The Illinois Council of the Blind is a not for profit charitable corporation organized in 1933. The purpose of the Illinois Council of the Blind is to promote the general welfare of citizens in Illinois who are blind. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for all blind and visually impaired citizens in […]
Roberts Rules of Order Section 1 – Assemblies Introduction of Business. An assembly having been organized as described in articles 69, 70, 71, business is brought before it either by the motion of a member, or by the presentation of a communication to the assembly. It is not usual to make motions to receive reports […]
Henrietta Sanders, a blind member of MCAB for well over 25 years, passed away on October, 10, 2014 at the age of 62. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family. Also, a member of MCAB, Lillian Novotny’s, sister, Josephine Roth died in December.
MCAB had their Christmas party on Thursday, December4th2014. At the Senior center in Alton, Illinois. We had a wonderful time at our Christmas party. All of our 22 members were able to attend, 3 of our members have guide dogs. The tables were nicely decorated for the festivities. The chairs had numbers taped underneath, certain […]
Ten or twelve of our members regularly attend the Alton Little Theater The Alton little theater opened in 1933, they put on theatrical performances to a 500 capacity seated crowd. The season runs from September to July, and average around one play a month To find out more visit http://altonlittletheater.com