[NFBC-SFV] Emergency Preparedness Fair

Thu Oct 4 21:51:48 UTC 2018

 My pleasure! Nancy works at a great place. When I went in she was juggling phone calls and visitor questions. Not an easy gig especially on festival day!
I was also impressed with their community. My lunch companions were a person in a wheelchair, a developmentally disabled woman, and a hearing impaired person. We had a range of disabilities, but we all talked and had a great lunch. Events like this bring people together, a good thing.
Unfortunately the star presenters, Los Angeles Fire department, were on call. They were presenting information and answering questions when their alarms went off and they had to leave. They weren't able to demo putting out a trash can fire. Despite that they were informative and they also demonstrated community involvement.
Thank you for your note, Sheila!-Lynne
    On Thursday, October 4, 2018, 2:02:41 PM PDT, Sheila Biglang-Awa via NFBC-SFV <nfbc-sfv at nfbnet.org> wrote:  

Hi Lynne.

Just  dropping a thank you  note.

That was nice of you to share your experience at the event where Nancy works. Very informative.

Best. 

Sheila Marie B.C. 

818.404.7646

From: NFBC-SFV [mailto:nfbc-sfv-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of L Nishihara via NFBC-SFV
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2018 6:31 PM
To: Biglang-Awa, Sheila <sheilab370c at gmail.com>
Cc: L Nishihara <lnnishihara at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBC-SFV] Emergency Preparedness Fair

Hi Nancy. Thank you again for telling us about this event. I was happy to see Jaymee and Johnny there too! Attendees received a nylon back-pack swag bag. It contained a key chain compass with red emergency light, a durable plastic case with  first aid to go supplies, a pack of DCRC Post-It Notes, a pen, a DCRC refrigerator magnet, a 7-day pill box in Braille, and a 52 by 84 foil mylar water-proof and weather-proof rescue blanket. By the way, the backpack is big enough to add a folded spare cane, Half liter bottle of water, a packets of Kleenex, a Cliff bar or two, and a roll of toilet paper. Well, you get my drift on customizing your emergency pack.

Throughout the day prizes were raffled off (free tickets). Lunch was excellent with chicken, beef, or  pork make to order soft tacos and all the condiments. It was a hot day and the cold beverages were welcome. Fruit juices (Melon, mango, and something else. They also had my favorite, horchata! 

The event was held in the DCRC parking lot. Music filled the event from a DJ who was happy to play requests. Nancy and Richie (I think that was his name?) were at the reception table answering phones and visitor's questions. Across from them was another table with people accepting people's names and emails for future event notification.

Also indoors were several tables fro the Gas Company, Voter registration, DCRC with Emergency Preparedness hand books.

Jim Baker, DCRC Executive Director, was kind enough to talk to me at length. He told me about the Center. It is for all disabilities. A minimum of 51 percent of the employees must have a disability. DCRC has exceeded that minimum! They are also there for the community. Some people may come fro the food or even a a drum circle. They will leave with a greater understanding that people with disabilities are people. We have strengths, we have weaknesses, the same as anyone else.

During the festival I noticed there was space for more booths. Jim said he thought it would be great if NFB had a booth. There would be no cost. DCRC would supply supplies like the booth, tables, chairs, etc. We would provide our own materials and people to man the booth. I thought something about guide dogs would be useful. Johnny and Jaymee had told me about a woman who was afraid of his dog. Johnny and Jaymee moved to another table. It may not work for everyone, but if people were educated they would not associate a service dog with a yappy hand-bag accessory, or a quote end-quote "guard" dog that had no training. Pre-conceptions and prejudices abound. It would be beneficial to everyone to learn about other people, get to know them.

Apologies for taking up so much of your time. I wanted to thank Nancy for telling us about this event. I also wanted to float the idea by you about having a booth at a DCRC event. Jim said there were several during the year. Nancy could tell us what's coming up. Outreach and education is a good thing!

See you on the 13th!

Lynne Nishihara

On Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 5:04:59 PM PDT, Nancy Urquilla via NFBC-SFV <nfbc-sfv at nfbnet.org> wrote: 

Hello,

Attached is the flyer for the emergency preparedness event I talked about during our September chapter meeting.

This event will take place on Friday, September 21st, 2018 from 12:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Disability Community Resource Center (DCRC.) The address is:

12901 Venice Blvd.,

Los Angeles, CA, 90066.

Cross street is Beethoven Street.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Nancy 

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