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DeafREC – Coffee Night Canceled in November and December Due to Holiday

November 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

DeafRec Rochester will cancel the Coffee Night in December and November 2009.

Sorry send out the wrong email previously. DeafRec would like to inform you all that our November and December Fourth Thursday Coffee Social will be canceled due to holiday. Hope you have a great turkey day and holiday!

Hope to see you in January.

Location:Panera Bread Co, 300 Hylan Drive, Rochester, NY 14623
Fee: Buy your own food…
For more information please contact: Kathleen Moran Doskos at kmdoskos@aol.com

Remember we welcome all, deaf, hard of hearing and hearing people so come one and come all!

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2009 NTID Alumni Community Holiday Party – New deadline date!

November 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Registration deadline has been extended to November 30, 2009. For those of you who wish to attend but haven’t yet registered, please click here.

Hello RIT/NTID alumni,

The holiday season is soon approaching! The NTID Alumni Relations office in conjunction with the holiday committee are inviting you to attend to the 2009 NTID Alumni Community Holiday Party from 5 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, December 5 at Rustic Village’s Entertainment Center, East Squire Dr. (off East Henrietta Road), Rochester, N.Y. 14623 (Click here for directions).

Join the RIT/NTID alumni to share the holiday spirit! Semi-formal attire requested.

Cost per adult (21 and over) is $25. Proceeds benefit the NTID Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund.

Register for this event by November 23 (room occupancy limited to 65 people).

Questions? Contact Party Chairperson Laura Barnard at LaLuvSmile@hotmail.com or Jeannette Vargas at jxvnce@rit.edu or 585-475-6836 (v/TTY).

Hope to see you there!

Cordially,
Matthew Driscoll, SVP ‘90, ‘94
NTID Director of Alumni Relations

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RSD 10th graders’ project – Need Your Support!

November 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Marissa Woodruff and her classmates at Rochester School for the Deaf (RSD), in Rochester, NY, are addressing a problem long confronted by Deaf and Hard of hearing airline passengers, the inability to get information once in flight. They are proposing that airlines add LED Messaging Boards in their planes, like the ones RSD uses in all of its school buildings.

The RSD 10th class is starting with one airline, Jet Blue, in hopes that the idea will spread. Soon, a Jet Blue representative will visit RSD to see the students proposal. If successful the change may begin locally with Rochester flights. It is obvious that this simple and fairly inexpensive technology would benefit not only the Deaf and Hard of hearing but all passengers.

You can show your support by visiting http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions… and signing the students petition. Watch Marissa Woodruff’s YouTube video about this effort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHW_L3T555s

Than you!

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NEWS: Twenty-Six Charged in Nationwide Scheme to Defraud the FCC’s Video Relay Service

November 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Hi everyone,

In case you were told about the abuse in FCC funds.  Below news article about the latest status of what has happened:

http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/wfo111909.htm

Thank you,
Dean DeRusso

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City Hall on the Road at CDR/RCIL/AAY – December 8th, 5:30 – 7:30pm

November 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

For those who want to improve the services in Rochester. I would
encourage you to come to the City Hall on the Road gathering.

You can come in here and discuss any issues, some ideas of issues that
you should come in for are:
1. Interpreter issues
2. Employment Issues
3. communication Issues
4. Lack of Services
5. problems with Video Phones
6. Lack of Video Phones in Community
7. Children Education
8. Lack of Deaf Teachers in public
9. More ASL training other than Colleges
10. Deaf Seniors
11. Doctor Resources
12. Needs of Deaf Lawyers.
13. Needs for Deaf-Blind Services

And many more…

Please come and join us here at CDR office. Attached is a FLYER

Hope you can join us at this meeting.

Dean

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Friendly Reminder about this Saturday and LRAD Holiday Party coming up soon!

November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment


THIS SATURDAY:
LRAD Thanksgiving Dinner, 5:30pm at
Old Country Buffet at West Ridge Road
, Rochester

ALSO LRAD’s HOLIDAY PARTY on December 12th
Flyer attached. Check it out please! :-)

You know that LRAD are at Facebook!!! Look for us by search: Lilac Rainbow Alliance

Yours truly,
Laurie Monahan
LRAD President

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Billy Carwile: Mime Performance – Dec. 2nd

November 20, 2009 · 1 Comment

ASL Social

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

6-8 p.m.

Canandaigua Wegman’s on Routes 5 & 20

Billy Carwile: Mime Performance

Please join us for a mime performance by Billy Carwile, Deaf Performer!

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Deaf International of Rochester Gathering – Dec. 5th

November 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

**   Saturday  December 5th,  2009!  **

WHEN: 7:00 pm

WHERE: Wegmans Cafe

ADDRESS:
745 Calkins Rd.
Henrietta, NY 14623

WEBSITE map: CLICK HERE

FOOD: Food buffet by weigth, drinks, etc. Available to choose and pay at cashier as you go…
(Hot Coffee will be available till 7:30pm)

PARKING: Free on site

………… Come and join for socializing! ………………….

Do not miss this fun gathering! Spread these words to your friends

All are welcome!

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Rochester Deaf Community Reception Honoring Alan and Vicki Hurwitz – Dec. 13th

November 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

RRCD and co-sponsors will host a special Rochester Deaf community reception for Alan and Vicki Hurwitz on Sunday, December 13 at RSD from 2 to 5 p.m.

CLICK HERE for PDF printout.

All are welcome!

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New Sidekick LX 2009 features – Is attractive to deaf consumers

November 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment

SIGNED/CAPTIONED VIDEO: http://www.deaf411online.com/sk68.html

T-Mobile has added new features to its latest Sidekick, the Sidekick LX 2009 which is attracting attention from consumers who are deaf or hard of hearing. The new features build on Sidekick’s reputation of meeting and exceeding the needs of deaf consumers in providing a deaf-friendly product.

Among the notable deaf-friendly features mentioned in a Deaf411 video announcement is a larger 3.2 inch display screen and a trackball navigator that lights up to alert you of not only just email and instant messaging (IM) messages, but also alerts from any one of the three social network sites: Twitter, MySpace and Facebook.

This new Sidekick model continues its reputable messaging capabilities with multiple email and instant messaging (IM) service options, and a spacious keyboard. An upgraded 3.2 megapixel camera with auto focus and flash, YouTube Mobile access, Flash video support and the 3G network capability are now incorporated in this new model.

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