[Nfbkabs] Outreach

Wed Apr 4 16:45:25 CDT 2007

Jennifer,
  That'd be great.
  Thanks,
  Katie

Jennifer Hall <jenny26 at tds.net> wrote:
  Hi Katie and Jayne! Last night I looked through the Secretary's Manual and 
found the mission for KABS. Katie, I can email it to you if you think you 
might want to include it in your letter. Just let me know. Thanks, 
Jennifer Hall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayne Seif" 
To: "Kentucky Association of Blind Students" 
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbkabs] Outreach

>I think it would be great if you just started writing it up. Maybe you
> could run it by some of the kids you know and see if it answers all their
> questions or if they feel anything else should be added. I like this 
> idea.
>
> If you start the writing I will try to get Mary, when she goes back after
> Spring Break, to help me find a date that they will be free and looking 
> for
> something to do.
>
> I like the pick neck thing. We could do something after their study hour,
> maybe at seven thirty or so, and just have snacks and play games outside.
> Or we could do it in that time that was once taken up by sports. Another
> thing to run by Mary. We should find out what time of day the kids seem
> most likely to be looking for something to do.
>
> Jayne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbkabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbkabs-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of katie
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:08 AM
> To: nfbkabs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbkabs] Outreach
>
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I've come up with a few ideas about an event at KSB before school lets
> out.
>
> For starters I think it would be good to have it in about the second week
> of May that way all the KSB kids are done with sports and most everyone
> should be done with college. That gives us a bigger time frame to work
> with. But along with that we would need to get a list of of the events
> going on at KSB in May. I know for certain right now there IS the
> Washington D.C. trip for the Juniors and Seniors, the sports banquet, and
> something for prom going on. So we obviously wouldn't want to have a
> meeting there the same day as any of those things.
>
> I think we should do something outside w2with the kids. Perhaps like a
> picnic type setting with group games.
>
> The other thing I think we really need to consider is typing up a 
> hand=out
> telling about NFB and KABS. I realize we talk about KABS at the start of
> these events but I really feel that most of the kids still have no idea 
> what
> KABS or NFB are. For example I was told that recently at KSB there was a
> speaker at KSB that was talking about planning events for the ACB and of
> the girls that was at our last event said "I've only been to an NFB event 
> so
> far but right now all I know is both groups are groups of blind people"
> I have a basic idea for the format. Basically it could start with "Ten
> Facts about KABS/NFB." Then if we missed anything there follow it with a
> BRIEF paragraph telling about any philosophy we left out. Then end it 
> with
> info about how to join KABS and possibly give links to other divisions of
> NFB such as the Sports and Rec division, or computer users. Just kind of
> something that might catch their eye at the end to see that there's a a
> great deal to NFB.
>
> That's about as far as I've gotten on this for right now. I know it got
> long winded sorry guys.
>
> Katie
>
>
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Jennifer,
That'd be great.
Thanks,
Katie
Jennifer Hall <jenny26 at tds.net>
wrote:
Hi Katie and Jayne! Last night I looked through the Secretary's Manual and
found the mission for KABS. Katie, I can email it to you if you think you
might want to include it in your letter. Just let me know. Thanks,
Jennifer Hall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jayne Seif"
To: "Kentucky Association of Blind Students"
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbkabs] Outreach
>I think it would be great if you just started writing it up. Maybe you
> could run it by some of the kids you know and see if it answers all their
> questions or if they feel anything else should be added. I like this
> idea.
>
> If you start the writing I will try to get Mary, when she goes back after
> Spring Break, to help me find a date that they will be free and looking
> for
> something to do.
>
> I like the pick neck thing. We could do something after their study hour,
> maybe at seven thirty or so, and just have snacks and play games outside.
> Or we could do it in that time that was once taken up by sports. Another
> thing to run by Mary. We should find out what time of day the kids seem
> most likely to be looking for something to do.
>
> Jayne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbkabs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbkabs-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of katie
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:08 AM
> To: nfbkabs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbkabs] Outreach
>
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I've come up with a few ideas about an event at KSB before school lets
> out.
>
> For starters I think it would be good to have it in about the second week
> of May that way all the KSB kids are done with sports and most everyone
> should be done with college. That gives us a bigger time frame to work
> with. But along with that we would need to get a list of of the events
> going on at KSB in May. I know for certain right now there IS the
> Washington D.C. trip for the Juniors and Seniors, the sports banquet, and
> something for prom going on. So we obviously wouldn't want to have a
> meeting there the same day as any of those things.
>
> I think we should do something outside w2with the kids. Perhaps like a
> picnic type setting with group games.
>
> The other thing I think we really need to consider is typing up a
> hand=out
> telling about NFB and KABS. I realize we talk about KABS at the start of
> these events but I really feel that most of the kids still have no idea
> what
> KABS or NFB are. For example I was told that recently at KSB there was a
> speaker at KSB that was talking about planning events for the ACB and of
> the girls that was at our last event said "I've only been to an NFB event
> so
> far but right now all I know is both groups are groups of blind people"
> I have a basic idea for the format. Basically it could start with "Ten
> Facts about KABS/NFB." Then if we missed anything there follow it with a
> BRIEF paragraph telling about any philosophy we left out. Then end it
> with
> info about how to join KABS and possibly give links to other divisions of
> NFB such as the Sports and Rec division, or computer users. Just kind of
> something that might catch their eye at the end to see that there's a a
> great deal to NFB.
>
> That's about as far as I've gotten on this for right now. I know it got
> long winded sorry guys.
>
> Katie
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Finding fabulous fares is fun.
> Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and
> hotel bargains.
> _______________________________________________
> Nfbkabs mailing list
> Nfbkabs at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbkabs
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