[NAGDU] Gala with one course under blindfold
The Pawpower Pack
pawpower4me at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 18:30:58 UTC 2018
Tracy,
no, I totally agree with you and was just at a conference for professionals working with Deafblind children and they had a similar cooking activity, and I was cringing! Doing this kind of thing only makes people pity me more from my experience.
Rox and the kitchen Bitches:
Soleil, Rowan pawpower4me at gmail.com
> On Sep 20, 2018, at 1:18 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> As an occasional donor to GDB, I just received an invitation to their annual
> auction/gala. Auctions, puppies, fine wine, and fine food, with "one course
> under blindfold". I was fine with the whole thing, until I got to the
> blindfold bit. What can it possibly teach patrons? That, for blind people,
> eating is a clumsy, messy business? Oh, those poor blind people.
>
> I'm of a mind to write to the fundraising department and make my feelings
> known on the subject.
>
> Or am I just being over-sensitive? I rather think not, but would be
> interested in other opinions.
>
> Tracy
>
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