From Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov Fri Aug 9 12:37:18 2019 From: Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov (Valdez, Evelyn) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 12:37:18 +0000 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: BARD outage 8/9-8/11 Message-ID: FYI Due to a planned power outage, most of the Library's public websites, including NLS BARD and the NLS website, will be unavailable from 5 p.m. ET, Friday, Aug. 9 through Sunday, Aug. 11. Books already downloaded to your personal smart device using the BARD mobile app will continue to be playable during this time, but downloading new books will be temporarily unavailable. We're sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. For more information please visit: https://go.usa.gov/xytKQ -- [http://doit.maryland.gov/webcom/Documents/changingMD.png] Ashley M. Biggs Outreach Librarian Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Maryland State Library 415 Park Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3603 410-230-2430 (office) | 667-209-1563 (cell) | 410-333-2095 (fax) ashley.biggs1 at maryland.gov http://www.lbph.maryland.gov Click here to complete a three-question customer experience survey. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov Fri Aug 9 15:36:45 2019 From: Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov (Valdez, Evelyn) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 15:36:45 +0000 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] ScriptAbility Pharmacies Search Link In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FYI Many pharmacies in the U.S. and Canada are now offering accessible medication labels, specifically for their blind and visually-impaired patients, including Talking Labels, Large Print, and Braille. Use the link below to search for a ScriptAbility pharmacy near you: https://www.envisionamerica.com/products/scriptability/participating-pharmacies/ ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov Fri Aug 9 15:48:33 2019 From: Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov (Valdez, Evelyn) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 15:48:33 +0000 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] Potomac Chapter Wine Tasting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FYI From: NFBV-Potomac-Announce > On Behalf Of John Halverson via NFBV-Potomac-Announce Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2019 1:31 PM To: nfbv-potomac-announce at nfbnet.org Subject: [EXTERNAL] [NFBV-Potomac-Announce] Potomac Chapter Wine Tasting Please join us! Dear Potomac chapter Members and Friends, You are cordially invited to join us for a wine tasting event and seminar to benefit the Potomac Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. The event will fund outreach programs for blind youth, seniors and working age adults. We need to know if you can attend by Wednesday, September 11, so we can provide a final count to the organizers. Drop ins that day will not be accepted. Seating is limited. The details: National Federation of the Blind Wine Tasting Saturday, September 14, 2019 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Cost: $40/person. Please make checks payable to PC-NFB. Credit cards are also accepted. An exciting variety of wines will be offered along with accompaniments of fine cheeses and chocolate. Tim Morse, an expert in wine and a prize-winning wine maker will be explaining the wines. Each wine will be presented in a relaxed lecture format with plenty of time to enjoy each wine, mingle, and socialize with friends. If you have always wanted to learn more about wine or just wanted to expand your horizons, this event will be a great time. All wines will be available to be ordered from Arrow Wine in Arlington and the Potomac Chapter will receive a portion of all sales so please consider ordering some of your favorites. Location in Pentagon City: The James at River House Party Room 1111 Army-Navy Drive Arlington, VA 22202 Metro directions can be provided and free parking is available at the River House. The actual entrance to The James at River House is on South Joyce Street immediately at the intersection of Army-Navy and South Joyce. The building is immediately across the street from Pentagon Row, and specifically Bed, Bath & Beyond and entrance to the Harris Teeter grocery. Taxi drivers sometimes refer to the building as Building 1. If you need driving directions or have difficulty , you can contact the building's concierge/front desk via telephone at : 703 521-6200. Traveling via Metro: The building is easily accessible from the Pentagon City Metro station on Metro's Blue and Yellow lines. For those taking Metro, meet at the Pentagon City station fare gates at 3:40 PM to meet a group walking the short walk to the building. Detailed walking directions can also be provided if you can't meet at 3:40 by emailing Joe Hobson at joehobson at comcast.net You can reach Joe via his home phone at 703 553-8484. On the day of the event, Joe can be reached via his mobile phone at 202 669-5557. Parking directions: Easy free parking is available at the building with a parking permit obtained from one of our greeters located in the building lobby. 1. park temporarily in the designated parking places in front of the building by the main entrance and come in to the concierge at the front desk in the lobby and get the pass. 2. Put the pass in the dash board of your car. 3. Park in the adjacent parking lot. 4. From the parking lot, one can enter the ground entrance to the building. This entrance has a business center located near the entrance on the right and a gym on the left. Someone will be waiting inside the building to greet you and provide directions to the party room. The party room is on the level labelled either Ground or Basement. If you need assistance on the day of the event or if you arrive after 4:15 PM, contact Tracy Soforenko on his mobile phone at 202 285-4595. To RSVP or ask questions, please contact Tracy Soforenko. Tracy Soforenko President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia 202 285-4595 Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com www.nfb.org www.nfbv.org National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov Fri Aug 9 15:55:53 2019 From: Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov (Valdez, Evelyn) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2019 15:55:53 +0000 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] FW: ] [NFBV-Announce] President Riccobono Comes to Virginia for 8/17 Membership Seminar and Board of Directors Meeting Message-ID: Hi Virginia Federation Family, We are thrilled to announce that National Federation of the Blind President Mark Riccobono has agreed to come to our August 17 meeting at the Westin Tysons Corner. All members are welcome to come to the lunch and meeting to meet President Riccobono and engage in an exciting program. We expect there will be significant time for questions and we hope you can help us learn and grow together. In addition to an interactive membership seminar with president Riccobono, the second focus of the board meeting will be plans for our 2019 NFB of Virginia convention. Plans are coming together fast but we wanted to share information as things are being finalized. Saturday, August 17 Luncheon Meeting Featuring President Riccobono at Noon Membership Seminar and Board of Directors Meeting from 1:00 PM to 4:00 Pm. During Saturday morning, President Riccobono will be meeting with participants in the Virginia Chapter Leadership Institute and students attending the Southeast Regional Student Seminar. Between all parties including the students from around the Southeast region, we anticipate over 100 people at the luncheon. We are truly excited that President Riccobono is joining us and we hope you can make plans to be in attendance. Please start thinking about your questions and we will outline a means to capture questions so President Riccobono is prepared. If you have questions for me, please do not hesitate to ask. Tracy Soforenko President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia 202 285-4595 Tracy.soforenko at gmail.com www.nfb.org www.nfbv.org National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: ATT00001.txt URL: From Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov Tue Aug 27 13:09:59 2019 From: Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov (Valdez, Evelyn) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:09:59 +0000 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes Presents end-of-summer kayaking next Sunday, September 1, Message-ID: I will be participating in this kayaking event and I hope to see all Alexandrians there! A message from Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes?s Karla Gilbride Begin forwarded message: From: Karla Gilbride > Date: August 22, 2019 at 11:31:40 PM EDT To: "mwaba_news at googlegroups.com" > Subject: end-of-summer kayaking next Sunday, September 1, plus pay 2019 dues by October 1 Hi all, Hope you?ve all been enjoying your summers and surviving the extreme heat. To celebrate the end of summer and hopefully some cooler weather ahead, we?re planning to have a second kayaking day next Sunday, September 1. The plan is to rent out five double kayaks and take turns with those not out kayaking hanging out at the picnic tables as we did when we had our first event in May. Feel free to come by anytime between 11 AM and 2 PM. If you?re interested in kayaking with us, please email me back at karla.gilbride at gmail.com so I have a list of who to expect, and know who to contact if we have to change plans because of bad weather, etc. Also, for the second year we will be charging dues of $25 to all active members of the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes (meaning anyone who has attended at least three activities in 2019). If you haven?t already paid your dues for 2019, please send $25 via Venmo to mwabadc or via PayPal to treasurer at gomwaba.org. if you have trouble paying via either of these methods, please contact Justin at justinbchan at gmail.com. All payments are due by October 1. That?s all for this edition of the newsletter. Until next time, have fun and stay active! Karla -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MWABA_news" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to MWABA_news+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/MWABA_news/MN2PR10MB4016A6C4BEDDDEF21B9E9544ACA40%40MN2PR10MB4016.namprd10.prod.outlook.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov Tue Aug 27 13:24:14 2019 From: Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov (Valdez, Evelyn) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:24:14 +0000 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] City of Alexandria Seeks Feedback on Dockless Mobility Pilot Program Message-ID: FYI Begin forwarded message: From: "Robert Hartt" > Date: August 21, 2019 at 6:07:56 PM EDT To: "'Evelyn'" > Cc: > Subject: FW: City of Alexandria Seeks Feedback on Dockless Mobility Pilot Program Evelyn ? Not sure if you want to send the announcement below out before or after tomorrow night?s meeting. I found the survey mostly accessible, but very cumbersome and time consuming. Bob From: Alexandria eNews [mailto:noreply at everbridge.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 3:30 PM To: bobmhartt at gmail.com Subject: City of Alexandria Seeks Feedback on Dockless Mobility Pilot Program City of Alexandria Seeks Feedback on Dockless Mobility Pilot Program The City of Alexandria is seeking feedback on its Dockless Mobility Pilot Program. Dockless mobility devices include shared, rechargeable transportation devices, such as e-bikes and e-scooters, that are available for rent from private companies. The City launched a pilot to demonstrate the dockless devices in January. The pilot program was designed to evaluate the safety and popularity of dockless mobility devices and the overall performance of the participating companies. City staff will continue to monitor how and where the devices are used, company responsiveness, and safety, as well as collect community input, for the duration of the pilot. Complete the Dockless Mobility Pilot Program Feedback Form The feedback form will be open through Friday, September 6. City staff will prepare an evaluation report and a set of recommendations for consideration by City Council this fall, which will incorporate public feedback. To learn more about the dockless mobility pilot program, or to complete the online feedback form, visit alexandriava.gov/DocklessMobility. You are subscribed to the free Alexandria eNews service. Replies to this message will not be received. For correspondence, please use the contact information in the body of the message. To change your subscription choices or unsubscribe from an individual subscription topic, click here to login. 