[Nfbwv-talk] Fwd: [Chapter-presidents] You Can Give Needs You

[Sheri Koch]

Does anyone have canes you are not using?  I think this is a wonderful project and I would be glad to collect them and mail them to you cane give so people worldwide can have what we possibly take for granted.

See below and thanks for thinking about it

Sheri Koch, President
National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia
304-993-5103



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> From: James Boehm via Chapter-presidents <chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org>
> Date: January 10, 2019 at 10:26:05 PM EST
> To: NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list <chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: James Boehm <jboehm at nfbtn.org>
> Subject: [Chapter-presidents] You Can Give Needs You
> Reply-To: NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list <chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org>
> 
> Dear friends and leaders,
>  I hope to find you well. As you may know, my nonprofit, You Cane Give, provides canes to the blind at no charge around the world to folks who cannot afford canes or if they do not n have the resources to acquire a cane. In Nigeria, for instance, a folding cane costs about $150 USD! So we collect donated folding canes, restore them with new elastic, tips, and vinyl, and send them around the world. I must truly commend the support and giving spirit of many of the chapters and affiliates. Many affiliates incorporate a cane drive for our initiative! From march 3-18, I will bring a team of six folks to Kenya to  bring canes and teach basic mobility skills to the cane recipients and others in the community to keep the training available. We have received about 60 canes from the California affiliate and New Jersey affiliate! Amazing! We also have some coming from Colorado! We are planning to bring 100 canes for our mission. So I am reaching out to all of you! If you would please spread the word about our initiative, that would be greatly appreciated. You can go to www.YouCaneGive.org for more info on how your members can send old canes. We even accept parts. Many times, we may have a good cane but a bad handle. So we use parts to make complete canes. Thank you all for your support! 
> Wishing you all well!
> 
> James Alan Boehm
> Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
> Human Developmental Clinical Mental Health Counseling: M. ED.
> 
> Contact Information
> Phone: 901-483-1515
> Email: James.A.Boehm at Vanderbilt.edu
> Personal Email: jimmydagerman80 at gmail.com
> NFB Email: JBoehm at NFB-TN.org
> Learning Ally: JBoehm at LearningAlly.org
> Kustom Cane: kustomcane at gmail.com
> You Cane Give Initiative: YuCaneGive at gmail.com
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