[Mi-abs] Disappointed

[JUSTIN LOUCHART]

Hello,

 I'm interested, yes. My ISD, the Saginaw Intermediate School
District, has a VI department that is so lacking they are unable to
even buy their students canes until August; and that's not going to be
improving any time soon. They are IN *DESPERATE* need for financing
for a new computer for one very poorly budgeted student, and other
such technological advantages would be appreciated as well. I know
this might not be what you're looking for, but if we could talk about
this some time I would be more than appreciative. Thank you for
considering this, even if that's all we can arrange: consideration.

Thank you,
Justin

On 4/30/09, Joe Orozco <jsorozco at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> If someone offered your student division $2,000 to carry out a project
> between September and November, would you take it?  The amount is certainly
> not a fortune, but it's $2,000 more than you have now.  It would give you an
> opportunity to elevate your outreach among the general public, recruit new
> members and generally put your name out there for people to understand you
> are serious about the business of changing what it means to be blind.  Are
> you interested?
>
> I shared information of this grant my office was offering to youth almost
> two months ago.  I just checked the list of last-minute applicants, and
> unless I am mistaken, and I hope I am, no one took me up on that post.  I
> genuinely do not understand the apathy among my fellow students.  The
> application was relatively simple.  I offered to answer any questions people
> had of the application.  I mean, I work for the grant maker.  I should hope
> I know what we are looking for, and had you taken the time to talk to me, I
> could have told you that your proposal could have centered around Meet the
> Blind Month in October, that the Braille coin could have made for an
> excellent literacy campaign or explored any number of different ways you
> could have developed a compelling case for why your division deserved the
> money over another organization.
>
> So, there we are.  Trying and failing leaves room for improvement.  Not
> trying at all?  ...  I don't get it.
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the
> crowd."--Max Lucado
>
>
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Justin Louchart
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"The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that,
but the truly seeing eye pierces through and reads the heart and the soul"

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