BOLD VENTURES
April 2017
Blind Outdoor Leisure Development
BOLD welcomes persons 18 and older with all degrees of vision: blind, low vision, partially sighted and fully sighted.
PO Box 8114
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Veronique Schreurs, Editor
Email: boldwpa@gmail.com
website: www.wpabold.blogspot.com
Update Line: 1-773-597-4222 (updates recorded each Friday.)
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS!
APRIL CALENDAR
Saturday the 1st: April Fools day! Hope you fool at least somebody besides yourself!
Tuesday April 4th will be the next Board meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at One Smithfield Street. All are welcome! Please contribute your ideas for future activities. To let Tammi know you will be there, call 412-488-6298 by 10 PM on Sunday the 1st.
Thursdays the 6th and 20th: Mall Walking at the Ross Park Mall from 10 to 12 noon on both days.
To reserve for the 6th, call Pat DePasquale, 412-492-1692, by 9 PM on Sunday, April 2. To sign up for Thursday the 20th, phone Toni Kelly, 412-965-4443, by 9 PM on Sunday, April 16th.
Wednesdays the 5th and 19th: Mall Walking at the Monroeville Mall from 9 AM to 11 AM. To sign up with Joyce Driben by 9 PM the Thursdays before, call 412-521-4385.
April 6th, 13th, 20th, & 27th: Yoga from 2:30 to 4 PM at Squirrel Hill's Schoolhouse Yoga Studio: 2215 Murray Ave. Copay is $10. The sign-up deadline with Veronique Schreurs, 412-225-4038, is the Tuesdays before by 9 PM.
Saturday the 8th: Swimming from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children: 201 North Bellefield Ave., Pittsburgh, 15213. Swimming is free and people may bring snacks which are to be eaten ONLY outside of the pool area. Penny Fleckenstein 412-415-3871 will be the reservationist, the deadline being 10 PM the Wednesday before.
Saturday the 22nd: 11am-1:30pm. Hike in Frick Park, leader: Veronique Schreurs. We will meet at the Environmental Center, 2005 Beechwood Blvd. Please bring your lunch and water. If taking a bus (61A or 61B) to Forbes and Dallas, let Veronique know 412-225-4038, so you can be picked up at the bus stop. Penny Fleckenstein 412-415-3871 will be the reservationist, the deadline being 10 PM Wednesday the 19th.
PAST EVENTS
Sunday March the 19th, Thank you, Ray Jablonowski for organizing a fun party with games!
Thanks to Penny Fleckenstein for arranging our newest activity in March: aromatherapy. Aromatherapy was informative and scent-sational! The presenters were very gracious and instructed us on the properties of the different essential oils and we got to mix together some of our choice scents to take home.
Thank you to Karen Good for bringing the bingo cards and her expertise with bingo. We laughed and sang and told silly bingo jokes and everybody won (big money) and between these two activities, we had healthy snacks provided by the aroma therapy presenters and pizza provided by BOLD.
LOOKING AHEAD
Next Bold board meetings will be Tue May 2nd and Tue June 6th.
The Camp Kon-o-Kwee Weekend will be from Friday, May 5th till Sunday the 7th. Joyce Driben (412-521-4385) will be the reservationist with April 8th 10pm being the deadline both for reservation and payment. The cost is $60. Next month’s newsletter will confirm the pick-up point, time and return location. Note: the return location will be different than the pickup. Joyce Driben will also tell this information to people signing up.
Saturday, May 13, from 10:00 until 2:00, tandem biking will occur, at no cost. Montour trail-Cecil Park 1684 Millers Run Road, Cecil PA 15321. Make your reservation by May 9 at 9:00 p.m with Nancy Leverett at 412-561-3972. We will bike for 2 hours and then have lunch compliments of BOLD at the Bike Shop Grill in their indoor or outdoor seating. Lunch includes a platter of your choice with coleslaw, chips, and a sandwich of your choice: (pulled pork, chicken, hot dog, or veggie burger). They also have other things on the menu that you can buy. This location is just outside of Allegheny County so if anyone has to come by Access we will establish a drop-off and pick-up location.
Saturday June 3, from 12:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. A picnic hosted by Ray and the Catholic Alumni Association with tandem biking games and food at no cost, at Sycamore Shelter in Highland Park. Details in next Bold ventures. Saturday June 25 from 2-5pm we are planning a Talent show at Human Services! Details in the June newsletter, but you can start practicing now!
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
Free symphony tickets are available from the Heartstrings program. If interested, call Joyce Driben, 412-521-5385.
On Sunday, April 9th from 2 to 4 PM, Opera Up Close will introduce you to selections of “The Summer King” by Sonnenberg at the Opera's Headquarters: 2425 Liberty Ave., (entrance on 25th Street). If you will need sighted assistance to the song recital or Opera Up Close, reserve with Marilyn Egan the Friday before at 412-281-0912, x242.
On Tuesday May 2nd “The Summer King” will play at the Benedum, 7th and Penn downtown. To order your $10 ticket, contact Regina Connelley: 412-281-0912, x213.
The City Theatre will present their next audio-described play, "The Guard," on Sunday, April 2nd, 1 PM being when there will be a sensory workshop for persons who are blind or have low vision and with 2 PM being the curtain time. Location: 1300 Bingham St. South Side.
City Theatre also presents “Wild with Happy” on Sunday April 30, 1 PM being the visually-impaired workshop and 2 PM being the curtain time, same location.
To order tickets, phone the Box Office at 412-431-4900. Tickets cost $22 with persons who are blind having the option of a free companion ticket.
BOLD BITS
April's meal at the Lutheran Center for the blind will be on Saturday the 29th from 5 to 7 PM. To sign up for that meal during the week before Saturday the 22nd, phone Center Director Sherri Crum: 412-682-1800. The attendance limit is 25 blind or visually-impaired persons.
Happy Birthday to Carrie Fisher, Karen Good, Ray Jablonowski, Jim Wiseman, Larry Wiseman, and anyone else with an April birthday.
Thank you to everyone whose hard work makes BOLD Ventures possible.
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