[Nfbkpbc] Thru Our Eyes interviews, Wed. May 19, diabetes, tech tips, book reviews, etc

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Subject: [Chapter-presidents] Fw: Thru Our Eyes interviews, Wed. May 19,
diabetes, tech tips, book reviews, etc



Thru Our Eyes announces a doubleheader of education, information and
inspiration!

On Wednesday, May 19, at 8:00 EDT, Joe Ruffalo, member of the NFB board of
directors and affiliate president in New Jersey,  will host an hour
interview with a timely topic on diabetes.
Joe and his guests, Jerry Munden, vice president of business development for
Prodigy Diabetes Care and Jordan Benis, chief operations officer for
Advanced Diabetic Solutions will discuss the following:
The history of each of the companies
Their company's blood glucose monitors, the Prodigy Voice and the Solo V2
The importance of blood glucose monitoring by all diabetics
Medicare and private insurance coverage for the audible blood glucose
monitors and the difficulties experienced by many
Jerry Munden will discuss the Prodigy Count-a-Dose and other products by
Prodigy Diabetes Care available now and to come.
Jordan Benis will speak about ADS and the other diabetic products they have,
I.e. socks, shoes, slippers, etc.
The objective for this very educational and informative interview is to
provide the diabetic audience the knowledge of audible, accessible tools and
information in their choice of a monitor and other diabetic products.
 Immediately following, The Bright Side will conduct an informative
interview hosted by Jane Degenshein, a member of the at large chapter of the
NFBNJ and leader of Eyes Closed, Hearts Open, ECHO and Jerry Moreno,
president of a local chapter in North Carolina and a long time member of the
NFB who will interview, Rebecca Irvin, member of the NFBNJ, northern
chapter, Braille tutor, active member in her community and a true leader.
Also highlighted will be Jerry's tech tips and Jane's book reviews.

How to access Thru Our Eyes:
Logging into www.thruoureyes.org
or for JAWS users, www.thruoureyes.org/jaws.html
If you wish to call in a question or comment, please dial 1 888 572 0141

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