[Nfbv-announce] 2017 NFB of Virginia Seniors Division Agenda, Saturday, November 4

[Tracy Soforenko]

2017

NFB OF VIRGINIA CONVENTION PRESENTS

STAYING IN THE GAME

AND

LIVING THE LIFE YOU WANT

SEMINAR AGENDA

Pines Room

 

12:15  Lunch.

12:45  Business Meeting:

Welcome, Nancy Yeager, President, NFBV Senior Division.

Introduction of attendees.

Division Minutes and Treasurer's Report, 
Sandy Halverson, First Vice President, NFBV; Potomac Chapter, NFBV; and
Secretary/Treasurer, NFBV Senior Division.   

12:55  Transportation Options - Going Places On Your Terms:

Moderator: Wanda Taylor, Church School organizer; Member, Alexandria Lions
Club and other community organizations; Member, Alexandria Chapter, NFBV;
and Member, NFBV Senior Division.

Uber and Lyft: Earl Everett, 2016 Leadership Fellow; Legislative
Representative and Secretary, Richmond Chapter, NFBV; and Member, NFBV
Senior Division.

Go Go Grandparent: Joe Hobson, Retired Public Relations Manager; Member,
Potomac Chapter, NFBV; Member, NFBV Senior Division.

1:15  International Seniors Perspective:  

Fred Schroeder, President, World Blind Union; and Former President, NFB of
Virginia.  

1:45  Break

2:00  (Room, Oaks 1) Seniors in Charge - Blind Seniors Learn New Skills and
Gain Confidence:

Video Produced by the Colorado Center for the Blind, Littleton, Colorado.

2:30  (Pines Room) New Gadgets -Voice Recorder and Labeling System.

2:40  What's Happening Nationally:

Glenn Crosby, Board Member, NFB Senior Division; Former President, NFB of
Texas; Former member, NFB Board of Directors; and, along with his wife,
Norma, received the 2017 Jacobus tenBroek Award. 

3:00  Life After Hearing Loss:

Julie Greenfield, CMP, Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard
of Hearing Persons.

Jenifer McGilligan, Sign Language Interpreter

Mary Ann Kessler, Doylstown, PA; and Member, NFBV Senior Division

4:00  Feeling Low - Reaching Out and Making Connections, Emotional Support
for Seniors:

Wanda Taylor

Joe Hobson

Debbie Everdale, Former Pre-School Teacher; Member, Potomac Chapter, NFBV;
and Member, NFBV Senior Division.

4:30  Seminar adjourns.