[nfbwatlk] Do you attend church?

[Joanne Laurent]

Do you attend church? If so, consider sending this (or a similar request) to
your pastor or prayer team. I did.
 
I am requesting prayer for the continuance of three entities in their
existing high-performance forms:  Washington Department of Services for the
Blind (DSB), Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB) and Washington
School for the Deaf (WSD). Please pray specifically for the upcoming hearing
on Tuesday, February 2, at 8:00 a.m. in Hearing Room B in the John L.
O'Brien Building on the capital campus in Olympia, there will be a hearing
on HB-2953. Please pray for a huge public turnout for this hearing and for
the governor to realize the value of services to help blind adults obtain
(or maintain) independence & employment.   Services for older (non-working)
adults have already been cut and these people are without options for help.
Please pray also  for the School for the Blind and School for the Deaf--
whose programs are also on the governor's chopping block-pray that there may
be enough public outcry to avert these harmful decisions. Thank you!
 
 
For more information about how people can help for FREE using only 3 minutes
of their time, please visit the "Save DSB" webpage created by a concerned
citizen at
http://describeit.net/SAVE%20Dept.%20of%20Services%20for%20the%20Blind.htm
 
Blindness is a low-incidence disability, and therefore, an easy group to
disregard. I am gathering support from the sighted public to help with this
cause.  The governor admitted this budget cut is not expected to favorably
affect the budget, but rather is a move to show the public she is cutting
down the size of government. This move will create lifetime dependents out
of potential taxpayers. The website will explain more about how that works
and provide facts and statistics.
 
Just 1 more request!  Facebook users can show their support by joining the
"Save DSB-Save Services for the Blind" FB group at the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=239260321522
<http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efacebook%2Ecom%2Fgr
oup%2Ephp%3Fgid%3D239260321522%26ref%3Dts&urlhash=I8zI> &ref=ts 
 
Thank you.
 
Joanne Laurent 
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist
If you can't learn it, I'm not teaching it right!
 <http://www.blindcoach.com/> www.blindcoach.com
 
Highest Expectations Travel and Adaptive Skills Instruction for the Blind
P.O. Box 586 Ariel, WA 98603
(360) 231-4597 
 
 
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