BOLD VENTURES
August 2019
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
Editorial team: Veronique Schreurs, Nancy Leverett, Terri Winaught, Peggy Walsh
Email: boldwpa@gmail.com
Website: www.wpabold.blogspot.com
Correction to the July newsletter re: Three Rivers Rowing. The maximum reimbursement amount should be $75, not $100.
AUGUST CALENDAR
Tuesday August 6 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM: Bold Board meeting at the Human Services building, 1 Smithfield St., downtown. All are welcome to attend. Please call Tammi 412-951-6528 by 9pm Sunday August 4.
Saturday August 10, Kayaking at your own pace, cost $10.00, at North Park Lake. We’ll meet at Kayak Pittsburgh, (North Park, 10301 Pearce Mill Road, Allison Park Pa 15101), at 9:30 so we can sign waivers and be on the water from 10 to 11. If we have enough drivers, we’d love to have lunch at a nearby pizza place afterward. Reserve with Tammi Swiantek at 412-488-6298 by Saturday August 3rd.
Wednesdays August 14 & 28: Mall Walking will be held at the Monroeville Mall from 9 to 11 AM. To sign up with Peggy Walsh the Thursday before: 412-683-6070.
Three Rivers Rowing has started. The office number is 412-231-8772, ask for Danielle Roger. If you complete the rowing for the entire season and want to be reimbursed for half your cost, up to $75, call Veronique 412-225-4038.
For Ross Park Mall walk information: please call Andrea Schwartz at 724-444-0064.
Thursdays August 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29: Yoga at Squirrel Hill’s Schoolhouse Studio: 2215 Murray Ave, from 2:30 to 4 PM. Cost, $10 per person ($15 optional if the group is small). Reserve the Tuesday before with Veronique 412-225-4038.
Sunday August 25 Water Skiing with the Golden Triangle Water Ski Club. Meet at 8:30 at the Steel City Rowing Club boathouse at 100 Arch St. in Verona for a short pontoon boat ride to the island in the middle of the Allegheny River where the water skiing will be done from 9 to noon followed by a picnic lunch, Skiers should be back to Steel City by 2:30. If you are interested in using TRAS adaptive sit ski equipment they want your registration by August 6th. You can find the forms at the TRAS web site or for assistance contact the reservationist by July 31. This activity is free. Reserve with Nancy Leverett by August 19th at 412-561-3972.
PAST EVENTS
Tandem biking at the Tandem Connection was a great success. The sun was shining and the temperature was comfortable. Many thanks to Scott Gray for organizing the 13 tandem bikes, captains and visually impaired bike riders. Special thanks goes to Jenny Senko for helping us to borrow tandem bikes from Invision Sports at Slippery Rock University and Blindness and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh. Thanks to Scott, Bruce Leverett, and John Pirain for transporting bikes. Thanks to the sighted volunteers who gave rides to biking and captained the tandems and helped with lunch. Thanks to Penny’s friend and new BOLD member John Hucik for delivering the lunches to the tired starving bikers. Thanks to Nancy Leverett for taking reservations, and arranging rides.
LOOKING AHEAD
Saturday September 7, from 9:00 to 1:00, Tandem biking and lunch from the bike shop, no cost thanks to the generosity of Ray Jablonowski, same location: Tandem Connection 5 Georgetown Rd Canonsburg, PA 15317, reserve by Saturday August 31, with Nancy Leverett at 412-561-3972. Sighted members, even if you don’t want to ride a tandem, you can still help out and join the fun. You could provide transportation or ride along on your single bike.
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
Enjoy summer while it lasts!
To any dues-paid Bold member interested in free subscriptions for the 2019-2020 season of either Pittsburgh Chamber Music or the Symphony concerts, please call Joyce Driben 412-521-4385 by Sunday July 28 at the latest.
BOLD BITS
For interesting events at the Carnegie Library for the Blind (CLP-LBPH), 4724 Baum Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213: call 412-687-2440 for information.
Get Well Wishes to Natasha Brown who has had two recent hospitalizations. When I last spoke with Natasha, she indicated that she would be going into rehab. Get Well Wishes also to Jim Winaught who was taken to Saint Clare Hospital.
Happy Birthday to John Dern, Leslie Gottschalk, Ryan Leverett, Marty Mathews, Randi Shelton, Debi Sterling and anyone else with an August birthday.
Thanks to all who contributed to the making of this newsletter.
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES
By Cindy Perseo about the June 23 Tandem Biking. It was an early morning start. We got paired with captains, and I had a really nice captain named Samra. We had a splendid time. We rode 6 miles out and 6 miles back. I was really surprised that I could do that! It was just wonderful feeling the cool breeze and just riding along. We went over bridges, under bridges, and through a tunnel. My favorite part was making a Tarzan yell going through the tunnel. After we came back to the starting point, we had a great lunch at the bike shop. I would especially like to thank Nancy for getting this event in order. Excellent job!!! And all the captains who helped us, including Scott who paired us up.
By Nancy Leverett about the swim party. Gottschalk Swim Party July 6th for the first 2 and a half hours was hot and sunny while we swam and socialized in the salt water pool. Then we had our traditional burger and hot dogs with an abundance of deviled eggs, salads, and baked beans. We followed that up with more water melon and desserts than we could eat. It was only then that it started to thunder and lightning and rain, and rain some more. BOLD has been having the swim party at the Gottschalk’s for close to 40 years. It was the first BOLD activity my husband Bruce attended with me 36 years ago, as my date. Many things have changed since the first swim party. We miss our friend Leslie but her nephew Evan and his wife Alexa have been very gracious and welcoming. Thanks to Terri Winaught for taking reservations and arranging rides, and to cooks Ray and Missy, and all the drivers and sighted volunteers, and most of all to Evan and Alexa for hosting the swim party!
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