[Nfbv-announce] Volunteers needed to work at the Independence market at Convention I Orlando

[Michael Kasey]

AR you attending the Convention in Orlando this summer?

 

You are needed to volunteer some of your time working in the NFB
Independence Market.  Some details are provided from an email received from
Mrs. Patricia Maurer copied below.  You may ask others  in the Affiliate
what is involved.  Please let me know directly if you can spend a few hours
at this important task.  I will need to know when you will arrive and depart
and when you believe you will be available.  Assignments to include position
and hours will be provided after all volunteers are identified.  We
appreciate your support.

Thank you,

Michael

 

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.

 

We are beginning to put together the schedules for the Independence Market
demonstrators/helpers, storekeepers/pay station attendants, and cashiers at
the NFB 2016 National Convention. 

 

We are anxious to get the assignments out, so please get back to us as soon
as possible. It is contemplated that each demonstrator/helper will work a
four-hour (morning or afternoon) and a two-hour (lunch) shift. This is only
a total of six hours.  

 

As you may be aware, there are other duties to be fulfilled in the market.
The shift times we will assign to line marshals or other positions within
the market will be the same as the ones for demonstrators/helpers and the
storekeepers/pay station attendants. The exception is cashiers. The days the
cashiers work, their shifts will be extended to accommodate the count out
procedure at the end of the shift. We are trying to have more of a
compliment of volunteers in these positions this year, so please look inside
your affiliate and let us know of capable, willing people whom you would
recommend.

 

Please do what you can to help us to have plenty of workers at the NFB
Independence Market to assist our fellow members. I look forward to working
with each of you on this important project.

 

Sincerely,

(Mrs.) Patricia A. Maurer

Director of Reference, Jacobus tenBroek Library

Jernigan Institute

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND