celebration of braille! > > Our first meeting of 2012 is in just a few days! For January, instead > of our regular meeting format, we will set up camp in the front area > of our little Starbucks and do a little hanging out and playful > outreach in the form of braille demonstrations of all kinds, all in > honor of Louis Braille's birthday which is the day before our regular > first-Thursday meeting of January 5th. > > Here's what we need: > --RSVP via this list or directly to me at olsen.serena at gmail.com. Or > text or call me at 831-917-5335 so I can get a general idea of how > many are coming and what we'll have on hand. RSVP is NOT required, > just helpful. > --Let me know if you'd like to bring a Perkins brailler, some kind of > slate & stylus, a notetaker, a braille book, some NFB literature or > another great idea I haven't thought of yet! Anyone and everyone who > can bring a little Dymo tape would be great, since it's a fun thing to > dymo label people's names to stick on their travel mugs, etc. and we > can offer to label gift cards as well. You can quietly demo these > items or chat up the public about them for the more extroverted among > us and let people know how important braille literacy is to blind > people to live and work independently. > > Time and place are the same as always--Union City Starbucks at 1752 > Decoto Rd. at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month, January 5th. > > An emerging tradition? > Many of our chapter regulars arrive early and grab a little dinner at > one of the many delicious restaurants in the area--give a shout-out on > this list to connect with fellow chapter members and share a little > pre-meeting dinner! > > And here's a link to the awesome, albeit lengthy, hours of talks given > by working blind professionals at the SF LighHouse's Employment Summit > at Enchanted Hills Camp. > SF LightHouse Employment Summit Audio: > http://lighthouse-sf.org/employment-summit/ > > Cheers, and see you Thursday! > > -- > Serena Olsen, MAIPS, NCLB > Staff Assistant, Japan Society of Northern California (www.usajapan.org) > Braille Instructor, Lions Center for the Blind (www.lbcenter.org) > President, NFBC East Bay (nfbc-east-bay at googlegroups.com) > > "We are all born to be the hero of our own story." --Deepak Chopra > > _______________________________________________ > Nfbc-info mailing list > Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Nfbc-info: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org/jrholloway%40earthlin > k.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Nfbc-info mailing list > Nfbc-info at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Nfbc-info: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbc-info_nfbnet.org/genesisrenata%40hotmail.com