Please nominate someone for the Paula Bailey "INSPIRATIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBER AWARD" (application below) and Save the Date! Dining in the Dark is 10/2/11 (only 2 ½ months away!) This benefit is a unique experience of smell, taste, sound & texture - in total darkness. What is it? The 7th Annual Paula Bailey Dining in the Dark benefit to assist children & adults who are blind/visually impaired will take place on Sunday, October 2, 2011, 5:30-8:30pm, at the University Center Club. At this unique event you will experience food, drink and conversation as you may never have before – without your sight. In pitch black darkness your other senses are stimulated to savor the smell, taste and texture of your dining experience. Conversation becomes more intimate. And ultimately, this will expand your understanding of what individuals who are blind experience throughout their lives. What’s new? We are thrilled to announce that Tallahassee Community College President Dr. Murdaugh will be our Honorary Host this year! At the reception before dinner the popular basket raffle is back. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team will once again wait on you with their night vision goggles. We have an exciting new menu and tactile ‘tic tac toe’ to play in the dark between courses. After dinner the Paula Bailey “Inspirational Community Member Award” will be presented to an amazing member of our community (see below for the nomination form due August 19th.) Tickets on sale now! Tickets to the event or a scholarship for someone who can’t afford to go are $55 each. Buy a reserved table of eight for $600, or a table of ten for $700. Just send a check payable to the Lighthouse to 3071 Highland Oaks Terrace, Tallahassee, FL 32301 or… get them online! Get your tickets ON-LINE Visit our website at www.lighthousebigbend.org <http://www.lighthousebigbend.org/> and click on the link to “ <https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/MakeDonation.aspx?ORGID2=59-2288754 &source=GS&cmpgn=DNT> Network for Good” to donate by major credit card or PayPal. Make sure under “designation” you type Dining in the Dark and we will mail you your tickets. If you need any other assistance, please feel free to call 942-3658, or email info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thank you for your generosity! ------------------------- 2011 Paula Bailey “Inspirational Community Member” Award Nomination Form The Lighthouse of the Big Bend invites you to nominate someone you find inspirational for this award! The award is presented by the Lighthouse at the Paula Bailey Dining in the Dark event (10/2/11) to an inspirational member of the community. Inspirational is defined as: the ability to invoke positive emotion and action in others. Nomination forms must be received in the Lighthouse office by August 19, 2011. Qualifications To qualify for the award, each individual must be: 1. Visually impaired or blind (from birth or later in life) 2. A resident of one of the 11 counties the Lighthouse of the Big Bend serves: Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor or Wakulla 3. An individual who has not won the award in the past 10 years About you (the nominator): Nominator’s Name: Nominator’s Street Address: Nominator’s City, State & Zipcode: Nominator’s Phone: Nominator’s Email: About the person you would like honored (hereafter called the “honoree”): Honoree’s Name: Honoree’s Street Address: Honoree’s City, State & Zipcode: Honoree’s Phone: Honoree’s Email: Please provide a description of the following in a typed format: 1. When and how the honoree became visually impaired or blind; 2. How the honoree has coped with her or his vision loss to maintain or regain his or her independence; & 3. How the honoree has been an inspiration to her or his community and invoked positive emotion and action in others. Supplemental materials are not required but may include a current resume and information from the past two calendar years such as published articles or letters of recommendation. Submission Please submit your nomination form by August 19, 2011 to Barbara Ross, Lighthouse Executive Director, in one of the following formats (email is the preferred format): Email: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Fax: 850-942-4518, or Mail: Lighthouse of the Big Bend, 3071 Highland Oaks Terrace, Tallahassee, FL, 32301. Award criteria and procedure A three-member Lighthouse of the Big Bend Board selection committee will rank each honoree on a scale of 1-10 as to how inspirational they have been to the community in terms of coping with their vision loss (10 points), regaining or maintaining their independence (10 points), and invoking positive emotion and actions in others (10 points). Each selection committee member score will be added together and the honoree with the highest score will win the award. None of the three member selection committee may be nominated for the award. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lighthousebigbend" group, an announcement only group from the Lighthouse of the Big Bend. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to lighthousebigbend+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lighthousebigbend?hl=en Questions? Call the Lighthouse at (850) 942-3658. Thanks for your support! Lighthouse of the Big Bend “Guiding People Through Vision Loss” 3071 Highland Oaks Terrace Tallahassee, FL 32301 Phone: (850) 942-3658 Toll-free: 1 (888) 827-6033 Web: http://www.lighthousebigbend.org Email: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Lighthouse of the Big Bend Guiding People Through Vision Loss 3071 Highland Oaks Terrace Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 942-3658 www.lighthousebigbend.org
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