[PACapitalChapter] Meet the Blind month activity on October 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Tue Oct 9 18:18:00 UTC 2018

Mark,

Thank you for this information. I really couldn't tell from the
descriptions what these groups involve, and I appreciate you sharing this
with all of us.

On the CILCP calendar of events, it looks like the following Monday,
October 22, is open. I have called my HACC contact and have gotten the date
changed to October 22. This is good because we will have our next Chapter
meeting the Saturday before, October 20.

So, everyone, it looks like our Capital Chapter of the National Federation
of the Blind of Pennsylvania Meet the Blind Month activity will be held
from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, October 22 at the Cooper Student
Union building on the Harrisburg HACC campus.

Please let me know if you can help with the setting up, running, and/or
clean up of the information table.

Anna C. Walker

Anna Catherine Walker
President, Capital Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of
Pennsylvania
Secretary, Pennsylvania Association of Blind Students
101 Kelly Drive
Carlisle, PA  17015
Voice: 717-658-9239

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 1:44 PM Mark Pickens <gmkpickens at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anna,
>
> I am a member of the Wheels in Motion Advocacy Group that meets at the
> CILCP and there is at least one other person who is blind that regularly
> attends our Advocacy Meetings.  The Health & Wellness Meeting from 10:00 to
> 12:00 on October 15th is a Q&A Session that does affect People with
> Blindness and other Vision-Related Issues.  I am definitely interested in
> being present for the Capital City Area Chapter Gathering at HACC, but as a
> member of the CILCP Wheels in Motion Advocacy Group, I believe that I also
> need to be present for these two events.  Please let me know if there are
> changes to re-schedule our time at HACC.
>
>
>
> Thank You.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Mark Pickens
>
> 345 Hummel Street Unit B
>
> Harrisburg, PA 17104
>
> (717) 829-5962
>
> gmkpickens at gmail.com
>
>
>
> *From:* Anne Catherine Walker [mailto:missannawalker at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 09, 2018 1:16 PM
> *To:* gmkpickens at gmail.com
> *Cc:* pacapitalchapter at nfbnet.org
> *Subject:* Re: [PACapitalChapter] Meet the Blind month activity on
> October 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
>
>
>
> Mark,
>
> Thank you for this information. As a chapter, we hoped to have our Meet
> the Blind Month event on October 15 because it is White Cane Awareness
> Day.  However, if there are conflicts with that day, we can try to
> reschedule it.
>
> I checked out the organization, and they are having two events on October
> 15. One is titled "PA Health & Wellness Informative Session" and the
> other is "Wheels in Motion Advocacy Group “Rollin’ For Results”" I have
> attached a file which includes descriptions of each activity.
>
> Neither of these activities focuses on blindness, so I'm not sure how much
> of a conflict there would be. If there are conflicts, we will want to
> reschedule at HACC as soon as possible.
>
> Capital Chapter members: do either of these CILC events create a conflict
> for you attending a Meet the Blind Month/White Cane Awareness Day activity
> in Harrisburg on October 15? Please let me know so that we can reschedule
> if necessary.
>
>
>
>
>
> Anna C. Walker
>
>
>
>
> Anna Catherine Walker
> President, Capital Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of
> Pennsylvania
>
> Secretary, Pennsylvania Association of Blind Students
> 101 Kelly Drive
>
> Carlisle, PA  17015
>
> Voice: 717-658-9239
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 12:53 PM Mark Pickens <gmkpickens at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Anne,
> Thank you for your email.  I wanted to let you know that there is a couple
> other meetings/events that will be taking place at the Center of
> Independent
> Living of Central PA (CILCP) at the same time as this event at HACC next
> Monday, October 15th.  This may affect how many people show up.  I may or
> may not be able to attend; I will have to choose one or the other.  I just
> wanted to make sure that you are aware of this schedule conflict.
>
> Thank You.
> Mark
>
> Mark Pickens
> 345 Hummel Street Unit B
> Harrisburg, PA 17104
> (717) 829-5962
> gmkpickens at gmail.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PACapitalChapter [mailto:pacapitalchapter-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Anne Catherine Walker via PACapitalChapter
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2018 10:48 AM
> To: PACapitalChapter at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Anne Catherine Walker
> Subject: [PACapitalChapter] Meet the Blind month activity on October 15
> from
> 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
>
> Dear Capital Chapter members,
>
>
>
> We will be holding a meet the blind month this October fifteenth at the
> Cooper Student Union at the Harrisburg Area Community College (the
> Harrisburg campus) from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. We plan to hand out
> candy-coated pretzels as miniature white canes because October 15 is White
> Cane Awareness Day. We will also have NFB literature, such as Kernel books
> and Braille cards, to distribute to help educate HACC students about
> blindness and the NFB. We are looking for people to help set up, run, and
> clean up the table. Please let me know if anyone would like to help.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Anna C. Walker
>
> Anna Catherine Walker
> President, Capital Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of
> Pennsylvania
> Secretary, Pennsylvania Association of Blind Students
> 101 Kelly Drive
> Carlisle, PA  17015
> Voice: 717-658-9239
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