From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Sat Oct  2 01:00:29 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 20:00:29 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Pepsi Refresh Project and More
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From: "Lamkin, Seth" <SLamkin at nfb.org>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:26:16 -0500
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Pepsi Refresh Project and More
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org

Pepsi Refresh

Dear Friends,

On behalf of the National Federation of the Blind, I would like to
offer my deepest appreciation to all those who supported our efforts
to secure a grant in the Pepsi Refresh project. Over the last two
months, the NFB has made great strides in a contest that has featured
prominent national organizations, celebrity promotional campaigns,
product giveaway incentives, and even notable online political
movements. We can be proud of the progress we made through our
grassroots efforts and we can look forward to future opportunities
through the new partnerships we cultivated. Out of over four hundred
and fifty organizations competing for the $250,000 prize, the NFB
reached as high as 15th place. However, we were unable to break into
the top two--a necessary position to receive funding for the 2011 NFB
Youth Slam program.

While our Pepsi project has done well enough to roll over into the
October competition, we will be focusing our energies on other
efforts including our grassroots Meet the Blind Month programs. Most
notably, we are excited to unveil a new initiative in the month of
October that will support our Imagination Fund and the programs it
benefits, including the NFB Youth Slam. Today we are launching the
NFB text-to-give program. By encouraging friends, family, and others
to text the word BLIND to 85499 you can help us raise critical funds
for our programs at the local, state, and national level. Each text
message generates a $10 contribution to the NFB for our Imagination
Fund. We believe that by concentrating on this new promotion for Meet
the Blind Month, we can maximize our resources and receive the
greatest benefit for our movement.

We are more resolved than ever to find new avenues of promotion and
sources of funding for our essential programs for blind children and
adults. We all bear witness to the issues facing the nation's blind,
and we all are part of the inevitable solution. The time and energies
devoted by innumerable volunteers, family, and friends over the last
two months is a testament to that fact. Again, we whole-heartedly
thank you for your enthusiastic support and commitment as we continue
to build a future full of opportunities.

Sincerely,

Mark A. Riccobono
Executive Director, Jernigan Institute
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Sat Oct  2 01:16:06 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 20:16:06 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] October Chapter Update!
Message-ID: <AANLkTimSq-OZ6FNRtWjsfmp+S9V5i743uN2F38WRv8cu@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Chapter Members,

And welcome to your October report. We have a very busy month of
October ahead of us as you all know.

First I must let you all know that we are going to have to cancel the
meeting for October that was going to be at Denny?s to a future date,
due to the fact that Ingram has changed the date on us and we are now
going to be at Ingram on October 16, we will be a part of the event
Disability Awareness Month that Ingram is putting together. Please
don?t forget, no meeting for October.

We have also scheduled a second event that is set to happen on October
9 outside of Premier Rentals which is located at, 3023 West Avenue. We
are going to be there from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

If you would like to help at either one of these events Please let me
know as soon as possible because we are getting close and I would like
to see how many people are interested in coming out to help. We have
some good ideas on what we can do and I would really like to see all
of you out there and help spread the word.

Also for convention attendees, I need your bus money as soon as
possible. If you have any questions about that contact me soon.
Convention is around the corner and we need to have everything ready
to go soon.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you
all for all of your hard work, we have a very busy month but with all
of us doing our share we can have a very successful meet the blind
month. Have a great weekend everyone.

Jose A. Z. Martinez
President
NFB San Antonio Chapter



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Mon Oct  4 03:44:20 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 22:44:20 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Raffling off A WII
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=x0-=tW9AEkuXAY6B9XDs4Fy1HrX4xkkDAR2tr@mail.gmail.com>

Attention All Chapter Members and friends!

We would like to announce that we are going to be raffling off a WII
Consul. We will be selling raffle tickets for the next couple of
weeks.

The price of the tickets is 3 dollars for 1 ticket and 5 dollars for 2
tickets. You do not have to be present to winn! The WII will be
raffled off on October 16.

In order to purchase tickets you can come out to one of our events, or
you can also contact a member of the board to obtain information on
how to get some tickets.

