[NFBofSC] Positive Note 1847

Mon Jan 3 05:31:22 UTC 2022

January 3, 2022

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

From:  Jennifer Bazer, President

Positive Note 1847

803-960-9977  Jennifer.H.Bazer at gmail.com <mailto:Jennifer.H.Bazer at gmail.com>

              Greetings Fellow Federationists:

Hello and welcome to Flight 2022. We are prepared to take off into the New
Year. Please make sure your Positive Attitude and Gratitude are secured and
locked in the upright position. All self-destruct devices: pity, anger,
selfishness, pride, and resentment should be turned off at this time. All
negativity, hurt, and discouragement should be put away. Should you lose
your Positive Attitude under pressure during this flight, reach up and pull
down a prayer. Prayers will automatically be activated by Faith. Once your
Faith is activated, you can assist other passengers. There will be NO
BAGGAGE allowed on this flight. God, our Captain, has cleared us for
take-off. Destination - GREATNESS! Wishing you a New Year filled with new
HOPE, new JOY, and new BEGINNINGS! Stay Blessed! And welcome in 2022

Palmetto Connects, Thursday, January 6, 2022

Palmetto Connects will be held Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 6:00 PM Eastern
on the Federation zoom platform. I look forward to seeing all of you for
happenings in the NFB of SC!

Statewide Seminar, January 8, 2022

The 2022 statewide seminar will be held January 8 at the Federation Center
in Columbia from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM Eastern. The statewide seminar is
like a mini one day convention where we will hear from chapters, divisions,
committees and more about their events in the Palmetto affiliate. It is a
time to come together, meet new friends, reunite with old friends. We will
be streaming this event on zoom. As a result, participation and discussion
will not be able to happen during streaming. We hope to see you there! Both
Rocky Bottom Board and NFB of SC will have their board meetings between
12:15 and 1:45. If you plan to attend in person, please call David Houck at
803-254-3777 so we know how many to plan for our free lunch. I want to thank
Ike Nelson for his willingness to assist in preparing our meal for this
event. I am hopeful that all leaders including chapter and division
presidents along with board members will attend in person. 

One Word for 2022 for the NFB of SC!

During the statewide seminar, we as an affiliate will be choosing our one
word for 2022. I started doing this many years ago when I participated in
Run for God. I then heard Jon Gordon talk about the powerful impact of one
word. Now, I do this with my children and now with NFB of SC. Think about
our one word and send me suggestions. Thank you to those who have already
sent in their suggestions. We as an affiliate will vote on this word on
January 8.

Suggested words so far are:

Forbearance 

Empathy

Integrity

Persistence

Serve

Commitment 

State Dues

It is now 2022 and I hope all of you have paid your $10 state dues. These
were due by December 31. If you are a member of a board, hold an office, it
is vital that your state dues be paid no later than January 15 to remain a
leader in the organization. This includes chapters, divisions and officers
of NFB of SC, Federation Center, and Rocky Bottom. We have to lead by
example! All presidents of chapter and boards, please insure Steve Cook as
membership chair, David Houck and I have a list of your officers for 2022
along with their contact information and please insure membership dues are
paid for these officers to remain a leader.

Shoe Project

Please bring your gently used shoes and new socks for our shoe project to
the center if you are attending statewide seminar in person. We will be
giving our donation to Kara Jefferson during statewide seminar. If you are
not attending in person and still wish to participate, you can bring your
items to the Center at 119 S. Kilbourne Road, Columbia, SC 29205 or mail
them. If you wish to make a donation to this project, you may use pay pal on
our site with shoe project in the comment field and we will be happy to
purchase shoes or socks on your behalf. Shoes will be given to students in
schools who are not able to afford shoes and socks. Adults shoes and socks
will be given to those re-entering the workforce. Kara Jefferson is an
orientation and mobility specialist in the Lexington area. She has worked
with our students and adults on cane travel.

