[NFBofSC] Positive Note 1807

[jennifer at successforlives.org]

March 29, 2021

Memo To:  Executive Officers, Board Members, Chapter & Division Presidents &
Others

From:  Jennifer Bazer, President

Positive Note 1807

803-960-9977  

Jhipp25 at sc.rr.com <mailto:Jhipp25 at sc.rr.com> 

Greetings Fellow Federationists:

 

We are quickly hopping into April where many observations are recognized
including, but not limited to:

National Month of Hope

National Canine Fitness Month

National Financial Literacy Month

National Internship Awareness Month

Keep America Beautiful Month

National Autism Awareness Month

National Garden Month

National Humor Month

National Jazz Appreciation Month

National Soft Pretzel Month

National Parkinson's Awareness Month

National Pecan Month

National Volunteer Month

Stress Awareness Month

Occupational Therapy Month

 

Pollen is covering every surface, flowers are blooming, nights are getting
longer, and the cooler weather is fading into the heat and humidity that we
are familiar with in the Palmetto State. Spring arrived just over  a week
ago; a season of rebirth, growth, beginnings, and hope. In our family,
baseball is in full swing. We spend most weekends in tournaments and at
least two nights a week at the baseball field practicing or watching a game.
Cade participates in recreational, as well as, travel baseball. In a recent
tournament, the Black Socks won three games and were finally defeated in the
championship game. They were defeated by a team they have played and fallen
short several times. They came in second in the weekend tournament. The team
played hard; the team played with sportsmanship, but the team seemed
frustrated with themselves after the loss. How many times do we fall short,
miss our goal by just a little? How many times do we beat ourselves up when
we mess up, when we lose? How many times do we want to blame others, instead
of, taking responsibility for our own actions? How many times do we wish we
had another chance, another opportunity for a rematch? I turned to my son
after the game and said, "The most important thing is that you did your
best, you played hard. It is about how you played the game, not that the
team lost that matters." As an affiliate, we may fall short at times; we may
go through struggles; we may regress, before we make progress; we may make
blunders. It is how we respond to these challenges, these hiccups that make
us a stronger affiliate. How we handle strife, conflict, defeats will define
us. It is not that we fell short; it is that we rose again and dusted
ourselves off and tried, tried again. Thank you all for giving us as an
affiliate permission to try new things, to be open to new ideas, to accept
challenges, to be comfortable with failure. Thank you for using these
challenges to grow as an affiliate, to be more connected, more united,
stronger together. I wish you all a blessed Easter.

 

Girl Scout Cookie Totals

I wanted to thank all of you who supported Kaylin by purchasing girl scout
cookies. I mentioned in a prior Positive Note that I would donate 10% of her
total cookie sales to the NFB of SC. She sold 484 boxes and was the top
seller in her troop. The total sales for 484 boxes at $5 per box is $2,420;
therefore, 10% of that total is $242. I have submitted that amount via Pay
Pal to the NFB of SC. Thank you all for supporting her, troop 3395 and the
NFB of SC!

 

Mary Kay, Giving Back to the NFB of SC

I have been an official Federation member since 2020 having attended NFB
events over the years in my role as a Vision Teacher and Orientation and
Mobility Specialist. I have been an Independent Mary Kay consultant since
May of 2020. 

MARY KAY'S MISSION IS TO ENRICH WOMEN'S LIVE

They do this in tangible ways, by offering quality products to consumers,
financial opportunities to independent beauty consultants, and offering
fulfilling careers to employees.

They reach out to the heart and spirit of women,

enabling personal growth and fulfillment for the women whose lives are
touched by Mary Kay.

Mary Kay's products include skin care products for all skin types,
cosmetics, and fragrances. 

During the month of March, I will donate 40% of all sales to the SC NFB. If
you are interested in a complimentary pampering sample for either skincare,
spa treatment or color matching,  please contact me. 

My business website is Marykay.com/CACooley. I can also be reached by text
or call at 803-727-3347 or email

 

               

              The following meetings are scheduled on the Zoom platform this
month. You are welcome to attend any of these meetings, even if you are not
a member of the chapter or committee.  All Committee meetings are open to
the public for listening. Contact President Bazer if you would like to be
added to any NFB of SC committee so that information stays current on our
website and membership list.  Here is what is coming up on Zoom for the
month. All meetings are on the main Federation ID of 803-254-3777, unless
noted.

Dates & Times of meetings are subject to change. All times are Eastern.

