BOLD VENTURES
May 2021
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
THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY!
Admin note: we are keeping the dues for 2021 to $12. Mail your check to
Veronique Schreurs 2269 Tilbury Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15217. Thanks to those who paid!
Call Veronique 412-225-4038 if that is a hardship, and you would like to remain in Bold.
WE ARE CONTINUING OUR NEW CONFERENCE CALL SYSTEM! Please read!
You can email boldwpa@gmail.com to request the new number. There is no passcode for participants. To mute yourself, press *6, same to unmute.
This info will apply every time “conference call” is mentioned in the newsletter.
WE HAVE A NEW WAY FOR ANYBODY TO HEAR a recording of the NEWSLETTER!
Instead of mailing out cassette recordings, people can call (401) 252-0029 Access Code: 265365#. Anybody can use this service, not just cassette customers.
MAY CALENDAR
Every Thursday from 2:45pm, until 3:45pm, on the NEW conference line YOGA KEEPS GOING free of charge to participate! Thank you to those who sent a contribution. For people reading this by email, here is a link of our July 2 yoga session, which you can click on or paste into your browser to activate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v_BIbISDHM
Continuing our popular weekly chat session! Every Tuesday at 7pm, until further notice, we will have a one-hour chat session where our Bold members can connect with each other or ask for help.
Call the NEW conference line to join and if you don’t have free long distance on your phone, call Joyce 412-521-4385 or Peggy 412-683-6070 at least one hour ahead, to be tapped in.
The conversation doesn’t have to be Bold related. We are trying to have only one person talk at a time after the initial 5 minutes. The moderators are:
Tammi April 13, Nancy April 20,
Penny April 27,
Veronique May 4, 6:30pm, followed by the board meeting which is private.
Karen May 11, Terri May 18,
Joyce May 25.
Monday May 10, 7pm on the NEW conference line: Mother’s Day themed story/poem/recipe evening, facilitated by Terri Winaught. Please call Terri 412-595-6187 by May 2 so she can plan the evening.
Monday May 24, 7pm on the NEW conference line: Welcome one & all to Name That Tune, hosted by Tammi & piano musicked by Peggy. The contest will even have a couple or few gift-card winners! After a brief group check-in Tammi will give 1st Guess to players in the order of who called in. Then for the next tune, Tammi will give someone else the 1st choice. Peggy is Looking forward to playing with interested parties - Happy Song Party, everyone
LOOKING AHEAD
Monday June 7, at 7pm on the NEW conference line, Nancy and Maggi will host another Zoom instruction evening, time divided between computer users and iPhone and iPad users. Sign up by Saturday May 5 with Nancy at 412-561-3972 and let her know which device or devices you will be using.
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
PITTSBURGH OPERA the Audio Commentary service will be at the opera headquarters at 7:00 pm, cost $12 tickets call Mark Marston at 412-281-0912 extension 216.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Charlie Parker’s Yardbird
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Semele, and live streamed free at Pittsburgh Opera’s YouTube channel and Facebook page on May 14 at 7:30pm.
Sensory Workshops via Zoom from 4:00–5:00 pm are as follows:
Sunday, April 18, 2021 Charlie Parker’s Yardbird,
Sunday, May 16, 2021 Semele.
Call Marilyn Egan at 724-612-1661 to register and get the Zoom dial-in phone numbers.
To access the Audio Study Guide, dial 412-281-0912 extension 266.
Library events:
Book Club by Library for the Blind, on zoom or phone. Reserve by calling 800-242-0586 or email them at lbph@carnegielibrary.org
Upcoming books are:
- May 20th: An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma (DB 93757)
- June 17th: Deacon King Kong by James McBride (DB 98819)
BOLD BITS
Natasha Brown received great news after her March 19th surgery: She is feeling much better,
Ongoing positive thoughts, Best Wishes, and Prayers as Kimberly Smythe continues to receive treatment at the Cleveland Clinic.
Best Wishes and Prayers for Terri Winaught as she learns more about some new health issues!
To end on an uplifting note, Thank You to the BOLD members who consistently facilitate or contribute to our weekly check-ins: Nancy Leverett and Maggi Ostrowski, for example, did a wonderful job with the recent presentation on the accessibility that enables persons who are blind or who have impaired vision to use Zoom successfully.
Happy birthday to Erin Wagoner, Jerry Penfield, Joyce Mulkern, Bruce Leverett and anyone else with a May birthday.
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