The Monthly News Round Up For Award Winning Advocate, Sight Loss Coach and Author Donna J. Jodhan
For the month of June 2024
Read about Donna’s external engagements
https://sterlingcreations.ca/current-affairs
Major news items can be found here
It’s all about Donna’s major initiatives for this month plus a lot more
https://sterlingcreations.ca/current-affairs
And we are pleased to kick off this month’s news with a news flash from Donna herself!
Donna is delighted to announce that from July 29 – August 02, she will be participating in a camp for kids titled “Eye Retreat.”
Donna will be teaching 2 1 hour courses each day to the kids.
These are Entrepreneurship 101 and advocacy 101.
Donna thanks DR. Alan Chase for giving her this opportunity.
Read more below:
History:
The Envisioning Youth Empowerment Retreat was born after passage of the North Carolina Disability History and Awareness Month Act. This legislation mandated that public schools teach disability history, famous people with disabilities, and disability characteristics. Specifically, the legislation suggested that individuals with disabilities be utilized to provide some of the instruction. Our founder, Dr. Alan Chase, was involved in advocating for passage of the legislation and supported curriculum development for implementation in the public schools. Thus, the EYE Retreat was born in 2008.
Why us?
First and foremost, 100% of our leaders and mentors have visual impairments. Our leaders and mentors are successful adults who are either gainfully employed or attending post secondary institutions. Second, our philosophy focuses on the power of peer mentoring. Our mentors help students to develop a toolbox of skills and resources by leading courses on a variety of topics, such as self-advocacy, transitioning to college life, career exploration, and soft skills for employment, that will support them in their future pathways Finally, our mentors guide students in bridging theory into practice by facilitating real world application of skills in the community, such as riding public transportation, navigating a college campus, and visiting local businesses.
Mission:
Our mission is to provide an opportunity for youth with visual impairments to experience a glimpse of post secondary outcomes (employment, college, etc) through development of mentoring relationships, real world applications, and identification of available resources.
Vision:
Our vision is to empower and create a community of lifelong learners who will have the tools necessary to be successful in their education, careers, and lives.
Moto:
“I Retreat From No Challenge!”
Dr. Alan Chase
President and Executive Director, Envisioning Youth Empowerment Retreat alan.chase@eyeretreat.org <mailto:alan.chase@eyeretreat.org>
919.813.0393
www.eyeretreat.org <http://www.eyeretreat.org> “I retreat from no challenge!”
You can start by taking a tour of Donna’s personal diary by visiting
Donna posts 3 times weekly and her posts gives you great insights into her daily life, challenges, and perspectives as a blind/vision impaired person.
Blogs posted for this month
To the www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog page
The FEDEX fiasco
https://sterlingcreations.ca/blog/the-fedex-fiasco-great-company-but-lousy-employee
Wendy’s touch screen trauma
How real is the generation gap?
You can also view previous selections here.
Donna has also posted other articles of interest on her
www.sterlingcreations.com/blog page
for this month.
News round up for May 2024
Hottest tips from the Sterling Creations Business Desk
A Must Read – Important Tips From the Sterling Creations Team
Latest news from the Apple Vis online newsletter
Read about the latest and greatest accessible Apple apps -May 2024
A review of the Limoncello Restaurant in London England
A bit of this and a bit of that from Donna’s latest did you know diary
Catch up with Donna’s expert page at
https://sterlingcreations.ca/ask-an-expert
and for this month
10 tips for learning Chat GPT
Read Donna’s author’s tip for this month
Brides, grooms, and graduates
And catch up with previous author’s tips
https://sterlingcreations.ca/ask-an-author
Read Donna J. Jodhan’s articles on ask the coach for this month
Using a dish drainer over the sink, finding tongs that are safe to use for a blind person, looking for a burger press
Read Donna J. Jodhan’s tips and hints for catching up with the coach for this month
Calming The Angry Child, saving your child’s artwork, Cleaning Stuffed Toys
See an archive of all of her product reviews at
https://www.toptechtidbits.com/news.html
Listen and catch up with Donna’s podcasts
Week 1 – ask the blogger
(on bullying;
Tips on entrepreneurship;
Scams and scammers;
Donna’s thought for today;
Week 2 – ask the coach.
Week 3 – ask the home maker.
Week 4 – book and product reviews.
“ask Donna”( )
Ask Donna YouTube Playlist: https://donnajodhan.com/askdonna
“dining with donna”
( )
week 1 – Corn Bread Dressing With Oysters
week 2 – Crumb Topped Salmon
week 3 – Golden Baked Whitefish
week 4 – Herbed Orange Roughy
Dining With Donna YouTube Playlist: https://www.donnajodhan.com/dwd
Your mental stretch with donna
YouTube Playlist: Mental Stretch
https://donnajodhan.com/mentalstretch
Ask the business reviewer:
YouTube Playlist: Ask the Business Reviewer –
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX95yuU4fJhio7AsI1qsn2KwvIBAgFOv8
Ask an expert:
YouTube Playlist: Ask an Expert –
And now for Donna’s latest podcasts – her Blindly brilliant page on ETSE where Donna’s pottery creations are now available.
YouTube playlist: Blindly Brilliant – Etsy:
Finally!
Donna has resumed posting to the Access to Information News weekly online newsletter
Sponsored by Mindvault Solutions!
https://barrierfreecanada.org/wendys-touch-screen-trauma-blind-customers-are-being-denied/
https://barrierfreecanada.org/how-real-is-the-generation-gap-yes-no/
To learn more about Donna as an award winning sight loss coach and advocate plus more visit www.donnajodhan.com
That’s it for this month.
Don’t forget to drop me an email at donnajodhan@gmail.com
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