[Ohio-Talk] Please make it easy to Adopt a senior

Fri May 22 16:01:44 UTC 2020

Good morning,

I wanted to clarify a couple of things. The people on the Facebook list are just those who have signed up for that group. Their bios have been posted to this list serve, and they can be adopted at any time. As for the ones at the school for the blind, I have been in communication with their principal. I am waiting to get a list of what ever identifying information they will be allowed to give me. I have asked for just first names or hometowns or something like that. As soon as I get that information, I will post it. We will make sure that every senior gets adopted by at least one person or chapter Nobody will go without being adopted.

Any questions that anybody has, please feel free to ask.
Have a great weekend!

Annette Lutz
President
Capital Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
614-288-4323
President.capital.nfboh at gmail.com

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday we raise the expectations of blind people because we know that low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want, blindness is not what holds you back. 

On May 22, 2020, at 11:30 AM, Cheryl Fischer via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

I understand. I imagine that there are communications going on between some of our members and the people at OSSB.       

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From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Barbara Pierce via Ohio-Talk
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 9:53 AM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Barbara Pierce <barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ohio-Talk] Please make it easy to Adopt a senior

The school must protect their privacy. We cannot get any information about them.

Barbara Pierce, President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
440-774-8077

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise expectations for blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and their dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.

> On May 22, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Cheryl Fischer via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I think that a list of OSB Seniors with bio info about their interests, hobbies and  plans would result in many adoptions. Names and geographic locations probably don't even matter initially. Not until we are going to mail something to them. And since this would be public info on Facebook, why not provide it here in a list on OhioTalk as well? 
> I have a Facebook account, but don't bother to use it. I'm not interested. I could probably figure out how to get to this list, but why give me another task to do? I don't desire to prove that I am an accomplished Facebook user. I just want to adopt a high school senior. I bet there are many people like me here on OhioTalk. 
> Cheryl
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kinshuk 
> Tella via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 8:07 AM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List 
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> Cc: Kinshuk Tella <kinshuk.tella at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-Talk] Adopt a senior
> 
> Yes So I strongly encourage anyone who is interested in adopting a senior to do so on the facebook page or by emailing me even if the senior has already been adopted before.
> 
>> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 10:17 PM Wanda via Ohio-Talk 
>> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Thank you for that understanding.
>> Wan
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Sadie McFarland via Ohio-Talk
>> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 2:55 PM
>> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List 
>> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Sadie McFarland <sadiemc01 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ohio-Talk] Adopt a senior
>> 
>> Yes. That is correct. Anyone can be adopted by anyone, and it does 
>> not matter how many times they have been adopted.
>> 
>> Sadie M. McFarland
>> 
>>> On May 21, 2020, at 2:45 PM, marianne denning via Ohio-Talk <
>> ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> As I understand it, anyone can be adopted by more than one person.
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Suzanne
>> Turner
>>> via Ohio-Talk
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 1:39 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] Adopt a senior
>>> 
>>> Wanda,
>>> 
>>> I think she is already adopted.
>>> 
>>> Suzanne
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Wanda 
>>> via Ohio-Talk
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 1:37 PM
>>> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List' 
>>> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> 
>>> Cc: Wanda <wsloan118 at roadrunner.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Ohio-Talk] Adopt a senior
>>> 
>>> I have adopted Macy and good friend of mine.
>>> Wan Sloan Miami Valley Chapter
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> President
>>> Capital chapter via Ohio-Talk
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2020 7:51 AM
>>> To: ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: President Capital chapter <president.capital.nfboh at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Ohio-Talk] Adopt a senior
>>> 
>>> Good morning,
>>> 
>>> I wanted to update everybody on our affiliates adopt a senior 
>>> program. As many of you know, this year, due to the coronavirus 
>>> situation, mini high school and college graduating seniors are not 
>>> getting the in person recognition that they deserve and were looking 
>>> forward to. For this
>> reason,
>>> our affiliate with our student division has established and adopt a
>> senior
>>> program. So far we have 16 wonderful blind students who are 
>>> graduating
>> this
>>> year and who are signed up for the program.
>>> 
>>> What we are asking our chapters, divisions, and individuals to do is 
>>> to adopt one of these seniors. Some of them are listed on the 
>>> Facebook page
>> NFB
>>> Ohio adopt a senior. Others are students at the Ohio State school 
>>> for the Blind. Looking for gift baskets, gift cards, or anything 
>>> these deserving young people would love to have. If you are 
>>> interested in adopting one of the seniors on the Facebook page, just 
>>> send them a message that way
>> letting
>>> them know that they are adopted and they will give you their contact 
>>> information. Due to privacy issues, the students at the school For 
>>> the
>> blind
>>> will need their items sent to the school. We do not have full names 
>>> of
>> those
>>> students, but I am in the process of getting a list of at least 
>>> first
>> names
>>> and area of the state. If you would like to adopt one of these kids,
>> please
>>> let me know. We want to make sure every one of them gets adopted by 
>>> at
>> least
>>> somebody.
>>> 
>>> Thank you to everybody in the Ohio national Federation of the blind 
>>> affiliate! I know your generosity will really help make these 
>>> students graduation time Special!
>>> 
>>> Annette Lutz
>>> President
>>> Capital Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>>> 614-288-4323
>>> President.capital.nfboh at gmail.com
>>> 
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