T-Shirt Could Light Deaf Firecrackers

Last weekend there was a large gathering of deaf people in Las Vegas. Among those there was a Minnesota t-shirt screen printer who bragged about a hot selling t-shirt. That got my attention! I had a few friends that kept an eye on the Las Vegas event for me while I manned our booth at the county fair.



This could infringe with one of Chick-fil-A trademarks. They seem to own the "EAT MOR" part as theyve been picking on those who use it.

I assured the folks behind the t-shirt that if theyre bothered by Chick-fil-A, I would put many of their restaurants under my microscope for access violations. I'll have no problems getting dozens of other disability organizations all accross the nation to do the same.

Orange County, California has over 600 businesses that have access violations. Not to mention the latest addition to the long list of complaints, last Sunday, a convenience store situated near a soup kitchen has refused entry to a pair of deaf-blind, and blind people because they had their guide dogs with them.

Remember this?

http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2012/01/03/deaf-activist-shakedown-of-o-c-businesses/145327/

I'm still proud of it!

Richard Roehm
Chairman

1921 German Pencil Painting To Be Up For Auction

I've decided to unload this painting from my bedroom in which it had been sitting for 12 years, and replace it with something more aligned to my home situation.

Funds raised will go to Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center and will be linked to this October's Text-A-Thon. Funds raised will be spent on a new enclosed trailer for our fundraising and outreach activities.

Goal is $7000.00 for the painting alone. Plans are for it to be listed in our Ebay account in October.

Painting is in top condition and glass frame can be replaced.

If any other professional auctioner, online or outside can do a pro bono job getting this sold for a price close to the goal, please dont hestitiate to email me at tagboard7(at)gmail.com use the "1921 Painting Auction" in the subject line.

Enjoy the gallery.

Richard Roehm

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News for July and more!

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July 22, 2012 Web Page | Volunteer | Store | Contact Us

Hello and Welcome Hi Supporter, Wow, this month has been busy! We have been running around for the Orange County Fair booth to get everything in place. Then there is the on going See's Candy Card Fundraiser, the Macy's Shopping Day event and the Bowl-a-thon. If you are interested in volunteering for any of these things please reply to this email or admin@deafadvocacy.org We have partnered up with a health and wellness company that offers a variety of products and services. Everything from cleaning supplies and first aid items to weight loss support and vitamins. We are very excited about this and would love to share more info about it. If you are interested in knowing more please reply to this email or admin@deafadvocacy.org and let us know. So much is happening and I know it can be overwelming for people to keep up with everything. I have good news on that front! We are in the process of designing a brand new volunteer page that will be a whole website to it's self. I will be putting out a special annoucement when it's ready so look for that in August.  And a quick reminder, once again, that we still need help at the Orange County Fair booth, please contact us by email. I hope that everyone enjoys the newsletter and please send me feedback.  Thanks, Beth Koenig Executive Director

Now offering Sign Language! We are offering free finger spelling workshops and low cost Sign Language Classes. For more information and to sign up or register go to  http://www.deafadvocacy.org/sign-language

Baseball Camp for Kids! This Baseball camp has been around for many years and we are posting this info to let people know about it. Camp Information Dates: Aug 6-10, 2012 Location of Camp: Boysen Park, 951 State College Blvd., Anaheim   (view map) Length of Camp: 5 days (Monday - Friday) Camp times: 9:00am to 1:00pm Extended hours: available from 1:00pm to 5:00pm available at The Boys and Girls Club of Anaheim free of charge. Transportation is provided to The Boys and Girls Club.   (view map)   (714) 491-3617 Registration cost: $50 Age of Campers: 7 - 17 What's included: camp, lunches, cap, t-shirt, day to play at Anaheim Stadium, trophy, and various gifts donated by wonderful organizations who help sponsor us.

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OC Fair is coming signup for the booth!

The Orange County Fair is coming!

Help with the booth and get free entry and parking to the Fair just for woking a 3 to 4 hour shift! No experance or signing needed! Just be on time and sit at the booth to help people that walk by, very easy to do!
If you would like to help us out you can view the shifts here. (Requires free google account to signup)
Please reply to this email or send info to admin@deafadvocacy.org with your name, phone number (cell phone is best), and email address. If you are not in the database we may need more info.
If you want to work with a friend they must provide their info also.
You will also have to make time to pick up your parking pass and ticket a head of time.

This is a great oppertunity to get out and educate people at our bigest education booth of the year! We hope to have you join us!

Beth Koenig
Excutive Director
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
(714) 699-DEAF (3323)
admin@deafadvocacy.org

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Odd Tweets In Our Twitter@ocdac

You may have seen a handful of tweets in our twitter accounts in the past few days that have nothing to do with OCDAC and its mission.

THATS WEVE UNDERTAKEN ON A NEW MISSION

The new mission is to collaborate effectively in the social networks. We get credits for retweeting other peoples tweets and they retweet our messages like a tweet exchange system.

I make sure the retweets we do are of content that would be entertaining and helpful to our supporters. I've had to decline large credits for refusing to retweet real bizzarro stuff.

Richard Roehm
Chairman, OCDAC