[NFBC-SFV] Meet Saul our Adopt-A-Student 2018 recipient

[Lnn Nishi]

Hi everybody! The Adopt-A-Student committee has chosen Saul Valadez as
our recipient.  In brief, Saul is 14 years old and blind. He is a
freshman in high school, loves music and eating/preparing healthy
foods. Saul lives with his parents Alejandra and Jesus and his 8 year
old brother Omar. His family would be happy to jopin us at our holiday
party. They are very appreciative of what the chapter is doing for
Saul.

I've asked Joe and Sharon to submit the committee report to you since
I am unable to be at the meeting. A big thank you to both!

The following is the text version of Saul's application submitted by
his former teacher, Linda Eaves. Have a great meeting!

Lynne Nishihara


NATIONAL FEDERATION

OF THE BLIND

NFBC-SFV Adopt-A-Student

2018 Application for the Blind or

Visually Impaired
Please provide the following

information:

 Applicant Full Name:
Saul Valadez
 Parent or Guardian's Full Name
Mother:  Mia Alejandra Valadez
Father:  Jesus Valadez

Brother

(8 years old):  Omar

 Home

Address (Street, City, State, Zip

Code): 4952 Passons Blvd, Pico

Rivera, CA,
90660
 Phone number: 562-528-2310
 Email Address (optional): None
 Gender:
Male
 Age: 14

Grade in school (K — 12). Select

from drop-down. 9 - Freshman

  School Name:
 1)
El Rancho High School
2) Academy of Music for the

Blind (AMB)
 Spoken Language(s) (list all):
Spanish and English
 What are your Hobbies,

interests, talents?

Listen to music, learn to do

different things, sing, dance,

make healthy foods and

smoothies.


List volunteer activities:

Makes bed, washes dishes,

serves food to little brother,

visits with neighbor, gets items

from garage, and washes and

dries clothes.


Please tell us your dreams, your

hopes and aspirations. If there

is not enough space, please use

a separate piece of paper. If

more convenient submit an

audio recording (.mp3, .mp4, or

.wav) (Remember to write your

name on the document or say it

in the recording)


I want to live somewhere where

I can have a big house with 4

bedrooms. I would like to live in

a 2-story house so my family

and I could have parties. I want

to have a job where I could

make sandwiches for people. I

hope when I get my house, we

can have lots of flowers that

smell beautiful. Also, I wish my

house would have a big garage

to fit 3 cars. I would be happy if

my house had a big laundry

room so I could wash and dry

and fold everyone's clothes.

Playing music and learning new

songs and learning how to play

new instruments makes me feel

excited. I hope I can continue

learning about music.


14.   If assisted by another

person please provide:
 Name:

Linda Eaves

Relationship to Candidate:
Former Vision Teacher
 Phone Number (include area

code):

Enter Area code and phone

number xxx-xxx-xxxx
 Email:

leaves at erusd.org

Thank you! Please return
completed form via: Email:
Lnn.Nishi at gmail.com

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Additional information from Lynne

November 2, 2018

Parents would be happy to
attend the holiday party!
Father’s name is Jesus
Mother goes by her middle
name, Alejandra

Saul is pronounced with 2
syllables: Sa-ool
He wears Adult size Small
He enjoys games using Braille
playing cards
He also enjoys playing Braille
UNO
Enjoys eating healthy food
Family accepted a donated
organ (musical instrument)
As discussed before, Saul loves to sing and might also enjoy a karaoke
microphone and speakers. Robert might be familiar with it.

Brother Omar is 8 years old and
is normal sighted
Omar wears Child size 6

(Lynne’s comment: I usually buy a
size larger because of variations
among manufacturers)
Regarding toys, Omar enjoys
with toys with wheels