Welcome to the California Connection for February 5.
CCB Office Closure Hours
The CCB office will be closed from 12 Noon to 5:00 PM today Friday FEB 5th and all day Monday FEB 8th for administrative purposes.
Conference and Convention Preview: Hotel Reservation Information for the 2016 Annual California Council of the Blind Conference andConvention
Would you like to get a head start on attending the 2016 Annual Conference and Convention? If your answer is yes, then you can begin by making your hotel reservations starting now.
Registration is now open for the 2016 Annual Conference and Convention of the California Council of the Blind (CCB)!!!
This year's theme is "Believe it and achieve it".
The conference and convention will take place Thursday April 7th - Sunday April 10th, 2016 at the Viejas Casino & Resort four-star hotel. The hotel address is: 5000 Willows Road, Alpine, CA 91901.
The Casino Resort offers the following:
- Luxury spa and high-end shopping at Viejas Outlets
- Casino expansion with 10,000 square feet, featuring Vegas-style gaming and over 2,000 slots
- Team-building and family friendly entertainment at Viejas Bowl, Fun Zone Arcade, and the Show Court with live multi-media performances
- Buffet with endless gourmet selections and unlimited beer, wine, and champagne
- Fine gourmet dining at The Grove Steakhouse, recipient of the AAA FourDiamond Award
- Diverse dining options, including Asian and Mexican cuisine, and all-American favorites
To make hotel reservations via phone, call: 800-938-2532, or via Internet reservation link: viejas.com/hotel.
When making your reservation by phone or online, provide the following reservation conference code: 160413CALI.
Room rates are: Single: $99, Double: $99, Triple: $119, Quad: $139, Suites:$339.
The rates are all-inclusive of guest room tax.
The cut-off date for reserving a room in our block is March 16th, 2016, so don't delay, make your reservation today!!!
The Viejas Casino & Resort welcomes service animals and does not permit pets to be brought into their facilities.
Transportation between the hotel and San Diego International Airport, SanDiego downtown Amtrak Station as well as San Diego downtown Greyhound Depot information will be provided in a future announcement.
Please share this information with chapters and other interested parties. The CCB looks forward to welcoming you at the Viejas Casino & Resort!
Convention Door Prizes
Chapters, affiliates and individuals are encouraged to provide door prizes for the 2016 CCB Conference and Convention.
You can bring door prizes to the convention and leave them at the Convention Registration Desk or provide them to the CCB office ahead of time by sending them to California Council of the Blind, 1303 J. Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814.
CCB Board of Directors Elections
At the 2016 Convention in April, CCB will be electing a president, first vice president, treasurer, and four members to its board of directors.
We would like to provide perspective candidates an opportunity to give you some information on their qualifications for, and ideas about serving on, the CCB board. To accomplish this, we will again have a candidates page on our website.
For those who cannot access information through our website or are not comfortable doing so, you can contact the office and ask for the candidates' statements in either email or your alternate format of choice. It is our goal to have this webpage up by March 7.
If you are a potential candidate, we would invite you to answer the four questions indicated below, with the answer to each question to be not more than 300 words, with the count to be determined by the word-count feature in MS Word on a PC. Entries for each answer will terminate at the end of the sentence containing the 300th word and there will be no editing, spell checks or grammar checks done.
The deadline for submission of your statements is February 22, 2016. We will not accept any statements after that date! You will need to submit them to the office in electronic format as a .txt .rtf or MS Word file. Email them to ccotb@ccbnet.org no later than February 22, 2016. To be clear, there is no requirement that a candidate for the 2016 election submit answers to these questions.
The four questions are as follows:
- What office are you seeking, and what are your qualifications?
- Given the limited resources of our organization and the competition among nonprofit entities for financial resources, how can long-term financial stability be achieved for CCB?
- In a time of great change for CCB, it is extremely important that each member of the board of directors provide leadership for the organization. Describe two specific areas in which you will help to lead this organization if elected.
- Because the primary mission of CCB is to advocate for persons who are blind or have low vision, discuss three issue areas that you believe require our advocacy efforts and give specifics as to what CCB should be doing in those areas.
