SUFU Blog
SUFU has a “Strategic Plan!” UMMM, What is a Strategic Plan, Anyway?
Hi Everybody, A couple of months ago, the SUFU Board and the SUFU Chapter Representative Committee worked together to come up with a SUFU Strategic Plan. A strategic plan is basically a plan to figure out what you want to do as an organization and how...
ATTENTION SUFU MEMBERS: SUFU is having a ‘SUFU SLOGAN CONTEST!’
A slogan is something that people say that will always remind them of SUFU. For example, A SUFU Slogan might be: ‘Speaking Up For Us: We Will Never Stop Talking’ The SUFU Member who comes up with the best slogan will win a FREE Conference Registration & their half...
It’s Okay to Make Mistakes…
Hi Everybody, I’m going to admit something that I haven’t said to a lot of people: I Hate Making Mistakes. Whenever I make a big mistake, I sweat, I get really nervous, & my mind starts racing because I worry about how other people are going to react....
SUFU has a New Mission Statement: What Do You Think?
Hi Everybody, One thing that I have found out by having a disability, is that there are many times where other people guess what things I can do and what things I can’t. Sometimes, that bothers me because I want to find out what I can and can’t do, without somebody...
Avery’s Blog: Liking Yourself…
Hi Everybody, Last week, I went to the SUFU Roundup in Brewer. The Roundup topic was learning about local government, and figuring out where to go and who to talk to if we have problems that government could help us solve. Something occurred to me while I was...
Avery’s Back! 🙂
Hi Everybody, I’m back! 🙂 For those of you who don’t remember, my name is Avery Olmstead. I live in Old Town & I used to be SUFU’s Legislative Associate. I left SUFU for a few months because I was very sick. I hadn’t expected to come back but David called me...
Avery’s Blog for 2/23/16…
Hi Everybody, For personal & health reasons, I’ve decided that I need to leave my position with SUFU. Everybody has been great & it has been an honor & a privilege for me to be a part of this organization. And just because I won’t be working for SUFU, I’m...
Transportation Survey – Coming Soon!
Hi Everybody, Happy 2016 & I hope your holidays were great! 🙂 To start the new year off with a bang, I wanted to let you know what the Legislative Chapter (Currently: Tucker Conley, Chris Heywood, Robbie Garland, Marco Orlando, and Abbott Philson) has been...
Avery’s Blog for 12/22/15: Supported Decision Making…
Hi All, Last week, I attended the 2nd Supported Decision Making Coalition meeting, put on by Disability Rights Maine. Supported Decision Making means having the freedom of choice (that I talked about last week) to be able to ask for advice in making your own...