[bksvol-discuss] Why do you do the things you do?
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:54:16 -0400
Hi all,
<smiling> When I saw Bob's message, my mind, as it usually does,
presented me with a song, i.e. "Why do you do the things you do?" from
Man of La Mancha.
Well, I volunteer because like most of us who grew up blind in the
fifties and sixties, access to books, any books, was limited. NLS had
some books, but they were in many volumes. The recorded books were
better, but they were limited. Any books my sighted friends were
reading never got into the NLS collection until way after everyone had
read the book and discussed it. Sometimes, it was even after the movie
came out.
Then I had my house to contend with. Print books in every room, every
single room including the bathrooms. I couldn't read those books. I
wanted to, but I couldn't.
Then, the reading machine came out in the late seventies and early
eighties. I remember going by paratransit downtown to scan a book I
wanted to read on a huge, reading machine.
When Bookshare came out, I thought how wonderful! I joined up right
away. I wanted to read books, new books, fun books and informative
books. Then, after I had been a member for a couple of years, I
thought I could help to make reading books possible for someone else,
so I started volunteering. I am continually amazed by the fact that
Bookshare has over fifty thousand books now. I think that is so
fantastic! It gives me a thrill to know I'm making that count larger!
Ann P.
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Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
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