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

Auction at Statewide Seminar

We are having our auction to benefit Rocky bottom during statewide seminar.
Please remember to bring new items for others to bid on during our event
from 10-4 PM Eastern. I have items from 31 bags with the NFB of SC on them
along with Pampered Chef and Mountain Mist items. Lisa Best and JW's wife
are making homemade cakes and brownies. You will not want to miss the
auction for awesome items to benefit a place we all know and love!

Statewide Seminar Parade of Divisions and Committees

We will have a parade of divisions and committees brief reports during
statewide seminar. If you will be in person and you are on the board of a
division or chair or co-chair a committee, please be ready to give a brief
report during statewide seminar! Please keep these reports to about 2 or 3
minutes. It is totally ok to have a member of a division or committee to
give a testimonial about why they have benefited from the division or
committee. Testimonials are powerful!

You will discuss:

When your division/committee meets?

What is the purpose of your division or committee?

Why folks should join your division or committee?

Goals for 2022?

A testimonial from a member if possible?

Statewide Seminar fundraisers!

Chapters and divisions will be selling items as fundraisers. The NFB of SC
will be selling their bags and shirts as well. We are hoping to have some
sweatshirts with our logo on them by then as well for our statewide seminar.
Please support our affiliate, our chapters and our divisions at this event!

NFB of SC Bags and Shirts

The NFB of SC is selling bags with the NFB of SC logo and Live the Life you
Want on the front. The bag is black, bottom is red and the straps are white.
The top is open. There is a zipper that expands the bag. There is a zippered
pocket on the front where the NFB of SC logo is located. The bags are great
for a gift or for sporting the NFB of SC logo and tag line. The bags sell
for $25 each. You can pay pal the money on our website

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

or send cash or check made to NFB of SC to the Center at 119 S. Kilbourne
Road, Columbia, SC 29205.

We are also selling short sleeve t-shirts. They are gray with the logo and
tag line on the right side if looking at the shirt. On the back, you will
find the state of SC. These shirts are $25. You can purchase two bags for
$40 or two shirts for $40, or, one bag and one shirt for $40. If you just
want one or the other, the price is $25 each. We are hoping to get in some
sweatshirts and hoodies and will let you know the cost of these once they
are secured. All funds will go to the NFB of SC.

Blind Merchants Fundraiser

>From Demetrius Williford

Hello Federation family The National Federation of the Blind of South
Carolina Blind Merchants Division is having a fundraiser for a 55 inch or
above Smart TV. The tickets are 1 for $5.and 3 for $10. This fundraiser will
continue throughout our state wide seminar. In which the drawing will take
place The day of the seminar. So, don't worry you will have an opportunity
to purchase the lucky ticket or tickets that day. If you would like to
purchase tickets in advance you can contact President Belinda banks at
8649095587 or email her at banksbelinda21 at gmail.com
<mailto:banksbelinda21 at gmail.com>  or Second vice president Demetrius
Williford at 8643288177 or email him at Santez1981 at gmail.com
<mailto:Santez1981 at gmail.com>  or any of the blind merchants members for any
additional information. Here are the different payment methods that can be
used to purchase the tickets. Cash app which is $BlindMerchantsofSC, The
next method is PayPal if you choose to used this method there is a a
transaction fee of 2.2%. Our PayPal information is
Blindmerchantssc at gmail.com <mailto:Blindmerchantssc at gmail.com> . With that
being said in order for us to receive your full payment through PayPal that
2.2% will need to be added to The amount of tickets you purchase. We truly
appreciate you all for participating in our fundraiser. At time of purchase
please put in memo field your name and how many tickets you're purchasing.

Fusion, JAWS or Zoom Text

The Computer Science & Technology Division would like to thank Freedom
Scientific for donating an annual license for a division fundraiser!

The winner will receive a copy of an annual license for their choice of
Fusion, Zoom Text or JAWS! Please help support the CSTD by purchasing one or
more tickets.  Prices are one  for $3 or two tickets for $5. The winning
ticket will be drawn on January 8, 2022 at the NFB of SC Statewide Seminar.

