[Ohio-talk] Cincinnati Chapter News

[David Andrews]

Yours was hot -- ours was cold, in St. Paul. It was about 37 degrees, 
and the cold kept our numbers down.  It is snowing a little today, 
luckily, it won't stick.

Dave

At 09:49 AM 10/12/2018, you wrote:
>It really was a wonderful event, and Sheri Albers gave a very 
>touching and moving speech! Bravo!
>The only thing that could have been better, was if it weren't so 
>darn hot! I believe this was our hottest White Cane Walk ever.
>PS: Suzanne, maybe we all can break out and do the Cha Cha Slide at 
>Convention! It is definitely a good workout.
>Deanna
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>Suzanne Turner via Ohio-Talk
>Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 2:59 PM
>To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List' <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: Suzanne Turner <smturner.234 at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Cincinnati Chapter News
>
>Good Job Cincinnati! You must show us your cool dance moves!
>
>Suzanne
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Sheri 
>Albers via Ohio-Talk
>Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:52 AM
>To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List 
><ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>; NFB of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter List 
><cinci-nfb at nfbnet.org>
>Cc: Sheri Albers <sheri.albers87 at gmail.com>
>Subject: [Ohio-talk] Cincinnati Chapter News
>
>Good Morning NFB of Ohio,
>
>On Monday, the NFB of Cincinnati celebrated White Cane Awareness Day 
>and Meet the Blind Month in downtown Cincinnati. We met at City Hall 
>and had Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman read our two 
>proclamations, while I spoke on the history behind the event. We 
>then did our annual White Cane Walk to Fountain Square, where we had 
>a Meet-And-Greet with the public to hand out literature, and broke 
>out into dance, led by Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually 
>Impaired. It was a beautiful day in the Nati! Thank you to all who 
>participated.
>
>Here is the link to the news story from WCPO Channel 9:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ5-15NdRds
>
>
>
>
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Sheri Albers, Vice President
>
>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>
>513.886.8697
>
>Sheri.albers87 at gmail.com
>
>
>
>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
>characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise 
>the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create 
>obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life 
>you want; blindness is not what holds you back.