[NFBMI-Talk] Federation History

[christineboone2 at gmail.com]

Donna,

Thank you for posting this history. I very much appreciated being reminded
of that time, and how grand it was to have the interpretive center's
Butterfly Garden sponsored by the NFBMI in memory of Matt! I feel so
privileged to have known that fine young man!

Blessings to all,

Christine
  

> -----Original Message-----
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> Richard Simek <rsimek at umich.edu>
> Subject: [NFBMI-Talk] Federation History
> 
> Today I was very proud of the work of the National Federation of the Blind
of
> Michigan. This was not in the way one might usually think. I traveled to
the Matt
> Clew Butterfly Garden on the campus of the University of Michigan Dearborn
and
> planted some parsley and lavender. In 2014 during one of our
Sense-sational
> Adventures in Summer Science programs which was held on the campus in the
> Environmental Interpretive Center we built a butterfly garden where all
the
> plants were etible, fragrant, and identifiable by the scientists. The
plaque with
> braille and print lettering still reads as follows;
> 
> The Matt Clew Butterfly Garden is sponsored by the National Federation of
the
> Blind of Michigan in loving memory of Matthew Richard Clew,October 17,
1990-
> August 24, 2014
> 
> 
> 
> Evidence proving that the original purpose of the garden was being
fulfilled was
> shown by a Black Swallowtail caterpillar crawling on an annis plant which
> produces seeds and leaves which smell like black licorice. Hopefully, this
colorful
> caterpillar will survive to build a chrysalis and emerge as a beautiful
butterfly.
> 
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