BOLD VENTURES
June 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.)
JUBILANT JUNE!
MAY CALENDAR (leftover)
Saturday May 20: Last swimming this season 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, water is warm and people may bring snacks which are to be eaten ONLY outside of the pool area. We order pizza afterwards, no charge. Penny Fleckenstein 412-415-3871 will be the reservationist, the deadline being 10 PM the Wednesday before.
JUNE CALENDAR
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. Terri: 412-263-2022 will be the reservationist, call by 10pm May 31.
Tuesday June 6 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 June 4.
Wednesdays June 14 & 28: 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.
Thursdays June 1 & 15: Mall Walking at the Ross Park Mall from 10 to 12 noon on both days.
To reserve for the 1st, call Pat DePasquale, 412-492-1692, by 9 PM on Sunday, May 28. To sign up for Thursday the 15th, phone Toni Kelly, 412-965-4443, by 9pm on Sunday, June 11.
Thursdays June 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29: 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 9pm
Sunday June 25 from 2-5pm we are planning a Talent show at Human Services! Only $5 donation requested at the door, a light refreshment will be offered. I hope you already started practicing! To give everybody a fair chance, we will time all performances to be no longer than 5 minutes. Call Peggy 412-683-6070 for reservations by 10pm Wednesday June 21.
LOOKING AHEAD
Next Bold board meeting will NOT be on July 4! Details in the next newsletter.
Sunday, July 30 from noon until 5:00 the very popular Gottschalk Swim Party with no cost at the same location as always in Moon Township at 15 Cherrington Lane 15108 but now the home of Leslie’s nephew Evan and wife Alexa. Leslie will provide burgers, hot dogs, kielbasa, buns, & baked beans, etc. Make your reservation by Tuesday July 25 by 10:00 p.m. with Terri Winaught at 412-263-2022 and tell her what side dish, salad, dessert or snack you can bring to share.
Sunday August 20 Water Skiing on the Allegheny River with the Golden Triangle Water Ski Club. It is important to mention that persons who have physical issues that need adaptive equipment to ski more easily must request that accommodation and complete the required paperwork as soon as possible. Questions? Nancy Leverett: 412-561-3972. (More on this event next month.)
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
Free symphony tickets are available from the Heartstrings program. If interested, call Joyce Driben, 412-521-4385.
City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., ZIP 15203 presents “Iron bound” on Sunday June 4, 1 PM being the visually-impaired workshop and 2 PM being the curtain time.
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.
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
From Veronique Schreurs, hike leader of our hike on April 22.
“We were planning to go to Frick Park, but since we were a small group I drove us all to Braddock’s Trail Park in North Huntington, PA. The blue-eyed marys were in full bloom and were giving the impression of a carpet of light blue snow everywhere. Marty and Tammi came, Xiaoping and I were guiding. People were delighted by the quiet stillness of the woods, and the tinkling sound of little waterfalls and the song of birds. It was nice to get away from the noisy city! We had a great time.”
BOLD BITS
The final meal at the Lutheran Center for the blind will be on Saturday May 20 from 5 to 7 PM. To sign up for any meal during the week before May 13, phone Center Director Sherri Crum: 412-682-1800. The attendance limit is 25 blind or visually-impaired persons.
Please note Terri Winaught’s new cell phone number: 412-209-9818. Her land line remains the same: 412-263-2022.
Happy Birthday to Natasha Brown, Linda Davis, Peggy Walsh, Veronique Schreurs and anyone who has a June birthday.
Thank you to everyone whose hard work makes BOLD Ventures possible.
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