[Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs

Thu Apr 7 21:19:05 UTC 2011

Very good David. National Convention and listening to Dr. Jernigan's speech 
profoundly affected the way I felt as a blind person.
----- 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 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbf-l] light house of the palm beachs


> 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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