 
Active Sep 1, 1998 to Sep 28, 1998
| The Store at MAB invites you to help celebrate its twentieth anniversary! Overview The Massachusetts Association for the Blind was founded in 1903--the first agency of its kind for blind people in the United States. MAB has a long history of significant contributions helping people with visual and other disabilities. More information on MAB may be found on the web at http://www.mablind.org/ The Store carries a wide variety of products for blind and partially sighted individuals including talking clocks and watches, magnifiers, large print games, writing guides and more. September marks the Store's twentieth anniversary, so MAB is taking the opportunity to share a bit of its history and unique services with the community. The celebration begins with the Wednesday night mini-series, three events on consecutive Wednesday evenings, and culminates with an all-day festivity on Saturday, September 26. Volunteer Opportunities Volunteers will be needed during the mini-series to serve food, usher people between rooms, greet visitors, and assist blind visitors. Volunteers should arrive at 6pm for a brief orientation before the events. Volunteers will also be needed for the all-day celebration on the 26th. Volunteers should plan to arrive at 9am to get a brief orientation and help with setup. During the day, volunteers will help with parking, selling food, ushering, answering questions and similar event responsibilities Other Opportunities at MAB Through the Community Volunteer Program, volunteers may be assigned to work one-to-one with blind individuals, and assist them with reading, shopping and clerical tasks. Volunteers are screened and trained before entering this program. Volunteers may also record books and other printed materials onto tapes and trained volunteers may do braille transcriptions of textbooks, catalogs or restaurant menus. More information on volunteering at MAB may be found in the VSI database. Contact For more information on these events, contact Deborah Toppan at 617-732-0280 or by email at mablind@tiac.net
MAB may be also reached by phone at 1-800-682-9200. | A schedule of the FREE events Note: all events are free and open to the public and take place at MAB headquarters, 200 Ivy St. Brookline, MA.
September 9: Open House Kickoff
Refreshments will be served at 6:30pm, and product demos will begin at 7:00. Items on display range from oversized playing cards to a talking microwave oven.
September 16: Historical Talk.
Refreshments will be served at 6:30, and at 7:00 Roger Reed of the Brookline Preservation Commission will speak about the history of 200 Ivy Street in Brookline's Historic Cottage Farm District.
September 23: Blind Artists Demonstrate Talents.
Refreshments will be served at 6:30. Starting at 7:00, blind artist Dottie Chaffee and blind pianist Yoni Kusminsky will show their talents, and describe what these talents mean to them.
September 26: Day Long Celebration, 10am-2:30pm
| 10:00 | Guide Dog Demonstration
Balloon Artist-Rolf | | 10:30 | Book reading and signing of Four Sided Bed by Elizabeth Searle, author/MAB volunteer
story telling-Eileen Curran | | 11:00 | Mobility Demonstration
Ventriloquist-Dr. Jake Sills | | 11:30 | Piano Playing-Ginny Gibson | | 12:00 | Blind Athletes Talk about the Boston Marathon and Cross Country Skiing
Face Painting | | 12:30 | Carroll Centre-Outdoor Enrichment Program-Arthur O'Neill and participants | | 1:00 | Story Telling-Brother Blue
Piano Playing-Ginny Gibson | | 1:30 | Blindness Awareness
Barbershop Quartet | | 2:00 | Closing Celebration
Prize Drawing
Recognize Vision merger
Cake and ice cream served | |
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