[Nfbmo] FW: Neet the Blind Month Activity

[Gary Wunder]

From: Ruby Polk [mailto:r.polk1 at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:28 AM
To: Gary Wunder
Subject: Neet the Blind Month Activity

 

Hi Gary:

 

Please Post this Press Release on the List Serve from the Kansas City
Chapter.

 

Thanks, Ruby    

 

Each October the National Federation Of The Blind holds "meet the blind"
month, a nationwide public awareness campaign.  Chapters and affiliates host
events demonstrating the capacity of blind people to participate and
interact in their communities, in a number of venues providing outreach to
groups and individuals and getting involved in their community's activities.

 

On October 9 from 9:30until Noon The NFB of MO/Kansas City Chapter will
volunteer at Harvesters, 3801 Topping Avenue Kansas City, MO.  Ruby Polk is
coordinating this event for the chapter. 




Harvesters' Most-Needed Items

 

Food 

Canned vegetables 

Canned fruit 

Boxed meals - (Hamburger Helper, Pasta Roni Mac & Cheese)

Canned meat/tuna 

Peanut butter 

Canned soup 

Cereal - hot and cold

 

Household Products 

Soap 

Deodorant 

Shampoo 

Toilet Paper

 

            With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the
Blind is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind
people in the United States. The NFB improves blind people's lives through
advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging
independence and self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness
field today and the voice of the nations blind. 

 

For more information about this event or the National Federation of the
Blind, contact Ruby Polk at 816-505-9993

 <mailto:r.polk1 at sbcglobal.net> r.polk1 at sbcglobal.net

 

 

 J. Polk
Braille Skills of Kansas City
816-305-9993
Essential For The Twenty-First Century