To purchase, go to the Computer Science & Technology Division's PayPal at
the below link. Be sure to include the following information when purchasing
your tickets: Name, phone number and number of tickets purchased.

https://nfbofsc.org/donations/

Remember, we are entering the season of giving and gifting.  You won't have
to wait on a shipment to arrive to give this chance to win.

The Computer Science & Technology Division greatly appreciates your support!

Sports and Rec Fun

Sports and Rec will be hosting a trivia night Friday January 21st at 8 p.m.
on the NFB zoom line

Sports and Rec will be doing a fundraiser during state wide seminar. Anyone
in person or on zoom can contribute and enjoy this fun ever.

Our fundraiser will be giving away one maybe two honken big fun boxes. Both
will have all kinds of games, crafts, kitchen items, gardening items home
improvement items exercise items etc.

The fundraiser is $5 per person and what it'll be is each person randomly
picks a sealed envelope that has 5 random brailed playing cards in them.
Each person who contributes $5 will pick their own envelope and towards end
of seminar we the Sports Rec will collect the envelopes open them and take
out the five playing cards.

How to win well the envelops have 5 cards and it's poker so the best five
card hand wins. There's no switching of cards or envelopes between people.
Each envelope that a person picks will have their name placed on envelope
braille and written. NO ONE knows what cards are in what envelopes.

There's no work on your part just contribute $5 and watch us the Sports and
Rec go through and determine the winners.

It'll be so much fun come one come all. If your attending in person then
I'll be there if your attending via zoom you can still be part of
fundraiser. Let's us know that you want an envelope and we will have a
random person pick a random envelope and put your name on it. We can take
cash, check, PayPal. we'll just any type of payment. Hahaha lol.

David Rebocho

President

Sports/Rec Division

We Care Announcements!

I want to let everyone know that thanks to your donations, we were able to
send 12 $25 gift cards to blind children on behalf of the We Care Committee.
Thank you all who donated to this Christmas event.

Please keep the following individuals in your thoughts and prayers as they
lost loved ones over the Christmas holiday: Linda Dizzley, Cassandra
Richardson and Pam Schexnider. If you have an anniversary, new baby or
grandbaby, lost a loved one, please let Dorothy Barksdale, chair of the We
Care committee know so that we can pass along to the affiliate and also send
cards. If we don't know, we cannot keep them in our thoughts and prayers and
send an appropriate card.

SC Affiliate Delegation for Washington Seminar Virtually!

As announced on the December Legislative and Advocacy Committee call, we
will not meet during the month of January in order to respect the scheduling
commitments of those interested in participating virtually in the 2022
Washington Seminar efforts of the South Carolina affiliate.

As a reminder, please contact me via email at elizabethrouse.nfb at gmail.com
<mailto:elizabethrouse.nfb at gmail.com>  or via phone at 563-210-1854 before
the end of the day on Friday, January 7th if you are interested in
participating. Your noted interest is essential in order to schedule a
practice/rehearsal meeting time that accommodates as many participants as
possible.

I have responded to the two individuals who have contacted me already, so if
you have not received a reply, please reach out again as your original
message has not reached me.

I'll send a final reminder in the coming days as well.

Happy New Year to all,

Elizabeth

Co-Chair Legislative and Advocacy Committee

January Trivia Night, Come One, Come All!

The Sports and Recreational Division will be hosting Trivia Night on Friday
January 21st at 8:00 PM Eastern on the Federation zoom platform. Please
email Sports and Rec to sign up and play. Email is 

srnfb21 at yahoo.com <mailto:srnfb21 at yahoo.com>    

Come one come all it'll be so much fun. Here is the list of categories 

Music

Food

Sports

TV

Health/Medical 

2022 NFB of SC Membership Dues

The National Federation of the Blind of SC now has our 2022 Membership Form
on our website at www.nfbofsc.org <http://www.nfbofsc.org> . When you fill
out this form, you will receive a copy of the information you entered if you
provided your personal Email address. If you are assisting someone with the
form that does not have an Email address, feel free to use
cookcafe at sc.rr.com <mailto:cookcafe at sc.rr.com>  in the Email field. Once you
click on the submit button, you are taken to the Donations page in which you
can choose to pay your $10 state dues using the NFB of South Carolina State
Affiliate secure Pay Pal button. Remember you must fill out the new form and
the $10 state dues in order to complete the process for your 2022 dues!

https://nfbofsc.org/2022-membership-form/

If you have any questions or need assistance with the above process, please
call Steve Cook at 803 260 1292. If I am unable to take your call, I will
call you back when I am available.

