Welcome to the California connection for April 14.

Thank You Message From Gene Lozano

I am writing to thank the CCB Awards Committee and the membership for recognizing my 45 years of service to the organization by inducting me into the CCB Hall of Fame.

Additionally, I wish to thank Bernice Kandarian, Jeff Thom, and Donna Pomerantz for their kind comments about my work during the presentation at the recent conference and convention banquet. Their comments generated many memories and emotions about the work we have done together over the years. Without their support, encouragement, and guidance, I may not have achieved some of the accomplishments on behalf of CCB.

I will always cherish this rare honor you have instilled upon me.

Thank you,
Gene Lozano

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CCB Scholarship Message From Christy Crespin

As chair of the CCB Scholarship Committee, I would like to invite all eligible legally blind students to follow the link below and apply for the CCB 2017-2018 scholarship at your very earliest convenience. The link will close at the end of business on Monday, May 15, 2017.

We have special interest in those students involved in music, government, and fine arts.

If you are a graduate student, a full-time under-graduate, or will be a freshman student in the fall, please stop by and apply at the link below.
http://www.ccbnet.org/scholar_intro.htm

For questions, contact the CCB office at 800-221-6359 or Christy at ccrespin@att.net

Redwood Empire Chapter Event

The Redwood Empire chapter will be holding its April walk-about on Wednesday April 26 from 12 to 3 PM.

For those unfamiliar with the idea of a walk-about, this is an advocacy effort that the Redwood Empire chapter voted to do monthly. We select an intersection that has been giving our members problems for various reasons, be it no audible crosswalks, not enough time for wheelchair users or elderly pedestrians to get across the street, insufficient signage, or brush or other things that keep cars from seeing a waiting blind person.

Our April walk-about is geared toward the intersection of Ylupa and Montgomery.
We will meet on Wednesday April 26 at noon at Village Elementary School, 900 Ylupa Avenue, Santa Rosa.
After walking the route we will have lunch at Lila's Mexican Restaurant, 1299 Ylupa Avenue. It is suggested that those members who use Paratransit to get to and from this walk-about request a 3 o'clock pick-up at Lila's.

Thank you for reading, Have a nice day