[Nfbmd] National Harbor Chapter Presents a Day of Discovering Services

[Michelle Clark]

Join Us in Exploring Services and Activities available to blind persons  in
Prince Georges County!  !

 

Do you know:

How to get a digital player and cartridges to listen to books?

Where to go to learn Braille?

Where to find a Braille Book Club?

How to take water aerobics or take exercise class and get help doing so?

How to count your own money with accuracy?

Where to find a friend or person who knows what you are going through?

How to vote alone in privacy?

How to register if you have not?

How to get a free white cane?

How to use it?

How to ride public transportation?

How to hear the news on-line or listen to newspaper ads?

How to get reduced taxes on your home?

How to Check your own Blood Sugar numbers?

How to get someone to help you with reading your mail and small chores?

 

 

Let us help you find  out! There will be answers to these questions and many
more.

 

When?: 

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Where?: 

Vista Gardens Shopping Center

10201  Martin Luther King Jr. Highway

Bowie, Maryland

Second Floor Meeting Room

 

Time:

Event: 1 P.M. to 4 P.M.

Light refreshments will be served from Noon to 12:55 P.M.

Donations will be appreciated.

 

 

Speakers and Groups  Confirmed to Date?:

1.       Maryland Park and Planning/

 Inclusion Services

2.       Bureau of Engraving-Braille Money Exhibits

3.       Division of Rehabilitation Services/DORS- Rehabilitation or
Independent Living

4.       Torres Foundation-Learning Opportunities

5.       Red Cross-Emergency Preparedness and Services

6.       WMATA/Metro Access and -Para Transit Service and Accessible Bus and
Rail

7.       League of Women's Voters-Blind Voter Registration

8.       Blind Industries and Services of Maryland/Training Services

9.       Prince Georges County Police Department/Safety

 

!!!!!Persons outside of the PG County Area are invited!!!!!

Participants will receive a wealth of information for local and state
resources. Come ,bring a friend or relative, have a good time and learn
together while we help ourselves! 

 

 

Thank You,

 

Michelle Clark

President

Cheryl Young

1st Vice President and Chairperson

National Harbor Chapter

National Federation of the  Blind of Maryland

 

"Changing What It Means to be Blind in Maryland!"

 

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