[NFBMT] Your Input on Older Blind Services

[marjorie gregg]

Hello,
I have received great help from the Butte office from the kind woman  that
has my case
as a senior. She  helped me get self threading needles so I can use my
sewing machine to do straight stitch borders  for flannel quilts I make for
mission schools.

The self threading needles are great for hand sewing.
I tie the quilts together on the dining room table.
The measuring cups and measuring spoons are great plus the oven mitt
plus other items.
I  Have had  macular degeneration for over 14 years.
Many thanks
Marjorie Gregg
Ennis, Montana

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 3:02 PM president--- via NFBMT <nfbmt at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Blind and Low Vision Services asked me to pass along the following:  Please
> consider joining the April 12 meeting described below to discuss Montana's
> Independent Living for the Older Blind program.  Zoom instructions are
> below. Be sure to convert to Montana time.
>
> Dear Discussion Group Invitee:
>
> You have been identified by the Montana Department of Blind and Low Vision
> Services (MBLVS) Older Blind Program as a community resource or
> organization
> that may be able to share information about how services to individuals 55
> and older are being provided.
>
> Because you are somehow connected to Montana's Older Blind Program, the
> Older Individuals who are Blind Technical Assistance Center (OIB-TAC),
> funded by a grant from the U. S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation
> Services Administration, invites you to participate in a discussion group
> about services for older individuals who are blind, OIB. We at the OIB-TAC
> are tasked with providing technical assistance and training to state OIB
> programs at their request, with the overall goal of helping them improve
> service delivery to older persons with visual impairments.
>
> The purpose of this discussion group meeting is to learn from you about
> what
> is going well, what challenges exist, and how the OIB program within the
> MDBLVS can better connect with community programs or resources like yours.
> We will provide non-identifiable reflections of comments/information
> received from the discussion group with the OIB program administrators at
> MDBLVS.
>
> The OIB-TAC is working with the MDBLVS Older Blind Program to identify
> strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for improvement and threats/challenges
> to the OIB program in Montana, and the feedback we receive from this
> discussion group is an important element of this process. In addition, we
> will be working with the OIB team in Montana to develop strategic goals to
> strengthen their services and will continue to provide ongoing technical
> assistance and training to them over the next year.
> Please join us via Zoom on Tuesday, April 12 from Noon - 1:00 p.m. to
> participate in this discussion group. The link for this Zoom meeting is
> below.
>
> You can learn more about the OIB-TAC by visiting the website
> www.oib-tac.org.
>
> Thank you for your participation. Your input is very much appreciated.
>
> Warm Regards,
> Kendra Farrow
> Project Director
> Older Individuals who are Blind-Technical Assistance Center
> National Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision
> Mississippi State University
>
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> OIB-TAC is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
>
> Topic: Montana Older Blind Program Discussion Group For Stakeholders
> Time: Apr 12, 2022 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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> Join Zoom Meeting
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> Jim Marks
> President
> National Federation of the Blind of Montana
> president at nfbofmt.org
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> You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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