Welcome to the CCB Happenings for August 12
Greater Long Beach Chapter Speaker:
Greetings! The CCB - Greater Long Beach Chapter would like to invite you
to our monthly zoom meeting on Saturday, August 13th at 10:30 a.m.
with special guest speaker Socorro Merchain from the Dayle McIntosh Center! Whether it is helping to learn to use assistive technology, find a caregiver, or cope with adjusting to a disability, the Dayle Mcintosh Center (DMC) offers an
array of supportive services. Please come and learn more about wonderful programs that aid us! If you wish to attend, please contact Jessica Marquez at missjessmarq@gmail.com or (562) 344-5250 for the Zoom link. Thank you!
So Cal Edison Web Site
Southern California Edison has reached out to CCB as part of their effort to
improve the experience for customers who are blind or have low-vision who
want to access their online content. If you are an Edison customer and would
like to be part of this effort, please fill out their short survey at
https://pluggedincustomers.sce.com/c/r/CCBSurvey
by August 31. If you have questions, email steve.bauer@ccbnet.org.
The California Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss
offers a weekly Living With Vision Loss support group Friday at 10am. For further information, please email Nelly Emerson at nelly.emerson@att.net; or Margie Donovan at Margie.donovan@outlook.com.
Greater LA In-Person Social
This August, the Greater Los Angeles chapter will replace our regular Zoom meeting with a strictly social gathering at Lulu’s Restaurant in Van Nuys. Join us on Saturday August 20 from one to three for good food and friendship with no need to raise hands or unmute. The location is 16900 Roscoe Blvd, Van Nuys 91406. Please RSVP by Wednesday, August 17 to steve.bauer@ccbnet.org or (310) 558-4500. We look forward to being in person with many of our Southern California friends on August 20.
Celebration of Life
A hybrid celebration of life for Steve Fort will be held at East Bay Center for the Blind, 2928 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 20. Refreshments will follow. If you plan to attend, either in person or virtually, please contact EBCB at 510-843-6935, for in-person attendance, no later than August 15. Due to
Covid restrictions, there is a limit of forty people in attendance. Masks and proof of vaccination are required.
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