Convention Alert
Exciting times are coming in NFB conventions. Keep these in mind as you plan your activities throughout the coming year.
The Annual NFB of Minnesota Convention will be October 23-25, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul – Riverfront in downtown St. Paul. Members have received a letter with details, and the letter is on our website at www.nfbmn.org.
Vision Goes Deeper Than Sight
By Patrick Henry, St. Cloud Times
Minding My Own Business
By Emily Zitek
Growing up, there were two things my mother constantly said that always stick out in my mind: (1) stand up for what you believe, and (2) no matter what you do, try to be as successful as possible. Since then, I've always tried my hardest to accomplish both. And right now, my mission to do this lies within my career as a Business Enterprises Program (BEP, part of State Services for the Blind) operator.
Oh Happy Day When We Burned the Mortgage
By Joyce Scanlan
What Is Being Helpful
(Or, Did I Really Want to Cross that Street?)
By Jennifer Dunnam and Steve Jacobson
President's Column
By Jennifer Dunnam, President
Fall 2009
Volume 75, Number 3
Quarterly Publication of the
National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Inc.
100 East 22nd Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
Acknowledgements
Many people are involved in getting this issue to you. The writers can write and the editor can edit, but until the material is printed, Brailled, recorded, and distributed, it is just a computer file. Therefore, we owe great thanks to the following people for the work they do in producing this publication.
Tim Aune duplicates the cassette tape edition and makes the master copy for the compact disc edition.
Chapter Meeting Dates to Remember
Metro Chapter — Twin Cities area; meets at 2:00 p.m. on the third Saturday of every month at NFB of MN Headquarters, 100 East 22nd Street in Minneapolis
Riverbend Chapter — New Ulm area; meets at 9:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of every month in New Ulm; contact Monica Buboltz at 507-354-5680 for meeting location
Convention Alert
Exciting times are coming in NFB conventions. Keep these in mind as you plan your activities throughout the coming year.
The Semiannual NFB of Minnesota Convention will be April or May 2010 at the NFB of Minnesota building in Minneapolis. Members will receive a letter with details about a month before the convention, and the letter will be on our website at www.nfbmn.org.