[nfbmi-talk] Congratulations Lydia! FW: Article from Mining Journal Regional News Section 2016 04 29

Sat Apr 30 13:35:20 UTC 2016

That'd be great.  Before we ask for any big money, we'd need to be doing the things you mentioned.  We could look for small grants or the board could allocate money to run small programs such as you've listed, Derek.  You should suggest it to the board.  How would it run?  Where?  Once a week for now or how frequently?  Maybe the best thing to do would be to create a business plan and answer the usual questions on demand, marketing and sustainability.

Lydia  

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Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Congratulations Lydia! FW: Article from Mining	Journal Regional News Section 2016 04 29

How about this idea: look for funding to start a school for blind and visually impaired. A few curriculums could be: Braille writing, Life skills, career, and mobility so that we can live the life we want. It'll be owned and operated by NFB of MI.

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> On Apr 30, 2016, at 12:02 AM, Fred wurtzel via nfbmi-talk <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Federationists,
> 
> 
> 
> Well, Lydia Schuck has been hard at her grant writing work.  So far she has
> had success in writing 2 nice Grants.  The first grant is for $3500 from
> Blue Cross of Michigan to enable us to write 25 more grant requests.  The
> second one is from the Superior Health Foundation for $7600 to get out
> information about Newsline in the Upper Peninsula (see article below).
> 
> 
> 
> This is great news for Newsline and holds promise for our other efforts in
> Michigan.  If any of you have leads on grant funding or have ideas for
> developing possible programs to submit for funding let Larry and/or Lydia
> know.  We have an opportunity to increase our strength and presence with
> these generous gifts.
> 
> 
> 
> Warmest Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Fred
> 
> 
> 
> SHF celebrates $80,000-plus in grants April 29, 2016 RYAN JARVI - Journal
> Staff Writer ( rjarvi at miningjournal.net ) , Mining Journal . MARQUETTE - The
> Superior Health Foundation this year has awarded almost $82,300 in
> health-centered grant funding to 25 organizations, which were recognized
> Thursday during the foundation's Spring Grants Celebration. "The Superior
> Health Foundation is very excited to award grant funding to eight deserving
> organizations across the Upper Peninsula," said Jim LaJoie, executive
> director of the foundation. "One grant at a time, we're playing an important
> role in improving the health and well-being of people in the Upper
> Peninsula. Between October and March, the foundation awarded a total of
> roughly $20,200 in grants to 17 organizations from across the region. During
> the celebration, sponsored by 44 North and hosted in Marquette at the
> Holiday Inn, the foundation awarded larger grants totaling nearly $62,100 to
> eight other organizations, including U.P. Sports Training Camp that received
> $10,000 to cover various equipment costs. The organization offers a five-day
> traditional summer camp experience for about 30 individuals from Marquette
> and Alger counties with cognitive, social and physical disabilities. The
> camp emphasizes Special Olympics sports training instruction and has been
> held at Bay Cliff Health Camp every August for the past 13 years, said Alice
> Reynolds, who is part of the group's marketing team. "It's kind of a
> well-rounded camp with specifics on sports training," Reynolds said. "So
> what we hope that they'll do is get this training and then be able to go and
> compete and train in their local Special Olympics areas. The campers train
> each day in basketball, tennis, swimming and other sports. But they also get
> the opportunity to participate in other activities, such as singing songs
> around the campfire, making arts and crafts, hiking and an annual talent
> show. Reynolds said her group coordinates with the regional Special Olympics
> organization and has been borrowing its sports equipment for years. She said
> the grant funding will allow the camp to have its own, allowing for more
> flexibility in its operations and the possibilities to expand its offerings.
> "There's so many opportunities out there, and sports is so great for
> building self esteem and for doing the teamwork, and for just health,"
> Reynolds said. "Sometimes these kids don't have a lot of friends outside, so
> they look forward to this. ... This is their time to be with their friends.
> Other programs that received large grants from the foundation include: - She
> Believed/He Believed program at Marquette Alternative High School, $9,373.
> The funds will be used to purchase snowshoes, jump ropes, dumb bells and an
> upright bike, and fund YMCA run registrations, certified workout instructors
> and day passes to the PEIF. - NEWSLINE program with the National Federation
> of the Blind of Michigan in Lansing, $7,600 for, among other things,
> training to Upper Peninsula residents who are blind to use NEWSLINE, an
> online computer speech technology that reproduces newspaper text and
> transmits it over the phone. - Omega House in Houghton, $6,385 to support a
> therapeutic massage program that provides therapy to terminally ill
> residents. - Pathways in Marquette, $13,597 to help implement a new
> exercise/nutrition program for adults with serious mental illnesses. - U.P.
> Diabetes Outreach Network in Marquette, $4,645 to support the Life Coach
> Training Program, which assists pre-diabetics and those at-risk of the
> disease with knowledge and other resources. - Women's Center Inc. in
> Marquette, $5,475 to provide nutritional food for survivors of domestic
> abuse at the Harbor House, in the equivalent of enough food to feed two
> people for a year. - YMCA of Marquette County, $5,000 to support the Summer
> Speech Program, which provides six to eight weeks of group therapy to
> children between the ages of 3 and 12 years old. Ryan Jarvi can be reached
> at 906-228-2500, ext. 242. 
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