[Nfbf-l] Upcoming Events

[Sherrill O'Brien]

Judy,
This is awesome...great job Gainesville!!  Is this a ceremonial coin toss,
or will the Braille coin actually be used to determine who has first
possession of the ball?

Sherrill

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Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:13 PM
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Subject: [Nfbf-l] Upcoming Events


Since the state board is meeting later today, I thought I would write to let
you know that the University of Florida Athletic Association has arranged to
do a coin toss of our chapter's Louis Braille coin at the October 17,  2009,
Homecoming game with Arkansas.  The coin toss unfortunately will not be
shown on tv.  Apparently they never are.  The radio commentary refers to the
coin toss happening.  The beneficiaries will be the stadium spectators.  In
addition to delivering the coin to the athletic association, I provided them
with some NFB information and emailed pictures of the NFB logo and picture
of the coin with hope that they can use them to flash them on the screens in
the stadium  while the toss is occurring.

Our chapter's Meet the Blind event will be held Saturday, October 10, 2009,
from 1pm to 4pm at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 4011 N.W. 34th Street,
Gainesville, Florida.  We are planning an informative program of Braille
reading by a local high school student, and writing demonstration, guide dog
puppy raisers and a demonstration by guide dog teams to answer questions
about courtesy and etiquette.  We will have entertainment and a drawing for
a Publix gift card, and a bake sale and craft sale.  The last portion of the
program will be devoted to assistive technology demonstrations.  This is
perhaps our biggest and most challenging activity that we have planned for
our small chapter.  Our hope is that we will be able to inform the public in
the spirit of the Meet the Blind concept and garner more members.   Many
thanks to Grant Downey for putting our announcement on NFB NEWSLINE, Florida
Information Channel.  I hope that you all will send positive thoughts and
prayers our way as this has
 been a stressful time for us all.
Judy
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