[NFBMT] 2019 Bell Academy

president at nfbofmt.org president at nfbofmt.org
Tue Mar 12 16:41:52 UTC 2019


Joy, thanks for leading our BELL Academy again.  Would you please send me
the names of those who volunteer to lend a hand with the Academy?  I will
officially appoint them as committee members as per our constitution.  Also,
I will serve as an ex-officio member of the BELL Academy as the President
should for all our committees.

Everyone else, please volunteer for the BELL Academy Committee if you would
like to contribute to the education of young Montanans.  In many ways,
today's education opportunities for blind Montana children are of a lower
quality than they've ever been previously.  Specifically, most blind
children are not taught literacy through Braille.  The BELL Academy helps
confront the problem by acting on the belief that every blind child should
be taught to read and write.  Re-read Joy's post below to learn how to
volunteer.

Thank you!

Jim Marks
President, National Federation of the Blind of Montana
president at nfbofmt.org
(406) 438-1421

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Subject: [NFBMT] 2019 Bell Academy

Hello, everyone.

 

Who wants to be on the Bell Academy committee?

 

I have an idea of several who do.  Please correct me if I'm wrong, and feel
free to add to the list.

 

Robert Jaquiss

Sheila (and/or Harold) Leigland 

Joy (and Bruce?) Breslauer 

Linda Hurlock 

Anybody from Billings, Kalispell, Ennis, Bozeman, Helena, or elsewhere?

 

You don't have to come for two weeks.  If you want to come for a day or two,
want to help with fundraising or getting gift cards from places like
Albertson's or Walmart, if you want to Braille some alphabet or contraction
flash cards, or donate a Braille writer or twelve, or contribute in some
other way, please let me know off list.  Thanks.

 

What I would like to do is to schedule a very quick conference call after
the At Large chapter meeting on Thursday, March 14.  Let me know if that
doesn't work for you.

 

Some of the first things we have to do are to find and nail down a place for
us to stay, and to decide how much registration is, and whether there will
be a subsidy for anyone who can't afford the fee.  Oh, and to find kids.  We
can take a stab at all that at our first meeting.

 

Joy Breslauer, First Vice President and Bell Academy Coordinator 

National Federation of the Blind of Montana 

Web Site: http://www.nfbofmt.org <http://www.nfbofmt.org/> 

 

Live the life you want

 

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who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work
together to help blind people live the lives they want. 

 

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