[Ohio-Talk] Sharing Solutions this Sunday

[Barbara Pierce]

These are monthly calls with the intent to allow people to bring up problems that they are having and receive suggestions for coping with them. If it sounds as if further discussion with a person who has knowledge would help, we make arrangements for someone to call and offer support. We are not rehab teachers, and our efforts are aimed at providing options and hope drawn from the fact that other people are managing the things that seem overwhelming to a newly blind person.

Barbara
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 Oct 16, 2020, at 8:37 AM, Cheree Heppe via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> This is not meant to be cynical or anything like that, but, how are these solutions going to be implemented when we can't get to these people to do it?
> 
> Sent from Cheree's iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 16, 2020, at 08:18, Barbara Pierce via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I am remiss in getting this announcement out, so please pay attention to it. Sunday, October 18, at 7:00 pm, the NFB of Ohio Senior Division will hold its monthly Sharing Solutions call. This is on the conference call line, not Zoom. This month people are asked to bring with them the contact information for any resources they have found useful. It may be medical gadgets they like or communications tools or anything else that you find helfful and can pass along to help others with vision loss. You will also have a chance to raise your problems or frustrations in coping with blindness. You can tell that this will be a free-style conversation. We will also talk about the up-coming convention and also Meet the Blind Month, which is going on right now. What can we do to spread the word about the NFB and the ways we are changing what it means to be  blind? 
>> 
>> By the way, if you are registered for the state convention and are a member of a local chapter or division but have not yet enrolled to vote at the convention, you must do so before noon on Sunday. You have to contact your chapter or division president to get the link to enroll. If you don’t have a computer, your president can help you to enroll. All you need to know is the phone number you will use to call in or text your vote. This may seem like a pain in the neck, but we have to be sure that only members who are registered and are eligible toot do in fact vote in the election and for or against resolutions. 
>> 
>> I will send out a reminder of the Sunday night call this weekend. The call-in number is our standard one: 712-775-7031, access code 240281423. 
>> 
>> Talk to you soon,
>> Barbara, NFB-OSD President 
>> 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.
>> 
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