Sponsors & Volunteers
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
-Helen Keller
This well-known quote says it all and was the theme relayed to the young adults and families attending this Transition Institute as they learned that together with the members of their families and community resources, they can achieve their goals. Through this Institute, they met an eagerly supportive community, and learned first-hand how a community pulls together within a state and across state lines to ensure this Transition Institute was an effective educational activity. On behalf of all of the young adults, families and involved state deaf-blind projects, I thank all of the Sponsors and Volunteers for your support which contributed to the success of this year’s Institute. We could not have done this event without your enthusiastically generous collaboration!
2012 Sponsors and Volunteers:
Mississippi:
Dr. Rosie Pridgen, Staff, and Students of The Mississippi School for the Blind
Sandra Edwards and Staff of The Mississippi School for the Deaf
MS Dept. Ed.-Office of Special Education (MSDE)
Mississippi Council of Developmental Disabilities (CDD)
Pam Dollar and Mississippi Parent Training Information Center (MPTI)
Mary Troupe and Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities (CDD)
Mississippi Association of Rehabilitation & Education of the Visually Impaired & Blind (A.E.R)
Gulf States Canners, Inc.
Chad Smith and Franklin Covey
Alex Sivira and Performance Food Group (PFG)
Fred Cerami and Cerami’s Italian Restaurant
Darryl Jenkins, the Jenkins Family, Kip Loden, and Raytheon Company
Christ’s Church of Hattiesburg, MS
Jill Conner Brown, a New York Times bestselling author, and Queen Bee of the Sweet Potato Queens
Desmeon Thomas, Independent Living Specialist, Living Independence For Everyone (LIFE)
Sandra Hester and Hinds Community College Interpreting Program
Lori West
Issac Byrd
Audrey McBride
Michelle Byrd
Bettye Rowlette
Cynthia Newhall
Donna May
Becky Craighead
Ina Gail Meldrem
Cindy Williamson
Dani Baisden
Brenda and Bob Derosier
Marylyn and Shawn Miller
Valerie Yerks, and Andy King and family
Lee Underwood
Misty Gibson
Ellen Carter
Daniel Forrester
Raveen McGaughy
Tricia Padgett
Marley McDuffie
Jessica Blackledge
Amber Cockrell
Monica Williams
Noelle Arinder
Tracy Blocker
Margie and Jimmy Hollingsworth
Mikayla Hollingsworth
Spencer Hollingsworth
Jinger Thompson
Jill Thompson
Octavia Carson
Matthew Jenkins
Darrilyn Jenkins
Lauren Ousby
Chris and Angie Nix
Thomasena Brown
Cris Cutshall
Shelby Moss
Jerry and Margo Buisson
Claudia “Sunny” Hollingsworth
Louisiana:
Cassondra Holly Glausier
Kathy Foster and Janet Bernhardt, Low Vision, Etc.
Natasha Aymami
Bob Green
Martha Perdomo
Tiffany Paschal
Alabama:
Ellen Bowman
Deborah Harvey
Jayme Anderson
Jill Wood
Angel Perez
Tennessee:
Paul Day, Enhanced Vision
Erin Kassenbaum
Texas:
Florida:
Ashley Dalia
Joey Dalia
Maila Johnson
Brian Paille
South Carolina:
Larrysa Martin
Virginia:
Susie Morgan Morrow, Deaf-Blind Training, Interpreting, and Professional Development
