[Nfbofsc] Columbia Chapter Newsletter

[David Houck]

COLUMBIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER

JUNE 8, 2017

 

NFB of SC 2017 GREENVILLE CONVENTION SET

              Please do not forget to make your hotel reservations for the
2017 NFB of SC State Convention which will be held at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel in Greenville, SC August 18-20.  Room rates are very affordable.
Rates for this year's convention are $99 per night for up to four in a room.
In addition to the room rates there will be a tax, which at present is 12
percent.  There will also be a limited number of rooms available for the $99
rate Thursday, August 17, for those individuals wanting to arrive at the
hotel a day prior to the official start of the convention.  The deadline to
make reservations will be July 27, 2017.  You can make your room
reservations by calling the Hyatt Regency reservation telephone number
402-592-6434 and inform the reservationist you are reserving a room for the
National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina state convention.  The
Hyatt Regency hotel has also made available a dedicated website to book your
hotel rooms online. Reservations can be made starting immediately at this
web address: https://aws.passkey.com/go/natfedblind.

                           Just a friendly reminder, if you have not done so
already, please send your $80 preregistration fee for this year's State
Convention to the Federation Center of the Blind, 119 S. Kilbourne Rd.
Columbia, SC 29205.  For the 2017 state convention, we are offering families
with children a discount regarding the preregistration fee.  Parents will
pay the $80 preregistration fee and each child eight teen years of age and
younger will pay $20.  All preregistration fees are nonrefundable and
nontransferable.  The $80 preregistration fee will cover the reception on
Friday evening, continental breakfast Saturday morning, the luncheon,
banquet, and a continental breakfast Sunday morning.  The deadline to accept
your $80 preregistration fee is August 9.  If you wait until after the
deadline of August 9, the registration will increase to $100.  Save $20 and
preregister early!  

              At this time one Columbia van will leave on Thursday, August
17 for the Greenville Convention.  If you need a van ride, contact Tiffiny
Mitchell at 603-2098 to place your name on the list and pay Kattie Jackson
$40 to ride the van round trip.

 

ROCKY BOTTOM LABOR DAY FUN DAY TICKETS

              Yes, it's that time of year when we distribute your starter
packs of five $5 Fun Day tickets to the membership!  Inside you will find
your five tickets to sell.  Turn in your sold tickets and filled out stubs
to David Houck at the Federation Center and if you need more, contact David
Houck at 254-3777 and we will get them out to you fast!  The drawing will be
held at Rocky Bottom during Fun Day weekend (Labor Day).  The winning ticket
drawn yields $50 to the seller, $500 to the buyer (if you bought your own
ticket you will receive $550) and $300 to the Chapter who sells the most
tickets.  Will the most sold ticket seller be the Columbia Chapter?  Only
you can make that happen!

 

JULY COLUMBIA CHAPTER MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY. JULY 20

              Due to the NFB Orlando Convention being during the week of our
July chapter meeting date, the chapter will meet on Thursday, July 20.

 

JUNE 8 COLUMBIA CHAPTER MEETING

              President Tiffiny Mitchell gaveled the meeting to order at
6:15 p.m.  Steve Cook welcomed everyone attending the meeting and birthdays
were recognized for June.  Ike Nelson's kitchen crew served a delicious
barbecue sandwich dinner.  David Bundy gave a devotional on the history of
Father's Day.   The Columbia Chapter book club will meet on Saturday, June
17 at 3 p.m. at the Federation Center.  

              There was a chapter dialogue or feedback session.  A vote will
be taken next month as to whether van use other than for chapter related
activities; the chapter will approve the use and either charge a $25 per day
usage fee or charge 35 cents per mile.  A trip to the Asheville Farmer's
Market will be scheduled soon.  Isaiah Nelson reported that the trip to the
NFB Center will use a smaller bus and those signed up need to get their
money in on time.  The 50-50 drawing was made and Joe Dunham won $36.  There
was no barbecue report.  Kattie Jackson gave the Treasurer's report and
there was $7,059.80 in the treasury.      All of you Fathers, have a blessed
Father's Day!

 

Tiffiny Mitchell, President

Columbia Chapter, NFB of SC

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