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Some of the students in High School Experiential Classes will continue making:BREAKFAST BAGS for AID FOR FRIENDS

A breakfast bag consists of 4 or 5 non-perishable items such as: miniature cereal boxes, tea bags, instant coffee, juice cartons, boxes of raisins, oatmeal packets, pudding or fruit cups, cereal bars/granola bars

Right now we are in most need of: individual instant coffee, plastic spoons, room temperature individual milk cartons, and small one serving dry cereal boxes, raisins/cranberries

If you are able to donate any items please drop them into school to Kathy Bannan –Main 63 (Mobility Hallway)

The students are doing this as an ongoing functional classroom activity. The bags will be donated to Aid for Friends - an organization that helps older adults. For more information you can go to: http://www.aidforfriends.org/youth.html

Thank you for your support!

Our Early Childhood classes will be featured on the “Brotherly Love” segment on CBS channel 3, highlighting Spring Brook Farm. The segment is scheduled to be broadcast on Wednesday, 9/30 at 4:00 p.m. and then again on Thursday, 10/1 at 6:00 a.m.

Please tune in!

FREE conference for youth and young adults with disabilities, including Social Security Beneficiaries, on the tools for successful transition to employment, college, or training. We encourage family members, educators, employers, and others to attend as well. Resources and experts will explain what may happen to your benefits and how to take the next steps toward your future.

Registration ends September 30!
Space is limited!

Educators Night Out – October 15, 2009 – 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Teachers need recess too! Please Touch Museum ® invites you to Educators Night Out, a fun and educational evening featuring the museum and our programs.

* Learn how our exhibits incorporate Please Touch Museum’s “learning through play” philosophy
* Gather information about class trip experiences and in-classroom opportunities
* Play in our six exciting exhibit zones and marvel at memorial Hall’s grand architecture
* Enjoy delicious refreshments
* Take a spin on our fully restored Woodside Park Denzel Carousel

R.S.V.P. by October 8th www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/educators_night

Come Out and Play!

ON YOUR MARK…..SET……..ATTENTION ALL SWIMMERS.

Any student who is between the ages of 13-21 and would like to go out for the Swim team please send an e-mail or ask a teacher for assistance to send an e-mail BEFORE 8:45 am to Nurse Roseann at RMclaughlin@obs.org. You will be notified of when you are allowed to pick-up your forms from her office. Swimming season is set to start on Wednesday, September 23rd. We are looking forward to an exciting season! WE ARE HOSTING THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENT!!! GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!

Support Overbrook School for the Blind with eScrip!

Simply sign up at www.escrip.com and register your cards (grocery cards, ATM or credit cards). Designate Overbrook School for the Blind, Group ID# 6548241 to receive contributions. Then shop as you normally would either online, in stores or shopping malls.

At the end of the month, hundreds of merchants send their sales data to eScrip to process through their computer systems. If registered cards were used on a specific transaction, the computers calculate the rewards amount (from 1%-10% of total), and we get a check two weeks later. The merchants do the donating for us!

The merchants (Genuardi’s, Safeway, Target, Macy’s and more) require stringent security systems be in place to protect their customers’ information. It is a safe and easy way to donate to the school without having to take extra cash from your budgets.

If you’d rather not register credit cards, you can simply choose to support Overbrook, and then click on the eScrip OnlineMall link. There you will find shopping categories, store listings and even see the amount that the school will get from their purchases. Many of your favorite stores use this as a means of donating to schools.

Ecophones Recycling Program

Overbrook School for the Blind is conducting a cell phone and other electronics recycling fundraiser. There’s nothing to buy. We simply ask you to protect the environment by donating your used cell phone, Ink Jet printer cartridges, Laptop, iPod or digital camera. Electronics will be recycled in accordance with EPA regulations or refurbished and sold. 100% of the proceeds will help fund Overbrook’s Early Intervention Outreach Summer Workshop. You can send in these items with your child or drop them off at Overbrook’s Development Office.

Target Takes Charge of Education
Did you know there’s an easy way to help us raise money for Overbrook School for the Blind? It’s called Target’s Take Charge of Education, and it’s helping our school right now.

Overbrook’s Take Charge of Education School ID: 15458

Here’s how it works:
1.Visit www.Target.com/tcoe or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school, then use your REDcard whenever you shop.
2.When you use your REDcard (Target® Visa® Credit Card, Target Credit Card or Target Check Card), Target will donate up to 1% of your purchases to Overbrook School for the Blind.

Don’t have a REDcard? It’s easy to apply. Get started in person at any Target store or go to www.Target.com/redcard.
Grandparents, alumni, friends and neighbors are all welcome to participate in the program. The more people we involve, the harder the program works for our school. If you’re already participating, thank you! Check out our school’s progress anytime at www.Target.com/tcoe.

An invitation: Celebrating October Blindness Awareness Month

Families with Blind and Visually Impaired Children 7 – 15 years old
Tour and Learn More about the Summer Camp program offered by:

The Helen L. Diller Vacation Home for Blind Children
127 26th Street, Avalon, NJ 08202 609-967-7285

Saturday October 10, 2009
Between the Hours of 9am and Noon
• A continental breakfast will be served
• Tours every 20 minutes beginning at 9:30am
• Staff will be available to answer questions

For more information visit the website at:
http://www.dillerblindhome.org/news-events/.
*The vacation home is not wheelchair accessible

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Council is pleased to sponsor the 25th Annual
Deaf Awareness Night with the Phillies!

Thursday, October 1st, 2009
@ 7:05 p.m.
Phillies vs. Houston Astros

Contact:
PA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
ATTN: GAIL BOBER
100 W. SCHOOL HOUSE LANE
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19144

Next month is the 3rd Annual Philadelphia VisionWalk! We hope you’ll join us for this fun-filled day. This year’s event promises to be an exciting time with a DJ, bounce house, face painting and much, much more. Please bring your family and friends as you show your support for the Foundation Fighting Blindness.

Since 2006, VisionWalk has raised over $9 Million to support the mission of the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Over 45 walks are planned for 2009, including the 3rd Annual Philadelphia VisionWalk on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Fairmount Park in the Wissahickon Park District.

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009
Time: 9:00 a.m. - Registration
10:00 a.m. - Walk Begins

Location:
Fairmount Park in the Wissahickon Park District
Germantown Ave. & E. Northwestern Ave.
Philadelphia, PA

Make a difference! Please join the Foundation Fighting Blindness and take important steps towards a cure by participating in this fun and family-friendly event.
a. Form a team with family, friends, co-workers, neighbors.
b. Walk as an individual.
c. Volunteer at the Walk.
d. Become a sponsor of the Walk.
e. Make a donation to a walker.

For more information, including sponsorship or registration, contact Kerry Graves, Events Manager, at (410) 568-0176 or email KGraves@FightBlindness.org.

For more details check this event out on:
http://www.fightblindness.org/site/TR/Events/VisionWalktr?fr_id=2580&pg=entry