All of the proceeds will go to support future NFB endeavors. We hope
that you consider helping and hope that you take the time to learn
about blindness and the NFB in this month of October!

All the Best
Jose A. Z. Martinez
President
NFB San Antonio Chapter



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Wed Oct  6 03:21:01 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 22:21:01 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Important Announcement For Those Taking the Bus To State
	Convention
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for all those individuals taking the bus to state convention,

We are departing San Antonio at 10:00 AM, on Friday October 22. We
should all plan to be at the pick up location at 9:30 am to make sure
we leave on time.

The Pick Up Location:

Jack In The Box

5398 Walzem Rd
San Antonio, TX 78218
(210) 656-4783

Please let me know if there are any questions



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Fri Oct  8 01:30:23 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 20:30:23 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Meet The Blind Event Oct 9
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Meet The Blind Month Event:

This Saturday October 9, from 12:00 to 3:00 pm, we will be out at
Premier Rentals 3023 West Avenue, continuing our efforts to change
what it means to be blind. We will also be selling tickets for a WII
that will be raffled off on October 16 at our Ingram Park Mall event.
If there any individuals interested in helping with the table please
contact me as soon as possible. If not we hope to see you all out
there!

A.	Z.



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Sun Oct 10 21:06:54 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:06:54 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Update On first Meet The Blind Month Event
Message-ID: <AANLkTik7GhP1tJy8zEP9=eFU03M+0a87p=E0rSPTv4b2@mail.gmail.com>

On Saturday October 9, your SA NFB Chapter was out at Premier Rentals
for our first Meet The Blind Month event. And I am glad to report to
you all that we had a great event! We had many individuals stop by our
table and pick up literature. People were excited to see the different
equipment that blind individuals had available to them, and our WII
raffle was very well accepted. Thank you to all of the individuals who
help make this event possible. One down one to go!

A.	Z.



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Wed Oct 13 23:48:18 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:48:18 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Important Chapter Announcements! Please read!
Message-ID: <AANLkTinbv=pdhN97-MD8-QTXuzBF8vx2AB=wgQ_qoOkH@mail.gmail.com>

Attention to all chapter members and friends:

We have some important announcements to let you know of. First, we
will not be at Ingram Park Mall this coming Saturday! That event has
been canceled. We will instead be at:

Al?s Formal Wear
5841 North West Loop 410
>From 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Also because we have had a tremendous response with the WII raffle,
the raffle will be extended till October 24. So if you have not bought
a ticket yet, you will be able to do so. But don?t wait to long. The
tickets are going fast. Remember 3 dollars for 1 ticket and 5 dollars
for 2 tickets.

If you would like to come out and support and help at this Saturdays
event please let me know.

This will be our final meet the blind month event for this year and
it?s going to be a great one!

Best
Jose A. Z. Martinez
President
NFB SA Chapter



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Fri Oct 15 02:08:37 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:08:37 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Fwd: [nfb-texas members] Child Care at the NFBT convention
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From: "Angela S. Wolf" <angelawolf at austin.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:04:35 -0500
Subject: [nfb-texas members] Child Care at the NFBT convention
To: members at nfb-texas.org, TPOBC at topica.com

Hello Everyone,

Brandi Wojcik is in charge of child care at the 2010 state convention
being held in Abilene.  If you will require child care at any time
during the convention weekend she needs to know so she can prepare.
The children will engage in a variety of age appropriate activities
many of which require materials i.e., arts and crafts.  In order to
ensure that all the children are able to participate we need to
purchase and/or bring the required materials for each activity.  Child
care is at no cost to parents registered at the conference.  Please
contact Brandi directly to let her know that you need her services at
convention.

Brandi Wojcik 512-689-5045 or email branlw at sbcglobal.net.

Thank you very much and see at convention.