Roommate Request
From Margie Donovan
Greetings, I am looking for a roommate for the upcoming CCB convention. I will be staying from the 7th to the 10th. I have a guide dog and nor problems rooming with another dog, but a nonsmoker please.
If you are interested please email me at Margie.donovan1@outlook.com
San Gabriel Valley Chapter 31st Annual Pizza and Spaghetti Fundraiser
From Pam Polagi President, San Gabriel Valley Chapter:
Please join us for our 31st annual Pizza and Spaghetti Fundraiser:
Saturday, February 13, 3:00pm to 7:00pm, only $10.00 per ticket, from SGV Chapter members or at the door.
Menu includes: pizza, spaghetti, salad, garlic-bread, regular and diet soda, iced tea, coffee, bottled water and dessert. Alcoholic beverages may be purchased at the Bar.
Address: VFW Hall, 825 South Magnolia Avenue, Monrovia (northwest corner of Magnolia and Chestnut).
Grand Prize is a $200 Visa Gift Card, winner need not be present. There will be door prizes, winners must be present, along with a 50/50 raffle. Everyone is welcome!
If you need more information: please contact Pam Polagi, (626) 445-7297.
Thank you very much.
East L A Chapter Event
The East L A Chapter CCB invites you to our annual Valentine's Day Brunch, February 13, at the home of Mrs. Garcia.
This home is located at 1226 South McBride Ave. in East LA. The cross street is Olympic and it is a duplex.
The festivities will begin at 09:30 Am and end around 12:30 PM. Remember to plan your transportation accordingly so as not to over stay your welcome.
Our menu is as follows: For $5 per plate you will get eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage, and a roll.
For dessert you will get a coffee cake and or a fruit parfait which is fresh fruit, granola mixed with yogurt.
Our take home plates will be a breakfast burrito for $3 per burrito.
Our delicious Cinnamon coffee and mimosas will make their return appearance.
After our wonderful and delicious brunch, we will shore up our calendar for the rest of the year as part of our meeting.
There will also be a comparison of the Lyft and Uber apps led to by Jesse Acosta, one of our disabled vets.
We have a new board, especially a young president, that is a mover and a shaker.
Come meet our president and renew friendships. Bring your appetites!
If you have any questions, please call Erik President Macias at 323-252-7786.
From The CCB Hearing And Vision Loss Committee
An Introduction to Hearing Loss
The topic for the February 21 meeting will be Navigating the Equipment Maze.
We'll discuss questions like what are remote microphones, and when is a cheap solution as good as an expensive one? Join CCB's Hearing and Vision Impaired Committee as we explore this and more!
This is the fourth of a series of monthly open interactive resource conferences to help you deal with your hearing loss.
Date: Sunday, February 21; time: 2 PM pacific; Phone: 800-662-6992; ID: 1184109.
We encourage you to sign up for our email list where we will be posting resources we have talked about and where you can share your resources and experiences with us.
Go to: ccbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/hvi-l_ccbnet.org.
In addition, you can get links to previous audio recordings by emailing mlkeithley@comcast.net.
Resource Fair For People With Visual Impairments
Explore opportunities available throughout Southern and Northern California for children, teens and adults with visual impairments.
Saturday, February 20, 2016, 10:00 a.m. " 2:00 p.m. FREE registration and parking. Lunch provided. Raffle prizes available.
The resource fair will take place at The Braille Institute in San Diego, 4555 Executive Drive, San Diego, CA 92121.
RSVP with your name and number of attendees to: Allison Burdett at (323) 295-4555, ext. 210 or aburdett@juniorblind.org or Erin Foley at (510) 234-4984, ext. 703 or efoley@juniorblind.org
CCBVI Invites You To The Eighth Pedaling Paths to Independence On Saturday, February 20, 2016
Calling all friends with tandems!
The metric and quarter century routes begin and end at DeVinci's Delicatessen and Catering-Linden (18847 East Front Street, Linden).
Fees are $40 for the metric and $35 for the quarter century, and include a delicious post-ride meal catered by DeVinci's and much more!
Riders must be at least 16 years of age; each rider must sign a waiver at the event.
Registration and info:
www.communitycenterfortheblind.org/pedaling-paths/.
Thank you for your support!
Thank you for reading, Have a nice day
