[Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs

Thu Apr 7 18:22:50 UTC 2011

Dear R.J.,

No, these scholarships are for people who have never been to a National 
Convention before and would like to experience what it is like.
DBS has sent people, not just students, but adults too, to both State and or 
national Conventions before.
The experience can be a life changing one for many people.
It is like getting your battery recharged.  The feeling is great and the 
exposure to the event, the people and the philosophy can make for some 
profound changes in people.
After I attended my first national NFB event, which was a Washington 
Seminar.  I came back to Florida like a man with his hair on fire.
I got more involved and wanted to reach out and give some of that new energy 
I had found to other Blind people.
I did.  My chapter became the largest in the state and spun off two other 
chapters.
Our meetings were so popular that we had people coming from Miami-Dad and 
Broward Counties to attend our monthly meetings.
We helped send as many as 21 people to go to National Conventions and 
provided help in attending state convention and the Washington Seminars too.
We would raise about $10,000 each year and provided several successful fund 
raisers, that were both used by the Florida State Affiliate and the local 
chapters to make money for them.
It was this exposure to the NFB organizations and the people in it that 
helped to change my attitude and my expectations of what a Blind person 
could do and be.
That is what I want for you and for all Blind people.  I want you to be the 
best you can be and by being that terrific Blind person, show others and 
change minds in the process.
We can fix the world, one person at a time.
Call your DBS counselor and ask them to help you go to the National 
Convention in Orlando.
Find a roommate to share a room with.  Do whatever it takes, but get there 
and you will never regret it.
The Jernigan Scholarships are not just for students, but adults too.  There 
are for people who have never attended a National Convention before.  You 
can apply for one.
Hurry as the deadline is April 14.
Go to the NFB web site and look for the paperwork.

David Evans, NFBF and GD Jack.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs

>I thought the scalarships were only for those persons going to school. Is 
>this true? RJ
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Evans" <drevans at bellsouth.net>
> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs
>
>
>>
>> Dear R.J.,
>>
>> If you are in it for half a loaf, why not a whole loaf?
>> Have you considered going away to Daytona, Ruston or even Colorado for 
>> your training?
>>
>> It is your life, so why not get the best training you can.
>> DBS can send you out of state for this training.
>> Under the Freedom of Choice provisions of the Rehab Act, you have the 
>> right to choose where you want to go for that training.
>> It is true that DBS can send you, but they only have to pay what it cost 
>> to send you to their own training center in Daytona and you could be on 
>> the hook for the rest, but they can also pick it all up and pay for it 
>> too.
>> Kathy Davis when there a couple of years ago and you could ask her for 
>> her input about it.  Rehab training is just like Post Secondary Education 
>> and training.    If a student wants to go to college and specialize in a 
>> subject or career, they want the best training possible, Right?
>> If you wanted to be a lawyer you might want to go to a school that 
>> specializes in the kind of Law you want to practice, such as at 
>> Princeton, Yale, Harvard or Stanford.  If you wanted to be an engineer, 
>> you might go to M.I.T., Georgia Tech, Michigan  or U.C.L.A.
>> This is why picking a place that has the best training you can get is 
>> important as it will determine the course of the rest of your life.
>> I learned, in training for the Olympics that if you want to be the best 
>> at what you do, then you need to run with the best and do what they do. 
>> If you do that there will come a point when you will be the best.
>>
>> I hope that you can come to the NfB National Convention in Orlando and 
>> see it for yourself.  You will be able to talk to many people who have 
>> attended NFB training Centers and get some first hand knowledge from 
>> them.
>> Ask your DBS counselor for some help in attending the Convention.  They 
>> have sent students to the conventions before.
>> You still even have a couple of days to do an application for a 
>> scholarship to attend the convention under the Jernigan Scholarship 
>> Program which would give you funding to attend.  The cut off date is 
>> April 14.
>> Get the info at www.nfb.org  .
>>
>> David Evans, NfBF and GD Jack.
>> "The person we become is determined by 3 things.  The experiences we have 
>> had, the people we have met and the books we have read."--Mark Twain.,"
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 5:55 AM
>> Subject: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs
>>
>>
>>> Any one in the palm beach area, What is your opinion of the light house 
>>> of the palm beaches? My meeting with the Florida division of blind 
>>> services went great, and I am satisfied with my councilor! However, my 
>>> family is soar displeased with me, but this isn't their life, it is mine 
>>> and I felt it was time for me to stop making excuses, and be a man and 
>>> just go ahead and do this for me and not any one else! Robina brought up 
>>> what Steve Luther said about me not being capable of doing mobility, and 
>>> my councilor would hear none of it! She said I was going to be receiving 
>>> independent living training, along with orientation and mobility I've 
>>> heard Steve Matson from the light house is really good. What do you guys 
>>> think of my good news? RJ
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