[Nfbv-announce] Staying In the Game: 2015 Seniors Seminar

[Tracy Soforenko]

2015 STATE CONVENTION PRESENTS

Staying in the Game

A Blind and Low Vision Empowerment Program for Seniors

Saturday, October 31 

Pines Room

 

12:45 to 1:45       Luncheon.  (Box lunches must be pre-ordered.)

 
Guest Speaker: Fredrick Schroeder, First Vice President, World Blind Union.

 

1:45 to 2:00         Break.

 

2:00 to 2:05         Welcome.

                Nancy Yeager, Retired Federal Benefits Manager, Farm Credit
Administration and First Vice President, Potomac Chapter, National
Federation of the Blind of Virginia. 

 

2:05 to 2:35         Blindness-related services for Virginia's Seniors

Jane Ward-Solomon, Older Blind Grant Program, Virginia Department for the
Blind and Vision Impaired.  

 

2:35 to 3:00         I'm a senior: now what?  

                Panel:
                                Wanda Taylor, 

                                Roberta Cohen,

                                Corliss Jones,
                                Joe Hobson,

 

3:00 to 3:30         Arlington County Talking Book Library
                Pete Davis, Board Member, National Library Service.

 

3:30 to 3:50         Keep up with news and current events? Yes you can! News
Line Reading Service

John Halverson, Senior Program Management Analyst, Office for Civil Rights,
U.S Department of Health and Human Services and President, Potomac Chapter,
National Federation of the Blind of Virginia.

 

3:50        Accessibility While Traveling . 
Rick Holley, President, At Large Chapter, National Federation of the Blind
of Virginia.

 

3:55        Accessible Gadgets for a More Productive Life

Wanda Taylor, Fairfax Chapter, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia.

 

4:00 to 4:30         Come Check Out the Gadgets Table.