[Colorado-talk] Black Hawk Trip $$ 💸💰🎰🍒🍋

[Amy Sabo]

hello ryan,
thanks for posting this announcement for the gambling trip that the
Denver chapter is hosting in September. this sounds like fun! I will
see if I can attend and, also on money too because, I will be out of
town in Michigan from this Wednesday until next Wednesday. I will
email you off the list to see if I can go or not asap! as for the old
fashioned casions I'm surprised that they still exist... because in
2015 for my 40th birthday my parents and I went to vegas and, all of
the slots were not accessible at all. my parents had to do this for my
sister and I or tell us on how to do the machines... so, thanks again
and, I will talk to you soon!



hugs,
amy

On 8/26/17, Ryan O. via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Dear Federation friends (And enemies alike):
>
> If you have spent any time at all in the Federation, you know that one of
> our major goals is to raise money. We do it for the Colorado Center for the
> blind. We do it for our local and state chapters and affiliates. We do it
> for the national office. We do it to help all of our blind brethren live the
> lives they want. We do it, even though most of us dislike fundraising,
> because we know deep in our hearts, it's necessary.
>
> We of the Denver chapter thought it would be nice to reverse the trend.
> Rather than raise money, we want to help you to lose some of it. And what
> better place to lose money than at a gambling casino?
>
> To that end, we have set up a trip to Black Hawk on Saturday, September 16.
> We will be departing from the CCB in Littleton at approximately 12:15 PM, or
> 15 minutes after the adjournment of our monthly chapter meeting; whichever
> comes first. We will be loading vans and traveling to Blackhawk, where we
> will park at the historic Golden Gulch casino. We will be leaving to return
> to the CCB at 4:30 PM. The cost for this venture will be $15 per person, per
> seat. All proceeds go directly to the Denver chapter of the National
> Federation of the Blind of Colorado.
>
> We chose the Golden Gulch casino for several special reasons. One is that
> they operate old-fashion, coin-operated slot machines. Modern slot machines
> are not particularly blind friendly. You swipe a card and press a button and
> nothing really happens. But with these machines, you can feel the tangible,
> hedonistic pleasure of dropping a coin into the machine, pulling the long
> bandit arm and listening to the machine do it's thing. Moreover, this casino
> was once the city jail. If you really feel guilty about spending your
> hard-earned money on the slots, rather than donating it to the Parents'
> Division or something, you can go down into the basement where they have
> several jail cells. There, you can feel the emotional satisfaction of
> expiating your guilt, and still play slots. That is the best of both worlds!
> Plus, I hear they have a pretty good hotdog at their snack bar. They do not
> have a full-service restaurant.
>
> Of course, you are paying for the ride to and from Black Hawk. Once there,
> you are free to visit any other casino you wish, as long as you are back at
> the meeting point by the designated time of departure.
>
> If you would like to go, please send me your name privately and I will add
> it to the list. Please be advised that you must have your $15 in hand to
> give to our treasurer at the next chapter meeting on September 16, or you
> may not bored the van.
>
> Do not try to sneak on board the van without paying. President Burke and
> Treasurer Yeng Will catch you. They have their ways. Worse, you might
> encounter them in one of their darker moods. If so, they might let you sneak
> on and go up to Black Hawk. You will be quietly celebrating the idea that
> you got away with something, and then they'll bust you for not paying and
> you can see if you could hitchhike back to Denver.
>
> Hurry, hurry, hurry!!! Seats are filling up fast and we only have a limited
> amount of space, so get your names to me privately as soon as possible. Once
> the seats are gone, they're gone.
>
> Please be aware that we will leave directly from the CCB and return directly
> to the CCB. We will not be making any personal pickups or drop-offs, so
> please make your own transportation arrangements accordingly. No cats
> allowed. Our compassion has it's limits.
>
> We hope to see many of you on September 16.
>
> Finally, let me quote that great literary figure, Blue Duck, from that
> American epic, Lonesome Dove.
>
> "Let's gamble!"
>
> Yours in Federationism:
>
>
>
> RyanO
>
> http://www.conservativeblindguy.com
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