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Hello to all of you coming in to visit “Our Cozy Kitchen”.
We are hopeful that you enjoyed last weekend off because of the Memorial Day holiday, so we move our program to this coming Sunday, June 3, 2012 where we plan on giving you a great treat.
While we usually play and cook in the kitchen with a variety of recipes and kitchen gadgets, we are going to feature a special guest who will talk to you about crafts, Braille utility bills, and most important, “Directions for Me”.
Our guest will be Camille Caffarelli, founder and President of Horizons for the Blind located just outside Chicago, Illinois. Camille has been running this company for over 30 years now, and in the last few years set up a web site that most of you have either used or are familiar with, www.directionsforme.org
This is the web site whereby a person who is blind or visually impaired can go to get the directions of how to cook thousands of packaged food products and other products that we come in touch with on a daily basis. How often have you wondered just how much water or oil to add to a pancake mixture? How often have you had difficulty figuring out how to make a package of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, biscuits, pudding, scalloped potatoes, cakes, frostings, brownies, etc.
What about the use of cleaning products such as Easy Off for your oven. What about putting certain items together when you can’t read the instructions?
These items are all covered in Directions for Me, and much more. Your questions will add to the great program scheduled for this coming Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 4 p.m., Pacific, and other times listed below.
Camille Caffarelli is Executive Director and, founder of Horizons for the Blind. She has worked with numerous organizations to promote accessibility for the blind and visually impaired providing Braille and large print educational materials to the Botanic Gardens, Brookfield Zoo, Field Museum, Smithsonian Institute, NASA, and Hyatt Hotels. Horizons, currently with a staff of over 50 employees, 60% of whom are blind or visually impaired, produces approximately 30,000 statements monthly for utilities and banks in braille and large print. She has been honored by numerous groups such as Lions International, Chicago Jaycees, City of Chicago Honor Roll of Handicapped Chicagoans and the recipient of the Impressa Award from the
Women's Division of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian-Americans.
She is currently a member of the Advisory Committee of the Illinois Library Program for the Blind, is State Chair for the Blind Services Planning Council for Illinois and is one of the Chairs for the Braille Authority of North America. She is also a member of the State Rehabilitation Council of Illinois.
Now, a flashback. Camille and I grew up together as good friends going through both grammar school and half of my high school life until I moved from Chicago to Los Angeles, and I’m certain she may just remember a little “show and tell” about me to even make this program more interesting. I don’t think I can buy her off, so please tune in this coming Sunday for a most informational and fun program of “Our Cozy Kitchen”. If you need directions for something that you may not see on www.directionsforme.org, you can ask Camille how new directions get placed on the numerous lists.
If you have questions ahead of time, please email me at kenmetz1946@gmail.com.
Ruth Ann Acosta will not be joining me on this program, and will be back on June 24th.
Join us this Sunday, and we’ll have a really good time with all kinds of great household information.
Co Hosts:
Ruth Ann Acosta
E-Mail: ruth1244@gmail.com
Ken Metz
E-Mail: kenmetz1946@gmail.com