Membership Meeting
The June meeting will be an in-person and virtual event at the San Jose Vista Center for the Blind on Saturday, June 20, from 9:30 AM to 1 PM.
Lunches will be available from Subway with the usual menu.
Program
Our June Program will feature via Zoom, Debra Erickson, MS, Executive Chef and Founder of The Blind Kitchen. Before starting her own business, she completed a MS in Therapeutic Recreation from San Jose State University and now lives in Portland Oregon.
Debra has RP and her passion is sourcing adaptive culinary tools and cooking strategies for people with vision loss. She will present for about 20 minutes, and the remaining time will be answering questions and offering solutions for cooking, baking, grilling and more!
Picnic
The 2026 SVCB Picnic will take place on Saturday September 19 at the Edith Lester picnic site in Marshall Cottle Park. Maps and driving directions will be available as we get closer to the event. Options to sign up and pay are listed below.
We are doing things a little differently this year in an effort to make the event run more smoothly and to make sure both guests and volunteers can enjoy the day. The cost of the event is $20 for SVCB members and $25 for non-members. As usual if non-members join SVCB when signing up for the picnic by paying their dues of twenty dollars, their membership is valid through 2027 and they pay twenty dollars for the picnic. The cost of the picnic includes the choices of 2 proteins, hamburgers, hot dogs or veggie burgers. If anyone wants more than 2 of these they can pay an extra $5 for two additional proteins and have the choice of taking the extra home.
After you sign up and pay, someone from the picnic committee will contact you to get your choice of proteins, condiments and side dishes.
We are offering the following condiments: sliced American cheese, mustard, mayonnaise, ketchup, relish and chopped onions.
Your choice of side dishes will be any or all of the following: potato salad, coleslaw and fruit salad
For snacks we will provide the usual individual containers of things like Pringles.
For beverages we will provide the usual regular and diet soda, bottled water, unsweetened iced tea; if you have a particular beverage you like you are encouraged to bring it with you.
Deadline for signing up will be Friday September 11. Payment can be made as follows and please, if at all possible, do not wait until the last minute to register. We know life gets busy and we will be as flexible as possible.
Pay by check or cash in person at an SVCB meeting. An announcement will be made at each meeting so you know who to give your payment to. Make check payable to SVCB and write in the memo area what the payment is for.
Payment through PayPal can be made to the following address: SVCB@SVCB.CC
Please make sure you enter this correctly in PayPal as money sent to incorrect recipients cannot be retrieved in most cases.
You can also mail your check to our PO Box. Again, write in the memo line of the check that it is for the 2026 SVCB picnic and make check payable to SVCB.
It is also very important to address the envelope to Silicon Valley Council of the Blind so the check reaches our PO Box
Our mailing address is: Silicon Valley Council of the Blind P.O. Box 4116 San Jose, CA 95125.
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Zoom Meeting Invitation
You are invited to a Silicon Valley Council of the Blind Zoom meeting.
Topic: membership meeting
Saturday June 20
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83009196598?pwd=fO7Vjnv4nHCKyxRXdKTyfAkZpGRbIo.1
If prompted the passcode is: 222638
One tap mobile
+14086380968,,83009196598#
Call in number: 408-638-0968
Meeting ID: 830 0919 6598
VTA Access
Please schedule your VTA ride from Vista San Jose for no later than 1 PM.