[Nfbf-l] Upcoming Events

[Kirk]

kudo's to you guys in Gainsville! I am sure they will have the broadcasters 
give a brief of the NFB or cause, and the reason for the coin's origination! 
they always have with any new coind  they use!  Your friend in thee cause, 
Kirk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judith Hamilton" <jrhamilton51 at earthlink.net>
To: "NFBF LISTSERVE" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>; <nfbf-leaders at yahoogroups.com>; 
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Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 12:13 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] Upcoming Event where a new coin is used for anything of 
substance as far as I have always experienced!


> 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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