[stylist] Writing and community service

Fri May 27 22:27:32 UTC 2011

Exactly! What you have written below captures one of the reasons why we 
formed the community service group and hope eventually to gain division 
status.

Our group will be drafting our constitution this weekend, and I was 
wondering if I could get a copy of the Writers' Division constitution to use 
as an example. I tried to get it from the Web site, but I think the Web site 
is experiencing technical difficulties.

Chris Parsons

-----Original Message----- 
From: Robert Leslie Newman
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 5:30 AM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Writing and community service

A super good thought and deed! Community service is how we show that we are 
capable of giving back, changing what too often may be the perception, that 
we the blind are the ones who are needing the service. (Saying this with the 
intent of being respectful to those of us who may in the beginning or at 
some point need a helping hand.)

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf Of christine-parsons at sbcglobal.net
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 6:20 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] Writing and community service

Hi all,

The community service group I wrote about a few months ago is hosting an 
organizing meeting at Convention. I’ve pasted a flyer below my signature 
about our group and the meeting. We’re always looking for new members.

We’re also looking for submissions for our community service blog, which is 
at http://nfbcommunityservice.wordpress.com. Our blog is getting a bit of a 
slow start, so I thought, What better place to look for ideas than a group 
of fellow writers! If you have a topic for an article you’d like to write, 
or if you just have a topic you’d like to see featured, please let me know. 
We’re looking for submissions that are around 500 to 700 words about any 
aspect of community service, including stories about people’s personal 
experiences doing community service. My e-mail address is 
Christine-parsons at sbcglobal.net. If you have any ideas for articles, if you 
want to write an article, or if you just have general questions about the 
blog or the community service group, don’t hesitate to let me know.

Chris Parsons

How do you feel about community service? Do you volunteer your time once in 
a while in the community or with your local church and want to find other 
blind individuals to connect with? Do you find community service interesting 
but are not sure that you as a blind person can get involved or don’t know 
how to begin?

Here's your opportunity!

We are a small group of people interested in doing community service. We 
enjoy giving back , and we believe that it is important for blind people to 
get involved in the community.

So if you enjoy community service, or if you are interested in possibly 
doing some community service work in the future, please join us!  We are 
always welcoming new members.

We hold monthly conference calls during which we present a topic for 
discussion or have a guest speaker talk about his/her community service 
experiences.  We also have a blog where we post summaries of our conference 
calls and welcome personal stories about the service work people like you 
do. We even have a list serve that allows us to connect, share stories, ask 
questions, and post articles/announcements about topics of interest related 
to community service.

Our blog is located at http://nfbcommunityservice.wordpress.com/.

Or join our list serve by going to 
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/community-service_nfbnet.orgg.

Please feel free to contact us at nfbcsoutreach at gmail.com if you have any 
questions or  new ideas or wish to get involved.
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