[NFBp-Berks] FW: Watch NOW! This Week’s Federation Focus: Meetings, the Return of the Scholarship Raffle, and Exclusive Video from Saturday's Spring Fling Auction
Brian Mackey
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Wed May 21 00:16:52 UTC 2025
From: David Goldstein, First Vice President <NFBofPATech at 188729938.mailchimpapp.com>
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Subject: Watch NOW! This Week’s Federation Focus: Meetings, the Return of the Scholarship Raffle, and Exclusive Video from Saturday's Spring Fling Auction
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Federation Focus for the week of May 19, 2025
Hey there PA Federationists!
It’s a quiet week for meetings across the affiliate, but that just means you’ve got time to catch the latest Federation Focus for the week of May 19! I run through what’s on deck — including Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Association of Blind Merchants meeting and Saturday’s Brandywine Valley Chapter meetup at Happy Days Diner. Fewer meetings, but still plenty to know.
Watch now: <https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=e436b784a6&e=dfeebe758c> https://youtu.be/Zz3Wg87CHjk
More importantly, the Scholarship Raffle Fundraiser is back! Tickets are just $5 for a three-digit number, giving you 31 chances to win in October — $50 Sunday through Friday, $100 on Saturdays. No emails, no calls — just check your mailbox in November. Want in or need a bunch of tickets to sell? Hit me up at vp1 at nfbofpa.org <mailto:vp1 at nfbofpa.org> .
We’re also taking you inside the Spring Fling Blind Vendor Showcase in Harrisburg, packed with amazing vendors like Kevin Cross, Joi Ponton and Michelle McManus. Plus, a peek at Saturday night’s raucous auction and a reminder to lock in your reservations for both state and national conventions. Catch all of it — links to vendors, meetings, and more are below.
Meetings:
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 6:00 PM
PA Association of Blind Merchants Division Meeting
Via Zoom
<https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=d2c459ba69&e=dfeebe758c> https://www.nfbofpa.org/merchantszoom
One Tap Mobile
+13092053325,,4503152944#
Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 2:00 PM
Brandywine Valley Chapter Meeting
In-person:
Happy Days Diner
3470 Lincoln Hwy E
Thorndale, PA
Fundraisers
Affiliate Scholarship Raffle
It is time to start selling those raffle tickets that benefit the NFB of PA Scholarship Fund. Each ticket sells for $5. See your chapter or division President or Treasurer for tickets. Drawings are nightly during the month of October. If you are not in a chapter or division and would like to buy tickets, please get in touch with me at <mailto:vp1 at nfbofpa.org> vp1 at nfbofpa.org.
White Canes Connect Episode 135
In Episode 135 of White Canes Connect, hosts Lisa Bryant and David Goldstein welcome Martha Steele and Natanya Sortland to spotlight the inaugural Blind Birders Birdathon happening May 18, 2025. This nationwide event invites blind and visually impaired individuals to identify birds by sound during a flexible two-hour window within a 24-hour period. No birding experience required—just a love of listening.
Find the podcast on
Apple Podcasts
<https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=5a96550736&e=dfeebe758c> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blind-birders-birdathon-breaks-barriers-nationwide/id1592248709?i=1000708559315
Spotify
<https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=ec2c1dd279&e=dfeebe758c> https://open.spotify.com/episode/0zPRw94Dg6tPvo4EgD1GxN
YouTube
<https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=4ac125182f&e=dfeebe758c> https://youtu.be/WMiGpkgvU4Y?si=1KjnlYkfIe1cd_K9
White Canes Connect at #12 on the Best 100 Visually Impaired Podcasts
Our affiliate podcast is hanging on at #12 of the 100 Best Visually Impaired Podcasts! Check out the list at <https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=45f5720a68&e=dfeebe758c> https://podcast.feedspot.com/visually_impaired_podcasts/. You may find your new favorite podcast on it!
NFB National Convention
Pennsylvania may be where the organized blind movement began, but this summer, its heartbeat moves to New Orleans for the National Federation of the Blind National Convention, July 8–13. Be part of the movement’s future—details at <https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=2a64c8703c&e=dfeebe758c> https://www.nfbofpa.org/nola/. Online registration closes on May 31.
Vendors and Sponsors from The PA Association of Blind Merchants Spring Fling
Sadie McFarland
Email: <mailto:sadiemc01 at gmail.com> sadiemc01 at gmail.com
Business: New York Life Insurance Company
Financial planning
Kevin Cross
Email: <mailto:kmcessentials7 at gmail.com> kmcessentials7 at gmail.com
Business: KMC Essentials LLC
https://www.thekanekeeper.com
Essential Kane Keeper: cane storage.
Marva Hall
Email: <mailto:marva at myyahoo.com> marva at myyahoo.com
Business: Blind Diva's Little Creations
baked goods and boutique items
Michelle McManus
Email: <mailto:michelleandremy at gmail.com> michelleandremy at gmail.com
Business: Michelle's Scent Site
<https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=d3d1b1c39b&e=dfeebe758c> https://michellescentsite.scentsy.us
Scented products: warmers, wax & more
James Robinson
Email: <mailto:jnrobinson0928 at gmail.com> jnrobinson0928 at gmail.com
Business: The Blind Kitchen
cooking training to the blind & original food seasonings for sale.
Rachael Hudson
Email: <mailto:hudson.rachaeld at gmail.com> hudson.rachaeld at gmail.com
Business: Rachael Everhart Hudson
Tactile Arts and Jewelry
Jasara Ponton
Email: <mailto:missponton117 at gmail.com> missponton117 at gmail.com
<https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=fd7103b598&e=dfeebe758c> https://www.themelanatedblindbaker.com
Baked goods from scratch. <https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=043bd6ce9b&e=dfeebe758c> themelanatedblindbaker.com
Pamela Baquero
Email: <mailto:oneblindhippie at yahoo.com> oneblindhippie at yahoo.com
Business: Little Sunshine Cafe
delicious, unique flavors and blends of blind sunshine coffee as well as some herbal teas, other coffee items, inspirational positivity products
Stacie Leap
Email: <mailto:stacie.leap at gmail.com> stacie.leap at gmail.com
Business: Pennsylvania Organization of Blind Parents
Blind parents t-shirts, family cookbooks,
David Goldstein
Email: <mailto:info at digitalgraphicsdesign.com> info at digitalgraphicsdesign.com
Business: Digital Graphics Design LLC
<https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=f52c252b9c&e=dfeebe758c> https://www.digitalgraphicsdesign.com
Sponsor Spotlight
R&K Subs
Central Pennsylvania’s Best Full Service Fundraisers Offering Italian Subs and Sandwiches Since 2005
<https://nfbofpa.us21.list-manage.com/track/click?u=906df58fda021183c737edc9a&id=87fdff724d&e=dfeebe758c> https://randksubs.com/
Regards,
David
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