[NFBC-SFV] My gift to chapter's adopted child

Tue Dec 6 11:43:16 UTC 2016

	Hello Everyone,

I bought her a vest jacket
Bill Grosjean

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From: NFBC-SFV [mailto:nfbc-sfv-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Beth Estrada via NFBC-SFV
Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 9:36 AM
To: Grosjean, Bill <bill.grosjean1958 at gmail.com>
Cc: Beth Estrada <betsyestrada76 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBC-SFV] My gift to chapter's adopted child

Hello everyone, I think it would be a nice idea if the chapter can get mom a gift as well, as for myself I will be getting Jocelyn and outfit

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> On Dec 5, 2016, at 10:01 AM, Nancy Urquilla via NFBC-SFV <nfbc-sfv at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Juanita,
> Below is the email with additional information about Jocelyn that 
> Racquel sent out on Saturday.
> I hope this helps.
> 
> Nancy
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I want to introduce to you our chosen adopted child this year, 2016.
> The committee had reviewed the applications we received and had 
> decided that our chapter is going to adopt Jocelyn Riddle-Serrano.
> Maria Acosta from Braille Institute is the one that referred this 
> candidate to us. Here is the information we gathered about Jocelyn’s 
> Christmas wish list:
> 
> 
> 
> Jocelyn’s mother, Brianna, said that the child needs clothes. And as 
> far as toys, she would like to have the Harry Potter wand collections.
> Here is some information we gather:
> 
>                Clothes size 12 in girls and her favorite color is gold
> 
>                Shoe size is 3 ½ in children
> 
>                The Harry Potter wand collections can be bought from 
> Barnes & Noble in Burbank
> 
> Maria provided me a link for this wand collections and it costs
> $159.00 with six wands from different characters. But when I called 
> the store, I was told that this one is more for collections or for 
> display only, not much really something you can play with. They have 
> other wands in individual boxes that are priced from $20 and up that 
> light up at the tip and makes sounds. Given Jocelyn’s age, I’m 
> thinking she may still want to play with these. Or I can ask the 
> mother which she thinks Jocelyn is wishing for. My thoughts and 
> suggestion is we can contribute in like what we did in previous years 
> and get the $160 wand collection if this is what Jocelyn wants. But if 
> she still likes to play with them, then we get her a couple or three 
> of them in individual boxes. What do you folks think? If we decide to 
> do this, I can volunteer to go to Barnes & Noble to purchase whatever 
> we decide.
> 
> 
> 
> Joy Stigile also mentioned that she was looking into getting her the 
> Harry Potter books in Braille since our Jocelyn is a braille reader. I 
> will double check again what she already has so we do not end up 
> getting her something she already has.
> 
> 
> 
> For those who enjoy shopping for kids and may want to get her clothes 
> or shoes feel free to do so. Please just let us know in this thread 
> what you decided to do.
> 
> 
> 
> We also asked the mom what’s in her wish list for Christmas. According 
> to Maria, she thinks Brianna like's Kylie Jenner's make up, the 
> Holiday collection for Christmas. Do any of you familiar with this 
> brand? Since Jocelyn is an only child, can we or should we consider 
> getting her mother a gift?
> 
> 
> 
> Here is additional information about Jocelyn to get to know her a bit more:
> 
> Our adopted child this year is Jocelyn Riddle-Serrano
> 
> 9 years old born on February 4, 2007
> 
> She is on 2nd grade and she goes to Van Ness Elementary School
> 
> They live in Sylmar. Her mother’s name is Brianna Suzanne Riddle. She 
> is an only child and lives with her mother, grandpa and grandma and 
> great grandmother.
> 
> Her cause of blindness is Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. Optic Nerve 
> Hypoplasia (ONH) is the under-development or absence of the optic 
> nerve combined with possible brain and endocrine abnormalities. It is 
> also known as Septo-Optic Dysplasia or DeMorsier's Syndrome.
> 
> Jocelyn’s hobbies are reading Harry Potter books and watching movies.
> She is also musically talented, playing the drums and part of the 
> Academy of Music School for the Blind.
> 
> Her mother is a single mom. The committee thought it would be nice to 
> adopt Jocelyn so we can hopefully help her and her mother as she grows 
> and they could probably use assistance in finding resources and 
> information as she gets older.
> 
> 
> 
> For those who are participating in our chapter Adopt A child program, 
> hopefully these information have been helpful. Please let me know if 
> you have questions. You may call at 818-457-1482, or email back in 
> this thread. Either I or anyone in the committee will do our best to 
> answer your questions.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you in advance for your participation.
> 
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