North Carolina Association of the Deaf

Hey! Come to NCSD Historical Museum Banquet - Friday, October 4th 6-9pm

We are so honored to have in collaboration with and offering a scholarship to attend our Freeing the Butterfly Conference this November! Applicants must currently serve DHH children ages 0-3 and live in the south and west regions. Find out more or apply at bit.ly/FTBscholarship

Alder Springs is expanding!
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The NCAD Advocate Stay informed and connected     NC Association of the Deaf   August 2024 - Issue 57 UPCOMING NCAD BOARD MEETING August 17th at 10am to 1pm DSDHH @ Raleigh Regional Center Address: 3060 Hammond Busines

Make a lasting impact… ❤️

The future is bright! ☀️

Our Capital Campaign, which will help to expand our Alder Springs campus, is well on the way to being fully funded, but we still need your help!

Learn more about our Capital Campaign and donate today! ⬇️
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Happy July 4th and stay safe!!

LANGUAGE FIRST Conference!!!
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The NCAD Advocate Stay informed and connected     NC Association of the Deaf   July 2024 - Issue 56 UPCOMING NCAD BOARD MEETING August 17th at 10am to 1pm DSDHH @ Raleigh Regional Center Address: 3060 Hammond Business

They would LOVE having you to join!! Come check it out! 💚

We'd love to have you join our thriving community!

When you choose to live at Alder Springs, you’re choosing a place that is:

• A safe & secure, tightly knit community of peers
• Communication friendly and technologically advanced
• An easy walk to the downtown business district
• A regular stop on the local public transit system
• Located in Morganton NC – welcoming the deaf and blind since 1891
• Home to abundant private interpreters and support services
• Located in popular and livable Western NC

Apply today to live in the existing apartment building, upcoming apartment building (projected Summer 2027), or be on the waiting list for our next available unit ⬇️
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Wonderful! Alder Springs will have a new community activity center soon!!!!!!!! 💚

HISTORICAL MUSEUM 80th Homecoming Anniversary

Hey!!! Check this place out!!!

Ask any of our residents, and they tell you they love living at Alder Springs! 🌳

When you choose to join our community, you’re choosing to live in a place that is:

• A safe & secure, tightly knit community of peers
• Communication friendly and technologically advanced
• An easy walk to the downtown business district
• A regular stop on the local public transit system
• Located in Morganton NC – welcoming the deaf and blind since 1891
• Home to abundant private interpreters and support services
• Located in popular and livable Western NC

Apply today to live in the existing apartment building, upcoming apartment building (projected Summer 2027), or be on the waiting list for our next available unit ⬇️
https://ecs.page.link/gNgzE

EXCITED New: Language First Conference in Wilmington, NC
REGISTER with us!
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The NCAD Advocate Stay informed and connected     NC Association of the Deaf   June 2024 - SPECIAL Issue 55a FREEING THE BUTTERFLY REGISTER here in the link below! Click below to REGISTER ... SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU THER

EXCITED Language First coming to Wilmington NC in November!!!
Register one Register ALL! Love having you!!

Freeing the Butterfly Conference: Language Access for DHH Children — Language First The Freeing the Butterfly Conference will be in person at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, NC. Full session descriptions coming soon! The conference will be from 3:00 - 9:30 pm on Wednesday, November 6 and from 8:00 am - 5:30 pm on Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8, 2024. Click

JUNE ISSUE …
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The NCAD Advocate Stay informed and connected     NC Association of the Deaf   June 2024 - Issue 55 UPCOMING NCAD BOARD MEETING August 17th at 10am to 1pm Raleigh Regional Center Address: TBA FUTURE NCAD BOARD MEETINGS

The NC School for the Deaf, in Morganton, NC, is recruiting for several essential positons to begin in August, 2024.

Residential Life Trainers (Second Shift)
Residential Life Trainers (Third Shift)
Educational Developmental Assistants - Teacher Assistants (First Shift)
ASL Teacher

If you are interested in joining the NCSD Team, please contact NCSD at 828-432-5200 or visit nc.gov and search NCSD under job opportunities.

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EXCITED Language First Conference coming up in November!!!

https://language1st.org/events/freeing-the-butterfly-conference?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2Rc-WYY0tYrfat8KWIQXR3DvFp59oMpOwFh1dftwVWqtqBTN3B4iT1RFQ_aem_Ado-U8Ocw0l7J65Ken5tco2MQl85VEBPJDooUqPdhH2OOqQ1JQ-r47gsc_Ewm7Msun0tylunSMIOIwl5oPst8qz8

Freeing the Butterfly Conference: Language Access for DHH Children — Language First The Freeing the Butterfly Conference will be in person at Cape Fear Community College in Wilmington, NC. Full session descriptions coming soon! The conference will be from 3:00 - 9:30 pm on Wednesday, November 6 and from 8:00 am - 5:30 pm on Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8, 2024. Click

Sandy Turner, former NCSD retired teacher and goes beyond the outstanding work for Alder Springs Community! 💜

Board Chairman Sam Avery calls Sandy Turner “the heart and soul of the Alder Springs community.”

Turner deflects that praise but confesses, “I have basically worked full time on this since my retirement from N.C. School for the Deaf in Morganton.”

Turner came to work as a substitute teacher at NCSD in the early 1970s. She had no background in deaf education.
A native of Maiden, Turner recalls, “A short-term fill-in turned into a 30-year career.”

Turner came to the NCSD campus to apply for a temporary position teaching physical education. The principal handed her an alphabet card for sign language. “Learn it by Monday,” he said. “And you’re hired.”

Turner said it was her students who taught her how to sign, showing great patience with the young woman who knew nothing about their language.

“I just kind of fell into my career,” she said. “But I loved every minute of it. I had so many great students. I had some great basketball teams. I made a lot of deaf friends. It was a very rewarding experience. I retired in 2001.”

Read the full article in The Paper by following the link below.

https://ecs.page.link/wFgMk

Alder Springs Deaf and Blind Community

YES!! Exposing ASL LANGUAGE is best!

REQUESTING an INTERPRETER for Funeral service, HOW?
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The NCAD Advocate Stay informed and connected     NC Association of the Deaf   May 2024 - Issue 54 UPCOMING NCAD BOARD MEETING May 4th at 9:00am to 10am ZOOM Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83257002353?pwd=T1hkN1ZMcVR