Also, if you sign up on the NFB national site, that is awesome, you will
receive your welcome coin and packet, but please remember, you must also
sign up on

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

as a member of our Palmetto affiliate. I want to thank you all for being
willing to assist those who are not familiar with online registration or
payment so that their membership can be completed.

At Large Chapter

The At-Large Chapter is selling Gift cards as an ongoing fundraiser. You may
purchase physical cards or eCards to keep on your phone. There is no cost to
the purchaser, but our chapter does get a percentage of each card sold. The
Gift cards available are Walmart, Target, Visa, Bath and Body Works,
Domino's, Amazon and hundreds more, too numerous to list items here.

Please Contact Melanie Torrance ( 803-908-6656), Mike Seats (803) 237-1464),

or Mary Sonksen (864) 590-3637) to purchase one or more of your favorite
cards.

Calling All Talent!

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND OF SC

PRESENTS 

THE 2ND TALENT SHOW HOSTED BY THE FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE

This event will take place on March 19, 2022 at 4PM

INTERESTED??? If so, here's how to enter:

To register pay a 15-dollar registration fee to the Fundraiser Committee go
to www.nfbofsc.org <http://www.nfbofsc.org>  and click donations and choose
NFB OF SC PayPal(make sure to put Talent Show Registration in memo field).
Then submit your information including name, phone and/or email address to
nfbofscfundraiser at gmail.com <mailto:nfbofscfundraiser at gmail.com> . Once you
have submitted your registration you must create and submit a 90 second
video or audio  of your talent to cookcafe at sc.rr.com
<mailto:cookcafe at sc.rr.com> . 

RULES

. All video or audio submissions must be no longer than 90seconds.

. All submissions need to be in by the deadline of February 28, 2022

. All voting should be placed by 2PM March19, 2022.

*No exceptions all rules enforced*

Here's how to win and what you win:

Each dollar raised is 1 vote. The contestants that raise the most money in
votes from friends, family, etc. take home the CASH. To cast your vote, send
your donations to the Fundraiser Committee cash app at $NFBSCFundraiser or
go to www.nfbofsc.org <http://www.nfbofsc.org>  and click donations and
choose NFB OF SC PayPal  (make sure to put the contestant's number in the
memo field)

1st place 10%, 2nd place 5%, and 3rd place 3% of all proceeds

Braille Readers are Leaders Contest

>From the Braille Literacy Committee

"Do YOU read Braille (even if it isn't very fast, mind you) and do YOU like
prizes? Do YOU want to help your NFB district read its way to absolute
victory and state-wide bragging rights? If so, then YOU need to register for
the National affiliate Braille Readers are Leaders contest! Registration is
now open and reading may begin on December 1st! There will also be state
affiliate incentives for everyone that registers for the national contest,
so you will be getting DOUBLE the reward and DOUBLE the fun! Please reach
out to Jamie at 864-838-0338 with a text, call, or message or at
nfbsccherokeejamie at gmail.com <mailto:nfbsccherokeejamie at gmail.com>  if you
plan to read so that she can add you to the list and track your progress.
Also reach out to Jamie to get help with registering for the national
contest. Let's get those fingers moving!"

Zoom Events for the upcoming month!

Below are the events scheduled this month for the NFB of SC. Chairs and
co-chairs, please make sure your agenda for the committee is on the list
serv before your meeting. Also, starting now, chairs and co-chairs of
committees along with presidents of chapters and divisions will be
responsible for sending out meting reminders to the listserv along with the
agenda. Thank you! Committee chairs and co-chairs, please also send me a
list of committee members for the committee you are chairing or co-chairing.
Please remember, I need a list of all committee members so we can add to the
website.