 


Monday, March 29, 2021


Meet the Blind Committee 6:00 PM

 


Tuesday, March 30, 2021


Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 5:30 PM

Computer Science & Tech Division 7:30 PM


 


April


 


Thursday, April 1, 2021


Palmetto Connects 6:00 PM

Darlington County Chapter Meeting 7:00 PM

 


Saturday, April 3, 2021


Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 8:00 AM

Greenville County Chapter 11:00 AM

Spartanburg County Chapter 12:30 PM

Student Division 8:00 PM

 


Sunday, April 4, 2021


Support Group for Those Who Have Experienced Abuse 3:00 PM

Support Group for Recently Blinded Members 5:00 PM

 


Monday April 5, 2021


Fund Raising Committee 7:00 PM

Live Presidential Release 8 PM (see zoom info in future communications

 


Tuesday, April 6, 2021


Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 5:30 PM

Legislative Committee 8:00PM

 


Wednesday, April 7 2021


Cooking With the At Large Chapter 6:30 PM

Sports & Rec Fund Raiser  Meeting 8:00 PM


Thursday, April 8, 2021


Cherokee Chapter 1:00 Rocky Bottom

Columbia Chapter 6:15 PM

Lancaster Chapter 7:00 PM Rocky Bottom

 


Saturday April 10, 2021


Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 8:00 AM

Technology Training 10:00 to 12:00

Student Division Social 8:00 PM

 


Sunday April 11, 2021


Lee County Chapter 7:00 PM

 


Monday, April 12, 2021


Braille Literacy Committee 6:00 PM

 


Tuesday, April 13, 2021


Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 5:30 PM

At Large Chapter 7:00 PM

Sumter Chapter 7:00 PM Rocky Bottom

 


Wednesday, April 14, 2021


Sports & Rec Division 6:00 PM

 


Thursday, April 15, 2021


Palmetto Connects 6:00 PM

Florence Chapter 7:00 PM

Clarendon Chapter 8:00 PM

 


Friday, April 16, 2021


Trivia Night 8:00 PM

 


Saturday, April 17, 2021


Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 8:00 AM 

Charleston Chapter 1:00 PM

 


Sunday April 18, 2021


Support Group for those who have experienced abuse 3:00 PM

Support Group for recently blind members 5:00 PM

 


Monday, April 19, 2021


Membership Meeting 7:00 PM

 

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 5:30 PM

Diabetes Action Network 7:00 PM

 


Wednesday, April 21, 2021


Advocacy Committee 6:00 PM

Public Relations 8:00 PM

 


Thursday, April 22, 2021


Social Media 7:30 PM

 

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 8:00 AM 

 

 


Monday April 26, 2021


Anderson Chapter 6:00 PM Rocky Bottom

Doing Our Fair Share 7:00 PM

 

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 5:30 PM

Diversity & Inclusion Committee 8:00 PM 

 

              NFB of SC Federation Center is inviting you to a scheduled
Zoom meeting.

Topic: NFB of SC Chapter and Committee meetings

Times are in  Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09

Meeting ID: 803 254 3777

Passcode: 124578

One tap mobile

+19292056099,,8032543777# US (New York)

 

              Palmetto Connects

            We will have our next palmetto connects meeting on Thursday,
April 1, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. Eastern time.  Please encourage your chapters,
divisions, committees to attend to learn about the latest happenings in the
NFB of SC! All are welcome from everywhere!

 

Advocacy Committee:

We will be developing an Advocacy committee which will meet the third
Wednesdays of each month at 6:00 PM Eastern starting April 21. If you are
interested in serving on this committee, please contact me at 803-960-9977
via text or phone, or, you may email me your interest at

Jhipp25 at sc.rr.com <mailto:Jhipp25 at sc.rr.com> 

Let's advocate for blind South Carolinians through the advocacy committee
under the NFB of SC. Below, I have shared some text from the www.nfb.org
<http://www.nfb.org>  website that may give you insight on the interests and
responsibilities of the advocacy committee that we will launch on April 21
at 6:00 PM!

The National Federation of the Blind is continuously working toward securing
full integration, equality, independence, acceptance, and respect for all
blind Americans.

Our advocacy work has centered on issues related to education, employment,
transportation, voting, and civil rights, and is directed by the
<https://nfb.org/resources/speeches-and-reports/resolutions> resolutions
that are passed every year during our
<https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention> national convention. As
the oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind Americans, we are
able to provide expert advice in these areas to blind people, their
families, agencies for the blind, corporations, and the government. 

 

Trivia Night April 16

In February we had a great time with everyone for Trivia Night! The National
Federation of the Blind of SC will be having another Trivia Night on Friday
April 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM eastern! You ask, who is invited? Well, let me
give you a clue! If you are reading this then you are invited. We are asking
everyone that plans to play to send an Email to cookcafe at sc.rr.com
<mailto:cookcafe at sc.rr.com>  with your name and state. This will allow me to
put everyone on a team in order to save time. Below are the different
categories I have so far for Trivia Night! 

