Everyone is welcome to a wonderful evening of team work. The question master reads each question to the whole floor where each table elects a spokesperson to write their answer on the card. Teams of six people work collectively to win the most points. Tickets are $25.00 per person. Pizza is complimentary at half time when teams can muster more energy to tackle the final questions.

Location: 2994 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC
Time and Date: 6:30 pm, March 31, 2012
Contact person: Graeme McCreath
Order: You can purchase tickets online by following this link.

Blind Canadians are welcome to take part in this study. Compensation for
transportation is available. For those who wish to complete the online sleep
survey, $25 can go to the blindness organization of your choice, hopefully the
Canadian Federation of the Blind!
See below for more information.

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Hadley School for the Blind announces the debut of a song called “Brailling Signs Is Cool To Do.” To learn more about the story of this special song and to listen to it, visit: http://www.hadley.edu/braillesong

Prior to Louis Braille’s development of “Braille,” the 6-dot reading system for the blind, in 1824, reading by the blind was laborious for those educated to finger-read by feeling embossed Roman alphabet letters. This was time consuming and cumbersome and books made in this method were large and heavy… Read more of “The Life of Louis Braille,” by Doris Belusic http://www.cfb.ca/the-life-of-louis-braille

http://www.timescolonist.com/health/White+Cane+blindness+issues/5556033/story.html

White Cane Day and blindness issues
Victoria Times-Colonist
(2011-10-15)
Ask any blind person how they feel about their white cane, and the answer,
ultimately, is that it’s an extremely valuable tool.

The white cane is basic, but it’s essential to a blind person’s ability to move
about and to be independent.

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October has been designated as “Meet the Blind” Month by the National Federation
of the Blind! Please help us spread the word!

Please join us for our blind youth mentoring conference call this Wednesday
night, Sept. 28, at 6 PM
pacific time. Everyone welcome.
Topic: “Keeping Connected: Your Role As Advocate For Yourself and Others.”
To participate, call: 1 (888) 433-2192
Participant code 681055

Looking forward to talking with you all. Please help us spread the word.

Warmly
Elizabeth Lalonde
www.cfb.ca

Please send the letter below to your member of parliament.

Dear Member of Parliament,

I ask you to offer your support to bring library services for blind and print disabled Canadians into the mainstream, and to prevent the reinforcement of segregation in library services. It is the responsibility of government and the public library system to serve all citizens, including blind and otherwise print disabled people.

Unfortunately, after a long consultation process, and just when the opportunity for an integrated national public library system for blind and print disabled Canadians seemed possible, nothing materialized.
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The CFB new office open house was a great success. Many people dropped by to eat
our baked goods and learn what we are about. Great exposure.
Thanks to all who worked to make it happen…

How was your summer? What things would you like CFB to do in the coming year?
Please join the CFB meeting tomorrow, 10:45 AM Traveller’s Inn, City Centre 1961
Douglas St. Victoria. Elsewhere in the country, join our free conference line,
email info@cfb.ca for the number.