January 2022

January 2022

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 9:00 AM Rocky Bottom Zoom 

Greenville Chapter 11:00 AM Federation Center Zoom 

Monday, January 3, 2022

We Care Committee 6:00 PM Federation Center Zoom 

Fund Raising Committee 7:00 PM Federation Center Zoom 

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

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

Presidential Release 8:00 PM

Join via Zoom

.             Zoom via web: https://zoom.us/j/96155839686

.             Zoom One Tap Mobile: +13017158592,,96155839686#

.             Zoom via phone: +1 301 715 8592

.             Zoom Meeting ID: 961 5583 9686

More Ways to Access

.             Closed Captions via 1CapApp

.             Shoutcast Stream

.             YouTube Stream

.             Access our live stream by asking your Amazon device to play
"Nation's Blind"

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Cooking with the At Large Chapter 6:30 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Palmetto Connects 6:00 PM Federation Center Zoom 

Darlington County Chapter 7:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Friday, January 7, 2022

Movie night with the NFB of SC 8:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 9:00 AM Rocky Bottom Zoom  

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Lee County Chapter 7:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Monday, January 10, 2022

Braille Literacy Committee 6:30 PM Federation Center Zoom 

Convention Planning Committee 8:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

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

At Large Chapter 7:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Sumter Chapter 7:00 PM Rocky Bottom Zoom 

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Sports & Rec Division 6:00 PM Rocky Bottom Zoom  

Blind Equality Achievement Month 7:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Lancaster Chapter 7:00 PM Rocky Bottom Zoom  

Clarendon Chapter 8:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Saturday, January 15, 2022

Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 9:00 AM Rocky Bottom Zoom  

Technology Presentation and Q & A 10:00 - 12:00 Federation Center Zoom  

Cherokee Chapter Conference Call 10:00 AM Conference Call in #:
1-605-475-4120 Access code: 6524057 

Charleston Chapter 1:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Monday, January 17, 2022

Membership & Outreach 8:00 PM Federation Center Zoom 

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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

Diabetes Action Network 7:00 PM Federation Center Zoom   

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Public Relations & Social Media 8:00 PM Federation Center Zoom   

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Palmetto Connects 6:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Florence Chapter 7:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Friday, January 21, 2022

Trivia Night 8:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 9:00 AM Rocky Bottom Zoom  

Monday, January 24, 2022

Doing Our Fair Share 7:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

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

Diversity & Inclusion Committee 8:00 PM Federation Center Zoom  

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Computer Science & Tech Division 8:00 PM Federation Center Zoom

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Get Fit with the Sports & Rec Division 9:00 AM Rocky Bottom Zoom  

If your Committee, Chapter or Division meets on the Federation Center or
Rocky Bottom Zoom platform, beginning on January 1, 2022. I will still send
out monthly and weekly reminders, but it will be up to the person in charge
of the meeting to send out the daily reminder. The reason for this is that
we have been asked to provide the agenda to everyone before the meeting.
This way when you send out your agenda, you can also include the Zoom
information for your meeting. 

Below you will find the information for the Federation and Rocky Bottom Zoom
information to join meetings. Please keep a copy of this information to send
out with the agenda for your meeting.

Federation Center

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

Meeting ID: 803 254 3777 Passcode: 124578

One tap mobile +19292056099,,8032543777# US (New York)

Rocky Bottom

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8648789090?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09

Meeting ID: 864 878 9090 Passcode: 124578

One tap mobile +19292056099,,8648789090# US (New York)

Joke of the Week 

What did the femur say to the patella?

I kneed you!

Fascinating Fact of the Week

>From last week? What percentage of Americans make  resolutions and what
percentage break them within the second week of January? Answer, 45% make
and 25% break.

Cookie Monster Is Named Sid

We know the googly-eyed blue cookie fan simply as "cookie monster" but
that's not actually his real name. His creators actually
<http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Cookie_Monster> named him Sid but that name
just proved less catchy than the easier-to-remember Cookie Monster.

Final Thought

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on
them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New
Year's Day." Edith Lovejoy Pierce

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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