[NFBNJ] Senior committee meeting tonight at 7 PM with the book club at 10 AM andFW: 2024 National Senior Retreat for all details ihnside

[Linda Melendez]

Hello All

In this message you will find

   1. N ational Senior retreat news

B. Our senior committee book club and meeting info for Monday, January 15
and zoom details for both of these

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Below is the National Senior Retreat details for you

We will spend some time on our Senior Committee Call on Monday, January 15
on this topic

Subject: [NFB-Seniors] 2024 Virtual Senior Retreat





2024 Virtual Senior Retreat





February 11th through 17th, 2024

Anywhere and Everywhere



This virtual retreat focuses on promoting a sense of wellbeing and

self-confidence despite living with newly acquired vision loss, and/or

lifelong blindness. Our collective experience has taught us that learning

about blindness from competent blind people, while sharing the camaraderie

of fellow retreat members, strengthens personal growth and guides seniors to

advocate for themselves. Participants can look forward to receiving training

in basic skills in adaptive techniques, development of new strategies for

solving problems, an introduction to valuable resources, all to be better

able to determine for themselves, what steps they can take to Live The Life

They Want. We cannot overstate the positive impact an individual will

experience as a member of a group of seniors, working together, sharing the

life-changing activities in a retreat of this nature; just ask one of our

recent graduates!





Schedule





Note:All times listed are in Eastern Time.





Sunday, February 11



1:00 PM to 2:30 PM



Meet & Greet





Monday, February 12 through Friday, February 16



12:00 PM to 5:00 PM



Classes





Saturday, February 17



1:00 PM to 2:30 PM



Wrap Up





ELIGIBILITY





*         Legally Blind

*         Strong desire to learn nonvisual techniques

*         50 or over





Featured Topics





*         Cane Travel

*         Daily Living Skills

*         Beginning Braille

*         Organizational Skills & Tactile Learning

*         Useful Aids & Devices

*         Cooking Techniques & Food Preparation

*         Technology Topics

*         NFB-NEWSLINE





COST





The cost is $50 per attendee. Money must be received by February 3, 2024.

Payment can be made by check, PayPal or Zelle. PayPal accepts credit cards

and debit cards.



Checks should be made payable to NFB Seniors Division with 2024 Seniors

Retreat in the memo, and sent to:

NFB Senior Division

c/o Duncan Larsen

304 East Simpson Street
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/304+East+Simpson+Street+Lafayette,+CO+80026-2326?entry=gmail&source=g>

Lafayette, CO 80026-2326
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/304+East+Simpson+Street+Lafayette,+CO+80026-2326?entry=gmail&source=g>



To pay using PayPal, complete the online registration form and then click on

the PayPal button found on the form's confirmation page. You can pay via

PayPal by using a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account.



If you prefer to make an instant payment using Zelle, you may do so by

choosing to send money and adding NFB Senior Division as a recipient. When

asked whether you want to add a mobile number or email address to send,

choose mobile and use 979-583-6343 as the number for the recipient.





Registration Form





<https://seniors.nfb.org/senior-retreat/registration> The     registration
form

for the 2024 Senior Retreat can be found here.





Archived Retreats





Please visit our  <https://seniors.nfb.org/senior-retreat/archived> Archived

Senior Retreats page to listen to the audio archives of previous Senior

Retreats.





Additional Information





Questions should be directed to  <mailto:nfbseniors at gmail.com>

nfbseniors at gmail.com or to 443-681-9345. If you have difficulty completing

the online form, call or email us for assistance. We will be happy to help.

If we are not available when you call, someone will contact you as soon as

possible.

The senior committee book club will meet up on Monday, January 15 at 10 AM
with the book:

The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gillmore DB 114734

And the senior committee meeting on Monday, January 15 at 7 PM on zoom

Meeting notes

   1. Roll Call

2. Welcoming remarks

3. NFB Pledge

4. Senior items: Jennifer and Ada

5. National Senior Retreat: Janie Degenshein

6. Brags and Drags : All

7.  Adjournment

*                  NFBNJ Zoom Participation Details*

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