[Nfbv-announce] Call to Service Invitation

[Fredric Schroeder via Nfbv-announce]

The message below is from Kevan Worley. As you will see, we are planning to
start 75 new chapters around the country as part of our 75th anniversary
celebration.

 

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Call to Service Invitation

 

Greetings fellow Federationists. 

 

More than an invitation, this is a call for individual action collectively
focused. (Incidentally, focus is a Latin word meaning fireplace or hearth.
By extension, it implies family. Being focused, consequently, means
concentrating on family, which we are doing in the Federation.) 

 

We are at the beginning of a campaign which will organize 75 new NFB
chapters and target at least 75 existing chapters for significant increased
development. We need at least 75 extraordinarily committed members of our
movement to take real ownership of this campaign. Join the 75 Days of Action
committee and be a part of history. With your dedicated effort, this can be
one of the most significant programs ever undertaken in the National
Federation of the Blind. But, we really do need volunteers from our
Federation family to own the campaign.

 

If you are interested in being one of the committee of 75, please ask your
affiliate president to nominate you. Please write a brief paragraph, using
the below questions as your guide. Please send your paragraph to
<mailto:75days at nfb.org> 75days at nfb.org. We need folks who are willing to
give a significant commitment of time, imagination, and energy. 

 

Are you able and willing to travel across your state to help organize? 

 

Does your schedule allow and are you willing to spend a few days this fall
in another city to help organize? 

 

Are you willing to spend even a little of your personal funds to help others
live the life they want?

 

What does the Federation mean to you?

 

What leadership roles have you held in the National Federation of the Blind?

 

Have you helped to organize a chapter in your affiliate? Another affiliate?
If so, which chapter and affiliate?

 

What activities, fundraisers, or events have you organized or helped to
organize with your chapter or affiliate?

 

How many hours a week are you willing to commit to the 75 Days of Action
campaign? (There is no minimum or maximum.)

 

If you want to be a part of the Pride of 75 please write us, no more than a
page, and provide at least some of the answers to the above questions. If
you have questions about the process and the campaign, please email
<mailto:75days at nfb.org> 75days at nfb.org or call (866) 543-6808. The action is
ours to take.