[Tall-Corn] Thank You Sharon Omvig!

[rogererpel at gmail.com]

Hi All,

 

Thank you Bob. I  agree with this 100%. It was sure great seeing Joanne and
Harold again, and as usual, Sharon, your hospitality was better than
excellent!!!!

 

Roger

 

From: Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Bob Ray via
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Subject: [Tall-Corn] Thank You Sharon Omvig!
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Last evening Sharon Omvig hosted a gathering of NFBI members to sit down and
visit with JoAnne Wilson who cut her teeth on Federationism here in Iowa.
She talked with us about many of her experiences both as a young blind woman
here in Iowa and one of the first blind elementary school teachers in Iowa.
She didn't stop with making history for blind Iowans but went on up through
founding of the Louisiana Center For The Blind, the first NFB Center. She
also was part of the founding programs at Louisiana Tech to certify people
in the technics of blindness that resent the philosophy of the NFB. JoAnne
is living the live she wants including doing in addition to all her
professional accomplishments, which we have only mentioned a few, she also
raised a family of five children. 

 

This gathering had a good number of persons from our affiliate and all of us
appreciated Sharon's hospitality. We also learned many things from JoAnne's
presentation and there was some very nice discussions. We came away with
refreshed urgency to preserve what we can and  build anew opportunities for
blind Iowans. 

 

Thank you again, Sharon not only for hosting this event but for the
wonderful refreshments and the opportunity to have such a informative and
wonderful evening with great people.

 

Bob

 

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