Marilyn



Marilyn Monroe

512-323-5444

National Federation of the Blind of Texas

314 E Highland Mall Blvd.

Suite 253

Austin, TX 78752



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Fri Oct 15 10:51:10 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:51:10 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Fwd: [nfb-texas members] Agenda for the NFBT Convention
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From: "Angela S. Wolf" <angelawolf at austin.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 21:20:09 -0500
Subject: [nfb-texas members] Agenda for the NFBT Convention
To: members at nfb-texas.org

Hello, All:
 Attached is the agenda for the 2010 NFBT convention.  We look forward
to seeing all of you there.

Best Regards,
Angela Wolf
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From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Mon Oct 18 02:06:27 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:06:27 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Update and Announcements!
Message-ID: <AANLkTinz+1aWkZ6sG7nQV95B71eg7ZLnzvFe9f1+sGwy@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you to all who came out to Al?s Formal Wear yesterday. It was
our second Meet The Blind Month event. We had a very successful meet
the blind month, and I feel that we were able to reach a lot of
individuals and educate them on blindness and what the NFB is, which
was the overall goal.

Our next event on the agenda is the Texas State Convention. We will be
leaving Friday morning and returning on Sunday afternoon. If I have
not gotten with you about where the bus will be picking us up please
get with me ASAP.

We have also decided that because the raffle has been received so
well, and we have had individuals ask us about it from the state
level, we are going to extend the raffle till next Sunday the 24. If
you have not bought a ticket and you would like to have one, you can
still do so. But don?t wait too long, they are going fast!

A special thanks go to Bryan and Sara for all of their hard work!
Thank you both! Our next meeting will be November 20. More information
is soon to follow.

Best
A.	Z.



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Mon Oct 18 02:21:25 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:21:25 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] Attention, WII For 3 Dollars!
Message-ID: <AANLkTik81JxzuAK65pXsssTgMwcdvzLDibm765Vo7SFW@mail.gmail.com>

Attention To all State Convention Attendees:

Do to our tremendous success of our WII consul raffle here locally; we
have decided to give you all an opportunity to get in the fun! That?s
right, the NFB SA Chapter is going to be selling tickets for the WII
raffle at our state convention.

The Raffle will be held on Sunday October 24.

It is 3 dollars for 1 ticket and 5 dollars for 2 tickets!

If you are interested, make sure to find us Friday evening or all day Saturday!

The NFB San Antonio Chapter

A.	Z.
President
WWW.NFBSATX.ORG



From jose.martinez07 at gmail.com  Wed Oct 27 01:13:00 2010
From: jose.martinez07 at gmail.com (Jose Martinez)
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:13:00 -0500
Subject: [Nfbsatx] NFB SA November Update!
Message-ID: <AANLkTikvJJem3gaVVfNsy-O+mX-qHLRT410+awXkcDAt@mail.gmail.com>

Welcome to your November update!

A lot of news to report on for this month, We had a great meet to
blind month! Thank you to all those individuals who made it possible.

We want to especially thank Premier Rentals and Al?s Formal Wear for
giving us the opportunity to join with them and spread awareness about
blindness. We reached a lot of people and we could have not been able
to do it with out their support.

We also hosted a WII game console raffle to reach out to the local
community and we are happy to announce that the raffle was very
successful. The WII was raffled off on Sunday October 24 in Abilene
Texas. We would like to also congratulate the winner Jesse Torres! He
purchased the winning ticket on our first event at Premier Rentals!

In more news, Your board member and I attended this years NFB of Texas
state convention. It was very interesting and a lot of fun! We were
happy to see that the local chapters around the state are very active,
but we were very excited to see that we are still and will continue to
be one of the most active chapters of Texas! And that is all thanks to
you and all of your hard work. We must continue to work hard and make
sure the philosophy of the NFB continues to be lived and respected!

If you are interested in watching some convention videos and reliving
a little of what was this year?s state convention, Juan Del Rosario
has some videos posted on the NFB of Texas Website. To watch them
please go to:

http://www.nfb-tx.org/NFBT_2010_State_Convention.html

We are going to be off for a couple of weeks, but I hope you are
already planning on attending our final meeting of the year on
November 20! I hope you all have a great rest of the week, and we will
see you soon!

A.	Z.
President