NewsLetter
November 2007 / December 2007

BVIM Happenings

November 12
Board of Directors Meeting

1:00PM   1137 4th Street
At the November Meeting, new Board member, Bobbie Gray, will be joining the Board of Directors for the first time. Welcome Bobbie!

November 17
Monthly Luncheon

12 Noon - 2PM
9 Ross Valley Rd, SR.
Menu & Entertainment: TBA

Please note the date!
The November luncheon will be held on the 3rd Saturday of the month - not the usual 2nd Saturday.

November 22
Happy Thanksgiving!

December 1
The BVIM Annual
Christmas Luncheon!!

12 Noon - 2 PM.
Deer Park Villa
367 Bolinas Rd., Fairfax.
$22.50
Menu
Chicken or Fish
Caesar Salad
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Vegetables
Cheesecake
Entertainment: BVIM favorite
Bill Barker on piano!

December 10
Board of Directors Meeting

1:00PM 1137 4th Street

Up & Coming Events

October 4 - December 7

Insights 2007
An exhibition of works by Artists who are blind or visually impaired. (Sponsored by the Lighthouse). SF City Hall, Lower Level, 1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Pl., SF. 415 431-1481.

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October 4 - December 7

Insights 2007
An exhibition of works by Artists who are blind or visually impaired,
(sponsored by the Lighthouse)
SF City Hall, Lower Level
1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett Pl., San Francisco.
415 431-1481.

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November 18

The Genetics of Retinal Degenerative Diseases
Sponsored by Foundation Fighting Blindness. 10AM-noon. UCSF Medical Sciences Bldg, 513 Parnassus Ave, Rm. S-214, SF. Free Lecture. RSVP to Alayna Tatum @ 408-739-1846.

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December 5

Art Class: Cardmaking
The "Painting on Surfaces" Art class was a big success thanks to instructor Bob Carlton and volunteers from MSA, especially Jeanne Scholtz. The Cardmaking class will be held on December 5th at 10:30AM. For more info call 415 459-5066.

MEMBER NEWS

Bea Blum is recouperating from surgery for a broken hip. Jean La Fond is at Bretano House while dealing with an ornery back and Joan Tollefson is receiving physical therapy at Smith Ranch Care center for the same problem. If you have noticed that Mark Nelson has been missing from BVIM activities it is because he has returned to school: Orientation Center for the Blind in Albany. Hope you get all "A's" Mark.

Interested in attending events at Marin Center or Marin Symphony? We sometimes get free tickets! Let us know if you'd like to be on the list to receive tickets. Call Suzan or Barbara at 415 459-5066. Upcoming events include: Tango Buenos Aires, Nov. 23; Marin Ballet Nutcracker, Dec. 8 & 9.

MEMORIAL

We all mourn the passing of our Board of Director's member Bob Roberts and offer our condolences to his family.

A celebration of his life will be held on November 18th at 1:00 p.m. at the Mill Valley Community Center
180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

Thank you
Phone Committee Volunteers!

Pat Carlisle
Virginia Dziomba
Angie Garcia
Christy Graham
Pat Gryson
Lita Heckman
Chris Kern
Lorene Miller
Barbara Nolan

Thank you
Generous Donors!

Holly Bacuzzi
The Buck Trust
Gerry Bourguignon
Dr. Gus Colenbrander
De Goff Family
Idelle Edelstein
Howie & Lorraine Herrin
Scott Holt & Robert Gollan
George Johnson
Chris Kern
Mary Mahar
Nancy Peters-Janover
Betty Portje
James St. Jacques

Thank you
Senior Fair Volunteers!

Dick & Hilda Gotcher
Howie Herrin
Linda Nelson
Alice Tobin
Marian & Robert Weiss
Joan Yates

November Birthdays

Pat Gryson
Jannika Hipkins
Janis Kay
John Madison
Loise Neville
Alice Tobin

December Birthdays

Josephine Bennett
Lila Biesinger
Angie Garcia
Bobbie Gray
Marc Nelsen
Carol Olivotti
Blanche Spelman
Anne Swenson