Make your Plans Now to attend the 2005 NFB of
Virginia Convention!
The National Federation of the Blind of Virginia is pleased to announce the
location of its 2005 state convention. This year’s gathering will be at the
Clarion Hotel & Conference Center in Hampton, Virginia, 1809 West Mercury
Boulevard, Hampton, Virginia 23666. Make reservations by calling (757) 838-5011.
The convention will run from Friday, November 11, through Noon on Sunday,
November 13, 2005. We have an excellent room rate at $65.00 plus a 12.5 percent
tax for single, doubles, triples and quads. The hotel has two onsite restaurants
including a Ledo’s Pizza and Pasta. The Clarion also has an indoor heated pool,
whirlpool and hot-tub. For hotel information, please visit the hotel’s website
at:
http://www.choicehotels.com/hotel/VA815.
Rooms and Reservations:
The rooms at the Clarion Hotel are ‘top notch.’ In addition, to room
accommodations the banquet will be $25 and registration will be $5. Lunch will
be provided on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for $7 including tax and tip at Seven
Cities, one of the Clarion’s on-site restaurants. Please make your reservations
early. The block of rooms will be released on October 10, 2005. When making your
reservations, please mention that you are attending the NFB of Virginia
Convention so that you will receive the $65 rate and be counted in our block of
rooms. Again, to ensure the finest rooms available for this low price, call
today! The number to make your reservation is
(757) 838-5011.
Details of the three-day convention are still being developed; however, many of
the most popular activities will be there. For example, all day Friday, adaptive
technology vendors will have an opportunity to show us the latest products and
give hands-on demonstrations. On Saturday, we will have our general session with
dynamic speakers and topics, annual banquet where we award scholarships and
other awards and hear a banquet address from our national representative. There
will also be the luncheons and break-out meetings of all our NFBV divisions
throughout the convention weekend. I am confident this will be one of our best
conventions ever. Make your plans now to be part of our convention in November!
For more information:
The activity schedule is currently being developed. To see the latest
information about the event, visit our website at
www.nfbv.org on a regular basis. If you would like additional information
about any part of the convention, events, or the hotel, call Larry Povinelli at
(703) 671-5349 or 703-933-0100 or contact him by email at
lpovinelli@aol.com. We welcome inquiries
from those who would like to set up displays at the hotel during the convention.
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