Make your plans now to
attend the 2006 NFB of Virginia Convention!, from Friday, October 6
until Noon on Sunday, October 8.
Southern hospitality and stylish accommodations await you at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel Richmond West, located at 6531 West Broad Street. We have an
excellent room rate of $65.00 plus a 13 per cent tax for single,
doubles, triples and quads. Suites are available for $129 per night plus
tax, but are limited. Please make your reservations as soon as possible
by calling (804) 285-9951. When making your reservations, please mention
that you are attending the NFB of Virginia Convention so that you will
receive the $65 rate. To avoid confusion, make sure that you are
connected directly with a reservation agent from the Crowne Plaza in
Richmond and not with a national reservation agent. Our reserved block
of rooms at this low rate will no longer be available after September
11, 2006. Please reserve your room today!
The hotel features the Sapphire Grill. Treat yourself to breakfast,
lunch, or dinner at The Sapphire Grill for a distinctive dining
experience. The Sapphire Grill features an upscale American Cuisine menu
in a casual dining experience. Unwind in the Sapphire Lounge between
5:00pm – 10:00pm. In addition to what you can order off the menu, the
hotel will provide limited lunch and dinner choices at a inclusive low
price to assist with prompt service. A breakfast buffet will also be
available each morning. Many eating establishments are nearby.
The hotel has an indoor pool and whirlpool. A newly renovated onsite
fitness facility with state of the art exercise bicycles, treadmills,
stairstepper, and free weights are also available.
For more details, please visit the hotel’s website at
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hr/ricbs.
The rooms at the Crowne Plaza Hotel are 'top notch.' In addition to the
amazingly low room rates, lunch will be provided on Saturday, October 7,
for a low inclusive rate of $9. Folks attending the Parents, Diabetics
and Student Luncheons may take advantage of this low rate. The cost of
the banquet and registration has yet to be determined, but check back
soon for more details!
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 which will include dynamic speakers on
important topics, and our annual banquet. At our banquet, we award
scholarships along with other prizes. We will also hear a banquet
address from our NFB national representative. Throughout the convention
weekend, there will be the usual luncheons and break-out meetings of all
our NFBV divisions. I am confident this will be one of our best
conventions ever. Make your plans now to be part of our convention in
October!
To see the latest information about the convention, visit our website at
www.nfbv.org
on a regular basis. If you would like additional information about any
part of the convention, or the hotel, call Scott White at (804) 716-0559
or
president@nfbrichmond.org. or 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.
Come and join in learning what it truly means to be blind.