OurSeniors.net is dedicated to serving the needs of seniors in every way possible. Naturally, we recognize and honor the contributions of the many other private and public organizations who share this dedication. We also like to spotlight some of those senior-friendly professionals from time to time.
One of those fine service organizations is the Florida Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services. This service is part of a Florida state agency that works in cooperation with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (part of the United States Library of Congress). In Florida, it is administered through the Division of Blind Services of the Florida Department of Education. The city of Daytona Beach is honored to be the home of the Bureau of Braille and Talking Book Library Services from which it provides services to the entire state, with the participation of nine sub-regional Libraries.
The Library distributes books and magazines in braille and audio formats to individuals who are not able to read standard print due to visual impairment, physical disability, or certifiable reading disability. A good many of these people are our seniors, the very people we wish to serve. Both talking books and the braille editions are delivered through the U.S. Postal service at no cost to the Library user, or they may be downloaded. Their collection includes English and Spanish titles as well as other languages. The service also includes the long-term loan of a digital player for listening to audio books, including amplified headphones for those with hearing loss; it is free to any adult or child who qualifies.
The Division of Blind Services also offers additional services and help that may be useful to many of our seniors. Independent Living training and other services are available at no cost to visually impaired seniors, through the Division. For more information, please call 1-800-342-1828.
Volunteering is a wonderful way to enrich senior life, and the Braille and Talking Books Library offers an ideal way for local residents to be of service. If you like to work with your hands, volunteers are needed to help refurbish digital players. Are you good with clerical tasks? Help with labeling and mass mailings. If you like working on the computer, review audio books and magazines produced in the Recording Studio. Native Spanish speakers are urgently needed to review in Spanish! Volunteer opportunities do change, so please call 386-239-6000 to ask about current openings and find more information.
Service to seniors is our privilege and we try to be of service in many ways. Just look at:
- The net website at https://ourseniors.net/
- The OurSeniors.net Magazine. Click here to see the dozens of OurSeniors.net Magazine Pick-Up Locations. You can also read it online, right now at OurSeniors.net Magazine.
- The Senior Transition Pro Team.
- The OurSeniors.net Senior Directory of Approved Vendors.
- Our Wide Range of Social Media, including Facebook, YouTube and Google+
- The OurSeniors.net Brunch and Learn Events. These events are intended to get the OurSeniors.net staff in direct contact with the people we serve. Brunch and Learn Events give us a chance to meet and network with seniors and to provide them with social and educational services. Check one out at “Our Seniors Brunch & Learn Feb 1, 2019 – Birthday addition” on YouTube.
- The OurSeniors.net Publication. This new addition is a great opportunity for business and professional people who want to reach senior consumers, as well as for seniors themselves. Starting with the April 2019 Edition of the OurSeniors.net Magazine, each copy will have this great feature. Seniors will have the opportunity to save, while businesses and service providers can reach this all-important market. You can see a test “mockup” of the online version now by clicking on OurSeniorsDiscounts.net.
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