BOLD VENTURES
October 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.)
INVIGORATING OCTOBER!
SEPTEMBER CALENDAR (what is remaining)
Wednesday, September 20, 2017 1:00 PM–2:30 PM Tech Training
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 4724 Baum Blvd, 15213
Need assistance with your smartphone or tablet? Join us for a hands-on tech training focusing on your devices accessibility options (voiceover/screen readers, magnification, enlarged fonts, etc). We can help with any operating system (iOS, Android), and any kind of device! Please bring your own device if you have one, if not, feel free to use one of ours!
Saturday, September 23, from 12:00 until 5:00, outdoor-indoor games party, no cost, at the home of Ray Jablonowski, 4551 Parade St., Pittsburgh PA 15207, reserve by Monday September 18 with Penny Fleckenstein at 412-415-3871. Ray is also making a massage chair available upstairs in a quiet room, where people can take turns using it.
OCTOBER CALENDAR
Sunday October 1, 9pm: absolute reservation deadline for a shopping excursion on November 4 at Grove City, $15. Good news: some students from Slippery Rock will meet us there and help guide. Please call reservationist Peggy 412-683-6070 if you are interested so we can decide on the feasibility. We will ask you to bring a guide if possible. We will charter a bus, going from Human Services if enough people are interested.
Tuesday October 3 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 the previous Sunday.
Wednesdays October 4 & 18: 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 October 5 & 19: Mall Walking at the Ross Park Mall from 10 to 12 noon on both days.
To reserve for the 5th, call Pat DePasquale, 412-492-1692, by 9 PM on Sunday the 1st. To sign up for Thursday the 19th, phone Toni Kelly, 412-965-4443, by 9pm on Sunday, October 15.
Thursdays October 5, 12, 19 & 26: Yoga from 2:30 to 4 PM at Squirrel Hill's Schoolhouse Yoga Studio: 2215 Murray Ave. Copay is $10, or $15 if the group is very small. The sign-up deadline with Veronique Schreurs, 412-225-4038, is the Tuesdays before by 9pm.
Sunday, October 8 from 2 to 5 PM, auction conducted by Terri Winaught, who is also the reservationist, 412-263-2022. The venue is One Smithfield Street; deadline is Wednesday the 4th (10 PM).
As always, Terri is seeking donations, so let her know what item(s) you can contribute. We already have some gift cards, some nice surprises and some necklaces. Regarding more donations, thank you in advance for checking the condition of your items to be sure that they are in good condition. If you need help doing that, let Terri know.
Saturday October 14: Hike at Bushy Run battlefield state park at 1253 Bushy Run Rd (State Route 993), Jeannette, PA. We will have transportation by van for up to 10 people from a central location to be announced by Tammi, meeting in Pittsburgh at 9:45am. The hike is from 11am until 12:30pm, about 1 mile. For reservations call Tammi 412-488-6298 by Saturday Oct 7.
PAST EVENTS
A big Thank You to Leslie and her nephew Evan and wife Alexa for hosting the Gottschalk Swim Party and providing the main course for lunch for the 35 BOLD members that attended. It was a perfect summer day to enjoy the newly refurbished, now salt water pool in the tranquil wilds of Moon Township. Nancy Leverett’s personal note : Swimming in the salt water pool was wonderful because the salt in the water made me very buoyant and because of the lack of chlorine and other chemicals in the water.
LOOKING AHEAD
Saturday November 4: shopping trip if we have enough people to charter a bus. See October calendar for October 1 deadline to make this fun event happen!
ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATES
For 2018, nominations are open for the following offices: President, First Vice-President (for programs) & corresponding secretary. Anyone interested may call Tammi 412-488-6298 to recommend a nominee. Thanks for being willing to serve!
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
Free symphony tickets will resume in the Fall. Call Joyce Driben, 412-521-4385.
Oct 15, City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St, South Side. “A funny thing happened on the way to the Gyne Oncological unit…”, 1pm: introductory workshop for blind patrons, play starts at 2pm, tickets: $22 with or without a sighted companion. Info: 412-431-4900.
Sunday Oct 22 at 2pm Pittsburgh opera: “The marriage of Figaro” presents the opera up close at the Opera headquarters, 2425 Liberty Av, Strip district, use 24th street entrance. Call Marilyn Egan at 412-281-0912, Ext 242 to reserve. The audio-described performance of Figaro will be Tuesday Nov 7th at 7:30pm at the Benedum Downtown. For tickets call Regina Connelly 412-281-0912, Ext 213.
LOST & FOUND
Found at the swim party: 2 black canvas drawstring bags that say on them “GoSports CornHole”. If these bags belong to you please contact Nancy Leverett at 412-561-3972 to reclaim them.
BOLD BITS
Saturday Sept 30 5pm: The first Lutheran Center dinner, 535 N. Neville St, Oakland. Limit: 25 people who are blind or vision impaired. Sign up before Sept 23 by 6pm at 412-682-1800. The next one will be on Saturday November 4, 5pm, sign up by before Saturday October 28 by 6pm at 412-682-1800.
Welcome to new BOLD member Kathleen Baun! Thank you for helping us at our kayaking event!
Happy September birthday to Cindy Johnson!
Happy Birthday to all with a October birthday, including Mark Grasak, Jim Musto.
Thank you to everyone whose hard work makes BOLD Ventures possible.
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