[Ohio-talk] Volunteer opportunity

[Cindy Conley]

I don't think Wanda was thinking of setting up a site. I think she was 
suggesting that we purchase a couple of boxes to donate. And I don't 
think that is what Jason had in mind when asking for volunteers.
I think what is being suggested is a 'work project' of some kind like 
helping to clean a playground or help at an animal shelter or painting 
classrooms at a school.
This takes quite a bit of planning to find a project that would work, 
get the people to participate and, in our case, arrange for 
transportation to get the participants to the project. If we had more 
than two weeks to do it, the parents might have been game, but I can't 
put something together in this short amount of time.
Cindy Conley
cconley at fuse.net

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will 
annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
Herm Albright
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colleen Roth" <n8tnv at att.net>
To: <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Volunteer opportunity


> Hi All,
> I have purchased food from Angel Food Ministries.
> Some of it is good. Income does not matter, anyone can purchase from 
> them.
> There is another one which is susposed to have more variety called 
> Food For All.
> It is a lot of work to organize and set up a site for Angel Foods.
> It requires a lot of volunteers to pick up food from one main site, 
> sort and pack, take orders and collect money.
> Colleen Roth
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wanda  Sloan" <wandasloan1 at earthlink.net>
> To: "NFB OF Ohio Announcement and Discussion List" 
> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: 2009/01/05 23:13:06
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Volunteer opportunity
>
>>
>>
>> A clothing drive to be distributed to local pantries that give 
>> clothing away
>> to their recipients, this a good thing.
>> Also I just sent out info about Angle Foods.  Purchasing of a box 
>> or two is
>> a good idea too.  If a person has a Ohio Direct Card, they can 
>> order it this
>> weekend and receive it the following weekend for distribution.
>> What do you think?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Barbara Pierce" <bbpierce at pobox.com>
>> To: "'Ationfb of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'" 
>> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 4:37 PM
>> Subject: [Ohio-talk] Volunteer opportunity
>>
>>
>> I have just talked with Jason Ewell, who was sounding this 
>> affiliate out
>> about a possible opportunity to sponsor and coordinate a community 
>> volunteer
>> activity on Jan. 19, Martin Luther King Day. There is a national 
>> movement
>> for nonprofits across the country to take on community projects as 
>> the
>> sponsor. The idea is that members of the community would volunteer 
>> to help
>> with the food pantry drive, coats for kids, pick up trash, reclaim 
>> a park,
>> paint a preschool, etc.  The planners want a disability-connected 
>> group to
>> be one of the sponsoring organizations. We have been asked to 
>> consider doing
>> so, but to be accepted as a sponsor, we would have to come up with 
>> ten
>> projects across the country. The staff is approaching states that 
>> they think
>> have the energy and ability to organize such a thing on short 
>> notice-comthus
>> the call to us.
>>
>> I can't think of any way to get this done, but I promised to write 
>> this
>> message and ask if any of you have projects in mind and the chapter 
>> support
>> to make it happen. Any ideas? I have to get back to Jason tomorrow.
>>
>> Barbara
>>
>>
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