Have you heard?

VIPS will be hosting a dinner next Thursday night with Dr. PHil Hatlen. Dr. Hatlen comes to us all the way from Texas and he is a nationally known leader in the field of education for the visually impaired. He was one of the creators for the Expanded Core Curriculum and he will be sharing some of his expertise with us next week.

The Expanded Core Curriculum relates to vision-specific skills that your child may need to learn in order to succeed in school and in life. These skills might be reading Braille, learning to use a cane, using low vision aids such as magnifiers, closed circuit televisions (cctv's) or monoculars (similar to binoculars but only one sided and more powerful), social skills and more. Although your child may not be ready for elementary school just yet, the information that Dr. Hatlen has to share is valuable for you as well.

We hope you'll consider joining us on Thursday May 7th as we welcome Dr. Hatlen. This is an event that you do not want to miss. We may not have another opportunity to meet with Dr. Hatlen and what he has to say is definitely worth hearing. VIPS will be providing childcare as well as dinner, but you must RSVP so we have enough food to go around.

Thank You Bearno's

A huge thank you to Rob Mooney of Bearno's Pizza in Louisville for donating ALL of the pizza for the fundraiser at Comedy Caravan tonight. Bearno's has been very kind in supporting VIPS for several years. Thank you very much Bearno's!

Comedy Caravan Fundraiser

Tomorrow is the VIPS/Comedy Caravan fundraiser. I hope we have a good turnout. It looks like we sold about 48 tickets - that's good! We're haivng salad & pizza for dinner (Bearno's - yum!) and an assortment of small desserts. The comedian is Pat Brown. I haen't ever yeard of her, but I can't say I've ever seen a bad comedian at Comedy Caravan. Tom Sobel (owner of Comedy Caravan) is very kind to let us have this fundraiser there. This is probably the 5th or 6th time we've done this. Kudos to Tom!

The proceeds from tomorrow night go directly to the VIPS Family Retreat. This is a great weekend opportunity for our families to share experiences with each other, learn from experts in the vision field and have a nice relaxing time. The retreat is quite expensive to host, but so worth every penny. It's going to be a great weekend! I hope some of our parents who plan to attend retreat come to the fundraiser tomorrow to support VIPS. We really rely on support from our parents and we have several who have been very involved for a long time.


This post was brought to you by Melanie - Family Services Coordinator

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