October, 2010 SCRID Member at Large Report

New Events:

Annual AIDS walk with Team GLAD – Sunday October 17, 2010. Register through AIDSWalk or contact Eli Pineda at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information on how to register.

27^th Annual Children’s Holiday Celebration with GLAD, Saturday December 18, 2010, 12PM- 4PM, at Occidental College’s Thorne Hall, for kids 12 years and under and their parents

Events:

San Diego's largest Deaf event of the year = When: Saturday, October 2, 2010 Where: Balboa Park Club Time: 9 am to 5 pm. For more information, visit: www.dadsandiego.org

NCOD Alumni Reunion – October 8^th - October 10^th, 2010 – Hyatt Hotel, Valencia, CA

Deaf Awareness Day Universal Studios, Hollywood: Saturday, October 16, 2010, 10AM to7 PM

MATA Expo/Trade Show – November 5-6, 2010, 9AM – 6PM, $5.00 each day, $10.00 day of event, parking not included, Ontario Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B, 2000 E. Convention Center Way, Ontario, CA 91764

1^ST Deaf Interpreter Conference – (D.I.C.) Postponed from June, 2010. The new date is scheduled for sometime in 2011 to allow more time to plan it. The conference will take place at Gallaudet University. More information will follow.

17^th Winter Deaflympics in Slovakia February 18 – 26, 2011

WRAD Deaf Cruise – July 2, 2011 – July 9, 2011 to the Hawaiian Islands on the Pride of America Ship, a Norwegian Cruise Line.

RID – National Conference, July 17-22, 2011, Atlanta, Georgia

CAID – National Conference, June 20-22, 2011, Location TBA

**If you know of any events that are not listed here or on the SCRID website and you think SCRID would be interested, please inform me or another board member so we may post it.  Thank you!  ~ Marlene Shanker, SCRID Member at Large

21^st Annual Deaf Awareness Day at Disneyland is Saturday, March 6, 2010, 8 AM

SCRID hosts the Lou Fant Banquet on March 20, 2010.

The Sign N’ Run 5K Walk and ASL Festival will be held at CSUN on April 18^th, 2010.

The 3^rd Annual National Sign Language and Interpreting Conference will be at the Anaheim Convention Center on April 30 and May 1, 2010.

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Day will be at 6 Flags Magic Mountain, Saturday June 5th, 2010, from10:30 am to 10:30 pm. Sign Language Interpreters will be provided at Major Shows and Guest Relations. Both WRAD and GLAD are sponsoring the event. $25 Advance tickets and $27 at the Door (Save over 60%), Children Age 2 and Under- Free, Parking- $15 per vehicle (subject to change)

NAD – Biennial Conference – July 6-10, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA Early bird combo price ends January 31^st and the deadline to buy combo tickets is by May 31^st, 2010 as no combo tickets will be sold after that date.

WRAD - Deaf Nation World Expo 2010 – July 18^th, 12 PM – July 23^rd , 3PM – a convention at The Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, hosted by World Recreation Association of the Deaf, Inc.

WRAD’s 25^th Anniversary Masquerade Ball and Benefit, in Las Vegas, Nevada will be held during the Deaf World Expo at the Treasure Island Hotel, July 21, 2010, from 5PM – 9PM.

NCOD Alumni Reunion – October 8^th - October 10^th, 2010 – Valencia, CA

1^ST Deaf Interpreter Conference – (D.I.C.) Postponed from June, 2010, the new date is scheduled for sometime in 2011 to allow more time to plan it. The conference will take place at Gallaudet University. More information will follow.