[NFBV-Historic-Fredericksburg] FW: Potential Walk with the Blind Saturday October 9

[Michael Kasey]

My friends!

I propose that we have our Walk with the blind on Saturday October 9 (along
with others in Virginia).  Please reply to michaelgkasey at verizon.net
<mailto:michaelgkasey at verizon.net>  if you agree and will begin to ask for
donations soon.  I will share details as the plan comes together.

If you have questions or suggestions, please let us know!!!

 

 

From: NFBV-Historic-Fredericksburg
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Michael Kasey via NFBV-Historic-Fredericksburg
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2021 6:59 PM
To: nfbv-historic-fredericksburg at nfbnet.org
Subject: [NFBV-Historic-Fredericksburg] Potential Walk with the Blind
Saturday October 9

 

We have an opportunity to conduct our annual Walk with the Blind this
October.  See the announcement below and come to our June 19 Chapter meeting
prepared to discuss our involvement!

The NFB of Virginia Public Relations Committee invites all of you and your
chapter members to participate in an activity we are calling "Virginia Walk
with the Blind".  This event will take place Saturday, October 9, 2021,
starting at 10 AM.  This will take place during Meet the Blind Month and
will occur before White Cane Awareness Day.  This is a great way to make
people aware of who we are and what we can do!

 

Here is how to prepare:  

*  Identify a place for everyone to meet

*  Work out a route for people to walk.  It is important that this event can
take place in an area that is seen by the public such as a neighborhood or a
public park or space. 

*  Get as many of your chapter members as possible to participate.  Have
chapter members invite family and friends to come with them.  

*  As the event date approaches, contact local media and let them know about
our walk. 

*  Contact your local Mayor's office and request a proclamation for White
Cane Awareness Day.   Invite a local city official to read the proclamation.


Here are some ways to enhance your event:

*  Make this event into a fundraiser by encouraging chapter members to get
pledges and collect contributions from family, friends, and local
businesses.  You can ask businesses to donate such items as drinks, snacks,
and items that could be given away to participants.  

*  Encourage participants to wear NBF logoed attire such as shirts, hats, or
pins.  

*  Have NFB literature to hand out to members of the general public.  

On the day of the event:

*  Have everyone gather around 9:30 or so on the day of the event at the
designated starting point.   

*  Make sure one person has a cell phone with a speaker and the ability to
connect to a zoom call. 

*  Just before 10 AM, the person with the phone will connect up with other
sites via zoom.  Each site will have the chance to read their city's
proclamation and let everyone know who is there.  

*  Then everyone will walk around along the predetermined route, gathering
together at the end.  

Last year, the Tidewater, Peninsula, Greater Williamsburg, and Chesapeake
Bay chapters participated in this event.   As a result of this event, Whie
Cane Awareness Day Proclamations were issued in Norfolk, Virginia Beach,
Newport News, and Williamsburg.  The public radio station in Hampton Roads
aired two news stories related to this event.  These stories were also
featured on our National website.  We know that in the past, the Richmond
and Fredericksburg chapters have had their own walkathons, we would hope
they can join their events with the rest of the chapters that choose to
participate.  

 

 

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