[NFBMT] 2019 Bell Academy

[BRUCE&JOY BRESLAUER]

Oops, I sometimes forget that I'm not the head honcho!  Sorry.  LOL

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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/>



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