BOLD VENTURES December 2023
Western Pennsylvania Blind Outdoor Leisure Development
Best Wishes for a BOLD holiday season filled with happiness and peace!
IMPORTANT NOTICE
BOLD will be holding a brief general membership meeting as part of our holiday party on the afternoon of Sunday, December 10, 2023. (More information about the party is below.) This meeting will be for the election of these board members: President, First Vice-President and Corresponding Secretary. The following BOLD members have been nominated: President, Nancy Leverett; First Vice-President, Bradlee Tebbs; Corresponding Secretary, Veronique Schreurs. Please join us for this important meeting and also be there for the holiday fun!
Time to show support for BOLD, time to Pay dues.
The holiday season is here, and this is also the time in BOLD to get ready for the new year, 2024, by paying dues. The dues for the upcoming year are $15. There are two ways to pay your dues. You can send a check payable to WPA BOLD to WPA BOLD, PO Box 9101, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. Or if you like you can use either PayPal or a credit card at the donate button at the bottom of this Newsletter or on our website www.wpabold.blogspot.com and use the “donate” button. If you use our website, be sure to write a note saying that you are paying your dues. If you are new to BOLD and paid your dues after September 30th, you are covered for 2024. If there has been any change in your contact information, please send it to our treasure Ryan Leverett at ryanjleverett1@gmail.com. Thanks for paying your dues!
CALENDAR
December
Tuesday, December 5th, from 6 to 8 pm, Board Meeting in-person at Human Services, 1 Smithfield St, downtown. Any non-board Members who want to attend must call Nancy at 412-561-3972 by December 3rd.
Tuesdays, December 5th and 19th, from 9 am to 12:30 pm, Mall Walking at the Monroeville Mall. Cost is free. Lunch is on your own at the food court. Sighted guides are welcome and also need to sign up. For all of the details including transportation and to sign up call Joyce at 412-521-4385. To sign up for Tuesday, December 5th call Joyce by 11 am Tuesday November 28th. To sign up for Tuesday, December 19th call Joyce by 11 am Tuesday the 12th.
Wednesdays, December 6th & 20th, from 7 to 9:30 pm SE Wisconsin virtual bingo. For all of the fun information contact Tammi, BOLD’s bingo expert, by text or voicemail at 412-951-6528 or tswiantek@comcast.net.
Thursdays, November 30th, December 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th, from noon to 1:30, Ice Skating at the Mount Lebanon ice Center, 900 Cedar Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15228. Cost is $5. We will have exclusive use of the ice. We need sighted ice skaters to be guides on and off the ice. Guides and skaters be sure to sign-up for the Thursday you want to skate by 8 pm on the Sunday before. The sign-up date for November 30th is Sunday November 26th. The first sign-up due date in December is Sunday, December 3rd. Sign-up with Nancy at 412-561-3972 or nancy.leverett1@verizon.net.
Sunday, December 10th, from 2 to 5 pm, BOLD Holiday Party & Brief General Meeting. St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 304 Morewood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, in the spacious accessible hall. No charge. There will be food, music, and BOLD fun! The afternoon will include election of officers, time to remember BOLD members and friends who passed away in 2023, lots of music provided by Ceinwen King-Smith and Rob Stemple and of course dinner. The menu for dinner is: mixed greens salad with ranch & Italian Dressings; choice of entree either boneless chicken breast Marsala or vegetarian lasagna; the side dishes are smashed red potatoes, fresh whole green beans with almonds; fresh broccoli, cauliflower, carrot medley; and rolls & butter. All of the menu items are gluten-free except the vegetarian lasagna and the rolls and butter. So we have an idea of how much food to order, please sign-up with Jeff by 8 pm on Wednesday November 29th at 412-487-9469 or going4walk@duck.com
Sunday, December 17th, 9 am, Downhill Ski Guide Training at Seven Springs. If you are interested in being a guide for BOLD’s vision impaired downhill skiers this season, contact Scotto Gray, BOLD’s Director of Downhill Skiing, at scottog@yahoo.com by Thursday December 14th to sign up and get more information. Scotto has chosen the tentative dates for this year’s ski season. They are: Sundays January 21st, February 4th and 25th, and March 10th. Stay tuned to January’s BOLD Ventures for more information about downhill skiing.
Upcoming Events
Friday, January 26th, from 4 to 5:30 pm, Intro to Latin Dancing,
Western PA School for Blind Children, 201 N. Bellefield Avenue, 15213. No charge. There will be more details in the January BOLD Ventures.
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in getting information about upcoming audio described plays or in finding out what tickets are available for cultural events such as symphony or chamber music concerts, or operas, please call Joyce at 412-521-4385.
BOLD BITS
Be a BOLD Ventures Sponsor
Bold prides itself on the fact that our monthly newsletter, BOLD Ventures, is made available to our members in the format of their choice—email, braille, print and large print. But doing this involves various costs. You could help defray some of the cost by being a BOLD Ventures sponsor for a month. If you would like to sponsor one of the BOLD Ventures, just make a $50 donation to BOLD. If you wish, for your donation, you will get your name and a short greeting of your choice in BOLD Ventures. For more information and to set up your sponsorship, contact Debby at 412-742-4288 or dm-hill@comcast.net.
Happy December Birthday to:
Ernie College, Celeste Compomizzi, Karen Seligman and anyone else celebrating a December birthday!
NEWSLETTER RECORDING:
Anyone can hear a recording of this newsletter,
call 401-252-0029 Access Code: 265365#.
Contact Us
WPA BOLD
PO Box 9101
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
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Email: boldwpa@gmail.com
Website: www.wpabold.blogspot.com
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Editors: Debby Hill and team