DEAF-BLIND SERVICE CENTER PRO-TACTILE NEWS OCTOBER 2014 – Message from Angela Theriault, Executive Director Happy FALL! Hope you enjoy seeing the different beautiful leaves and feeling the chilly wind. Believe it or not it is October! – Happy reading the Pro-Tactile Newsletter! Message from Jorge Aristizabal, Board President Hello everyone in the DB Community DB, SSPs, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing, – and Sighted Everyone! – Fall is here and we are looking forward to the trees changing colors and eventually losing their leaves. But we are also sad because this means that it will be getting darker sooner because of the time change. Remember to set your clocks back on Sunday, November 2nd. Last August, Michelle resigned from to thank her for all that DBSC’s board. We want she has done over the years, the many hours of volunteering, and her support for DBSC Thank you, Michelle! The board is now searching for two more volunteers to – join our board. are hearing, deaf, or DB. If you or someone It doesn’t matter if they you know is interested, contact me. September 13th was our annual Walk-A-Thon. It was a great success. We raised around $4,541.00! Many thanks to our committee, especially to Nancy Sommer for all her hard work she did an awesome job the best! #1 – – – During our October board meeting we will be discussing future plans for events that you can look forward to! If you are interested in being on our fundraising committee, please let me know. And lastly - some exciting news! Last weekend was the Deaf Expo in Tacoma. DBSC had a lot of people stop by our table and wanted to know how to become an SSP! ODHH Funding We are thrilled to announce that DBSC received $65,500 from ODHH (Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing) for the SSP program. Thank you, ODHH for supporting DBSC’s mission to provide more independence! Walk-A-Thon Walk-A-Thon was a very successful fundraising event which happened This year’s on Saturday, September 13th at Alki Beach in West Seattle. The weather was perfect
DEAF-BLIND SERVICE CENTER PRO-TACTILE NEWS – OCTOBER 2014 Message from Angela Theriault, Executive Director Happy FALL! Hope you enjoy seeing the different beautiful leaves and feeling the chilly wind. Believe it or not – it is October! Happy reading the Pro-Tactile Newsletter! Message from Jorge Aristizabal, Board President Hello everyone in the DB Community – DB, SSPs, Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing, and Sighted – Everyone! Fall is here and we are looking forward to the trees changing colors and eventually losing their leaves. But we are also sad because this means that it will be getting darker sooner because of the time change. Remember to set your clocks back on Sunday, November 2nd. Last August, Michelle resigned from DBSC’s board. We want to thank her for all that she has done over the years, the many hours of volunteering, and her support for DBSC – Thank you, Michelle! The board is now searching for two more volunteers to join our board. It doesn’t matter if they are hearing, deaf, or DB. If you or someone you know is interested, contact me. September 13th was our annual Walk-A-Thon. It was a great success. We raised around $4,541.00! Many thanks to our committee, especially to Nancy Sommer for all her hard work – she did an awesome job – the best! – #1 During our October board meeting we will be discussing future plans for events that you can look forward to! If you are interested in being on our fundraising committee, please let me know. And lastly - some exciting news! Last weekend was the Deaf Expo in Tacoma. DBSC had a lot of people stop by our table and wanted to know how to become an SSP! ODHH Funding We are thrilled to announce that DBSC received $65,500 from ODHH (Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing) for the SSP program. Thank you, ODHH for supporting DBSC’s mission to provide more independence! Walk-A-Thon This year’s Walk-A-Thon was a very successful fundraising event which happened on Saturday, September 13th at Alki Beach in West Seattle. The weather was perfect
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