[NFBF-Tampa] October 15 Event

[Barbara Gaw]

Good morning,

Thank you Marion for sharing what is actually taking place at the Lions beach house on October 15. Had you told us in the planning committee meeting all you shared in your email, I would not have  suggested we go to Treasure Island  Island as a part of white cane awareness. I was prepared to work with the city to plan a white cane awareness event at Gaslight Park for this year, but since you volunteered to take over that assignment, please go ahead with your ideas. I will continue with our other group decision to start work on a larger project with the city for A white cane event for October 2018.

Thanks again,
Barbara

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 27, 2017, at 6:36 PM, Marion Gwizdala via NFBF-Tampa <nfbf-tampa at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
>  
>                 I have more information about the October 15 event to share with you. The event will begin with a walk supported by the Treasure Island Police Department to raise awareness to pedestrian issues on the island. It is not specifically a White Cane Safety Day event, as many other groups of interested pedestrians will take part. The walk will begin at the Treasure Island Recreation Center, about one mile north of the St. Petersburg Lions Beach House where it will end. Once at the beach house, they will have beer and bar-b-q as a fund raiser for the Guide Dog Foundation.
>  
>                 Merry and I have discussed this event and have some issues with it. Our first issue is that it is not specifically blindness related and I believe this lessens the impact of the day set aside to raise awareness of this issue among drivers. The law concerning blind pedestrians is different than that for other pedestrians, so I think our concerns will be lost
>  
>                 Though I am a consumer of the Guide Dog Foundation and have been asked to participate in this event by providing some music and a prewsentation about guide dog user access, I do not believe the NFB should support any guide dog training program. If individuals within the organization would like to do so, that is their prerogative.
>  
>                 I believe it would be more worthwhile for us to invest in conducting our own White Cane Safety Day event rather than supporting one over which we do not have control over the message and activities. We have discussed an event in Lykes Gaslight Park and I will look into it more on Monday.
>  
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala
>  
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