Landmarks

Music

NFB

Sports

State Capitals

TV

US History

Misc.

 

>From Demetrius Williford and The Meet the Blind Committee

The Meet the Blind Committee will be hosting an event that will take place
via zoom on April 17, 2021 the hours will be 10 AM until 12 PM. We will have
a panel of 10 representatives of the national Federation of the blind Of
South Carolina. Each panelist will have five minutes to give A little
insight on what they do as a officer of the NfB of SC. The individuals that
we are going to invite to this event will be City and county councilman
State legislative officers and local leaders in the state of South Carolina.
We will have a question and answer portion that our guests can participate
in. For more information, please contact Demetrius Williford at
864-328-8177.

 

Conway and Loris chapter Interest

We will be having a Conway and Loris chapter interest meeting on Monday,
April 5 to revitalize the Conway and Loris chapters. If you are interested
in attending this in-person meeting, please contact David Rebocho at
401-484-4525 or you may email him at 

drnfbsc at yahoo.com <mailto:drnfbsc at yahoo.com> 

If you have contact information of previous members or perspective members
in these areas, please feel free to contact David Rebocho so we may have a
large turn-out for this meeting.

 

Sports and Rec Fund-Raising Meeting All Invited:

The Sports and Rec Division invites the Public Relations and Meet the Blind
committees along with anyone else interested in their October walk-a-thon
held in many cities in SC to their April 7 meeting on zoom. Times can be
found in the April zoom events in the March 29 Positive Note.

For more information, please contact David Rebocho, President of the Sports
and Rec Division at 401-484-4525 or email him at 

drnfbsc at yahoo.com <mailto:drnfbsc at yahoo.com> 

 

              PAC Plan Challenge:

              We will be running a contest from December 5, 2020  through
May 31, 2021 for our NFB of SC affiliate. We are currently 13 and would like
to be in the top 10 or higher. One of our members would like to see us as an
affiliate contribute $1,500 to PAC each month between chapters, divisions,
individuals and our NFB of SC affiliate. If you join PAC, your name will be
entered into a drawing for a $100 visa gift card. If you increase your PAC
donation, your name will be entered into a different $100 visa gift card
drawing. I have a list of chapters, divisions, and individuals who are on
PAC at this time. On June 1, I will ask the national office for another list
which I will use to have the two drawings on June 1. There are many ways to
give. Below, is a little about PAC.

              Thank you for your interest in the National Federation of the
Blind's Pre-Authorized Contribution (PAC) program. This program allows you
to contribute to the NFB through recurring monthly donations. These can be
direct withdrawals from a checking account or charges to a credit card.
Please contact pac at nfb.org <mailto:pac at nfb.org>  with any questions. Thank
you for your generosity.

              You can go to https://www.nfb.org/pac to complete the online
form.

              You may also call the national office at 410-659-9314
extension 2622 or email PAC at nfb.org <mailto:PAC at nfb.org>  with questions.

              There are several chapters and divisions within our state who
are on PAC and we are grateful for those contributions. There are
individuals who are on PAC and we are appreciative of those members who give
each month. As an affiliate, we are averaging $17.41 per person and less
than 10% of our members are on PAC. Let's see if we can increase those
percentages to over $20 per month and have at least 20% of our members on
PAC. I appreciate you considering to get on the PAC plan or increasing your
donation each month!

 

              SUN Shares

              Shares Unlimited NFB (SUN) is a rainy day fund. Shares are
just $10 each. We collected and others pledged toward this giving at our
statewide seminar. You can donate in increments of $10 for this rainy day
fund. The Palmetto state is currently 13 and we would love to be in the top
five. You are welcome to send checks made to NFB of SC with SUN in the memo
line to the Federation Center, 119 S. Kilbourne Road, Columbia, SC 29205.
You may also donate using our pay pal link on our page

www.nfbofsc.org <http://www.nfbofsc.org> 

              Please when you donate give a little extra to help cover the
cost of administration fees from pay pal, $.30 for each $10. Thank you for
considering if you can donate to this fund.

 

              Leadership Seminar:

              Our next leadership seminar will be April 10, 2021 at the
Federation Center. All presidents of divisions and chapters along with
Federation Center board members, Rocky Bottom board members and NFB of SC
board members are encouraged to attend in-person or through zoom. Others who
are interested are welcome to attend via zoom or in-person as well.