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Roane" > The 2019 Convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia will be held Friday, November 1 through Sunday, November 3, 2019 at the Renaissance Portsmouth-Norfolk Waterfront Hotel, located at 425 Water Street, Portsmouth, Virginia 23704. To make hotel reservations, call the hotel directly at (757) 673-3000. Special room rates have been negotiated for registered convention attendees. When you call the hotel, make sure to tell them that you are attending the convention so that you will receive the special convention rate. The deadline to make hotel reservations is Tuesday, October 8, 2019. After the deadline, there is no guarantee that you will get a room at the convention hotel. Child care is available to the children of registered convention attendees (ages infant through 5th grade) during 6 sessions of convention. These sessions are: Session 1 Friday morning 8:45 am to 12:15 pm Session 2 Friday afternoon 12:15 pm to 5:15 pm Session 3 Friday evening 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Session 4 Saturday morning 8:45 am to 12:15 pm Session 5 Saturday afternoon 12:15 pm to 5:15 pm Session 6 Saturday evening 6:45 pm to ? hour after banquet adjournment Snacks will be provided during Sessions 1, 2, 4 and 5. Even though child care will be open and fully staffed during lunch on Friday and Saturday, lunch will not be provided. Parents should either pick their child up for lunch at the end of Sessions 1 and 4 or provide a lunch for their child to eat in the child care room. Also, dinner will not be provided on Friday or Saturday evening. Parents should feed their child dinner prior to bringing them to Sessions 3 or 6. The cost of child care is $10 per family per session. If you need more information, please contact Uricka Harrison at (757) 349-9234 or uricka.harrison at icloud.com. Please indicate the number of children per session on the Convention Pre Registration Form. On Friday and Saturday, box lunches will be available for a cost of $17.50 if purchased in advance on the convention pre registration form. Box lunch tickets are specific for each day and are not interchangeable. Box lunches can only be guaranteed for those purchased on the convention pre registration form. A limited number may be available for purchase at the convention. On Saturday, student lunches will be available for a cost of $8.00 if purchased in advance on the convention pre registration form. Student lunches can only be guaranteed for those purchased on the convention pre registration form. A limited number may be available for purchase at the convention. To register for the convention, please visit www.nfbv.org, call toll free (800) 838-3006 or complete the attached Convention Pre Registration Form and mail it with payment included to: NFB of Virginia 3230 Grove Avenue Richmond, VA 23221 _______________________________________________ NFBV-Announce mailing list NFBV-Announce at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbv-announce_nfbnet.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2019 NFBV Convention Details.doc Type: application/msword Size: 31232 bytes Desc: 2019 NFBV Convention Details.doc URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2019 NFBV Convention Pre Registration Form.doc Type: application/msword Size: 28672 bytes Desc: 2019 NFBV Convention Pre Registration Form.doc URL: From Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov Wed Aug 28 15:58:09 2019 From: Evelyn.Valdez at va.gov (Valdez, Evelyn) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:58:09 +0000 Subject: [NFBV-Alexandria] National Harbor Visit with Other Chapters in the DMV Message-ID: Greater Alexandria Chapter Members & Friends: I hope you are able to join us on September 7 for an enjoyable afternoon with fellow Federationists from throughout the DMV. Details below. Please call Naim Abu-El Hawa to indicate your interest by Thursday evening, August 29, 2019 . Although the final count is not due until September 3, we would like to get a notion of interest as soon as possible. ***Come one, come all! Join a variety of local NFB chapters in embarking on a fun-filled social excursion to The National Harbor. We plan on taking full advantage of the waterfront views, a splendid stomach-warming meal, and the enjoyment of the crisp autumn weather of early September. For those in Virginia, there are water taxis that run in 30 minute intervals, starting at 9:35 in the morning, and will cost $18 per roundtrip ticket. These water taxis depart from 0 Cameron St, Alexandria, VA (but if you are having Uber/Lyft or someone drop you off at the Alexandria Waterfront, you must use the Torpedo Factory address of 201 N. Union Street because cars are no longer permitted to get closer to the Alexandria Waterfront, and so you have your ride drop you off at 201 N. Union Street which is the Torpedo Factory and just walk behind the Torpedo Factory to the right and walk towards the Waterfront to then locate the booth for purchasing /picking up tickets or you can purchase it online or over the phone: Potomac Riverboat Company at 1-877-511-2628) When: Saturday, September 7th, 2019 (We will begin our lunch time meal at 1:00 in the afternoon) Where: The National Harbor (Restaurant to be determined: likely to be Rosa Mexicano Restaurant) Cost: $25 collected at the restaurant. Food: Guacamole en Molcajete, HAND TACO, Enchilada, and Quesadilla de Carne Asada Time: Afternoon lunch, travel activities, and evening fun beginning around 1:00 Please join us for a great meal, drinks, and exploration of The National Harbor on Saturday, September 7th. RSVP to Naim Abu-El Hawa no later than 11:59pm on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019. Naim can be reached via email at nmabuelhawa at gmail.com or via phone at 202-848-8932. 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If you have questions, please ask. http://nfbv.org/cli_application Joe Orozco and Domonique Lawless _______________________________________________ NFBV-Announce mailing list NFBV-Announce at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbv-announce_nfbnet.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: