well, yesterday was our Blind Awareness day. people came to put on blind folds and try out various activities such as making a drink, spreading butter on bread, food tasting, object identifying, and even tandem riding. (obviously the person wearing the blind fold didn't go on the front! don't be silly! :-) lol)
People were also allowed to try walking with my white cane, and were given the opertunity to learn how to do sighted guide (lead a blind person) properly. I had various bits of my equipment on show such as my talking scales and colour detector to demonstrate how i manage from day to day.
the day was designed to be fun, yet informative, and I think it was both. we had about 21 people, plus all who were helping tried the activities too! all the feed back was good, we have review forms which we will read soon and post some comments here if possible.
we also had hand outs about things to remember when you are meeting a blind person, information on the trip and refreshments, plus things for sale such as cards and pads. we set up a guatemala exhibition with items bought home from last years trip and information on the charity, the mission trip, and the country.
many thanks to all those who helped, and all those who came. hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did. we raised £80.15 from this event! :-) we have also been sent several cheques for £100 £50 and £20. we have sold approx 10 tickets to the concert that we know of.
next up . . . the concert!! keep reading!
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