[NFBV-Alexandria] FW: reminder about goalball this Saturday and yoga this Sunday, spread the word about Blind Sports Day on October 6, and coverage of tandem biking program in Washington Post

Brian Miller brianrmiller88 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 26 11:42:48 UTC 2018


Good morning!

Evelyn, one of our many chapter super athletes, thinks we should participate in the national blind sports day event, and I agree! Please see her message below, and, as always, stay hydrated!

Brian Miller

President

Greater Alexandria Chapter

NFBV

 

 

From: Evelyn <evelyn.valdez212 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 7:37 AM
To: Brian Miller <brianrmiller88 at gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: reminder about goalball this Saturday and yoga this Sunday, spread the word about Blind Sports Day on October 6, and coverage of tandem biking program in Washington Post

 

Happy Wednesday Brian

I think that our chapter should participate in national sports day on Saturday, October 6, the information is below and if anyone is interested in either playing goalball, or doing yoga, they can do so bye sending an email to Karla. Would you please be able to disseminate to our membership?



Sent from Evelyn's iPhone 📧


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From: Karla Gilbride <KGilbride at publicjustice.net <mailto:KGilbride at publicjustice.net> >
Date: September 26, 2018 at 1:02:24 AM EDT
To: DC goalball <dc-goalball at googlegroups.com <mailto:dc-goalball at googlegroups.com> >
Subject: reminder about goalball this Saturday and yoga this Sunday, spread the word about Blind Sports Day on October 6, and coverage of tandem biking program in Washington Post

Hi all,

 

First, a reminder that we’ll have goalball practice at Columbia Heights at the regular time on Saturday and that our next eyes Free Yoga class will take place this Sunday, September 30 from 3:15-4:45 PM at the Bluebird Sky studio at 3101 12th St. NE. Please let Karla know if you plan to attend (karla.gilbride at gmail.com <mailto:karla.gilbride at gmail.com> ) so the instructors know how many people to expect.

 

Congratulations to the 25 people selected to participate on behalf of MWABA in the National Fitness Challenge! You’ll be hearing more about the Challenge in the coming months, but the first thing you all should know is that the kickoff event is coming up on Saturday, October 6, which is National Blind Sports Day. On that day, events will be held all over the country to recognize the wide range of athletic opportunities open to people who are blind or visually impaired, and this year DC will be joining the fun. We will be holding demos in goalball, tandem cycling and other sports at the Columbia Heights Community center, where we typically have our goalball practices, and you’re all encouraged to attend. We’d also like you to help us spread the word to as many members of the blind community as possible. We want this event to reach a wide audience, including kids and seniors. So if you have contacts who aren’t on this email list but who you think might like to learn about some of the sports we offer, please share the below link with them: https://goo.gl/forms/BZ2yAQc1o3WVuwVn1. You can also invite people to the Facebook event, which is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1284434158363698/. Thanks  for helping us get the word out!

 

Last but not least, our tandem cycling program got some great media coverage in the Washington Post today, including a video with action shots taken during one of our rides. MWABA member Qudsiya Naqui was featured in the on-camera interview. Check out the story here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/09/25/this-woman-rides-bike-once-week-local-trails-shes-also-blind/?utm_term=.1207ce7cbb61

 

That’s all for this edition of the newsletter. Until next time, have fun and stay active!

 

Karla

 

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