Support needed for Reno

[eleoff at mindspring.com]

Hi Georgie,
I cannot make the Reno meeting this year, but I am wondering where the 2000
ACA annual meeting will be held. By any chance, will anything be coming to
the East Coast?
Thanks and good luck organizing this year's event.
Susan in Rhode Island
-----Original Message-----
From: NNASG at aol.com <NNASG at aol.com>
To: Amputee Information Network <amp-l at u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: Support needed for Reno


>Hi'
>
>I'd like to confirm what was already said if you can not afford membership
>fee of $25.00 to join ACA, you have only to call them and inform ACA of
that
>problem and you will be granted a waiver. It is not necessary to be a
member
>to attend the ACA annual meeting. I have attended every year andd believe
it
>is one of the most progressive things any amputee can experience. The
>meetings are highly educational, do a great deal for ones moral and
emotional
>stability and provide a form of peer support unabtainable from any other
>source that I know of.
>
>THe internet is wonderful and of great help, but it can't repalce personal
>experience or in-person interchanges, so far their are no educational
>sessions, or the deeper emotional exchange that can take place one on one.
I
>sincerely hope you are able to get the help you need to attend.
>
>By the way for those who can afford it- we give to charities all the time-
>whats wrong with supporting a non-profit group dedicated to amputees and
>their needs. Seems like a good investment to me.
>
>Georgie