              If you notify David Houck by April 5, 2021 whether you plan to
attend on zoom or in-person, your name will be entered into a $50 gift card
drawing. You must be present to win. There will be additional door prizes
throughout the seminar; only individuals who notify David by calling
803-254-3777 or emailing nfbsc at sc.rr.com <mailto:nfbsc at sc.rr.com>  about
your zoom or in-person attendance will be entered into the $50 gift card
drawing. All are welcome from everywhere!

Thank you to the following individuals who have recorded your attendance. We
appreciate your promptness in letting us know so we can plan appropriately!
We currently have around 55 individuals signed up and look forward to
doubling this number by the seminar!

 

LEADERSHIP SEMINAR APRIL 10

Deadline April 5

IN PERSON  

 

Jennifer Bazer

David & Darlene Houck

Steve & Shannon Cook

Tracy and Thom Spittle

Frank & Shelley Coppel

Melanie Torrance

Ed & Julie Bible

David Rebocho

Pat & Dale Wolthoff

Ike Nelson

Doug Hudson

 

ON ZOOM  

 

Debra Canty

Frank Loza

Regina Mitchell

Jamie Allison -

Gail Cummings

George Johnson

Ronald Benjamin

Paul and Charlis Borodin

Debbie Zaleski

Bobby Joe Medlin

Courtney Rone

Demetrius Williford

Phillip Outland

Diane Haycraft

Melissa Staley

Tomecki Williams

Jennifer Duffell-Hoffman

Laverne Addison

Patricia Anthony

Dorothy Barksdale

Linda Dizzley

James Dizzley

Roosevelt Burgess

Lenora Robertson

Cheri Euton

Mary Sonksen

Donna O'Neal

Juanita Coleman

Beverly Anderson

Pathronda Anderson

Marty McKenzie

Pearl Riley

JW Smith

Derique Simon

Belinda Banks

Gail Nelson

Arthur Williams

Jan Lewis

Keesha Caldwell, VA

Andrew Adams

Mary Peters

Jemekah Cooper

 

>From Phil Marret 

IT is with much sadness that the Upstate Blind Fishing committee has deemed
it necessary to call our tournament off again this year.

 

 

              Nationally:

I wanted to share information that can be found on the national Federation
of the blind site

www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org> 

Once you land on the homepage, you can visit the resources link to find the
below information. These are publications put out by the NFB, and I hope
that you will sign up to receive them in your inbox or other alternative
methods. They are very informative and can keep you up-to-date on the
happenings at the national level.


Publications and Media


The National Federation of the Blind creates and distributes several
publications and audio reports to inform both our membership and our friends
about the true nature of blindness, issues of interest to the blind, NFB
news and action items, and the many important stories we share.


Braille Monitor


The  <https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/braille-monitor>
Braille Monitor is the flagship publication of the National Federation of
the Blind. It covers the events and activities of the NFB, addresses the
issues we face as blind people, and highlights our members.


Imagineering Our Future


 <https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/imagineering-our-future>
Imagineering Our Future is the monthly e-newsletter of the National
Federation of the Blind. It features a message from President Mark A.
Riccobono and highlights our most recent news, action items, and happenings.


Nation's Blind Podcast


The
<https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/nations-blind-podcast>
Nation's Blind Podcast is our monthly podcast show that highlights different
themes related to blindness, independent living, and news from the National
Federation of the Blind.


Presidential Releases


The
<https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/presidential-releases>
presidential release is a monthly audio message from President Mark A.
Riccobono that highlights the current activities of the National Federation
of the Blind. It is shared with every chapter of the organization.


Voice of the Nation's Blind Blog


The  <https://nfb.org/blog> Voice of the Nation's Blind Blog features
stories from our members, news, and commentary on issues affecting our
community.


Future Reflections


 <https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/future-reflections>
Future Reflections is a quarterly magazine for parents and teachers of blind
children that offers resources and information based on the National
Federation of the Blind's positive philosophy of blindness.


Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research


The
<https://nfb.org/resources/publications-and-media/journal-blindness-innovati
on-and-research> Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research is the first
scholarly journal created by blind people designed to address the real
problems of blindness. An open-access, online-only publication, JBIR is
interdisciplinary and international in scope. 

 

Final Thought:

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we
fail."- Confucius

 

NFB Pledge - I pledge to participate actively in the effort of the National
Federation of the Blind to achieve equality, opportunity, and security for
the blind; to support the policies and programs of the Federation; and to
abide by its constitution.

 

NFB One Minute Message - "The National Federation of the Blind knows that
blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every
day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations
create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life
you want; blindness is not what holds you back." 

 

If this message was forwarded to you and you would like to receive it
directly in your inbox, as well as, receive messages regarding the National
Federation of the Blind of South Carolina, please email Steve Cook at
cookcafe at sc.rr.com <mailto:cookcafe at sc.rr.com> 

 

 

 

 

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