Texas Association of the Deaf

The homecoming festival and football game at Texas School for the Deaf is one of the biggest events in the Deaf Community. Last year there were over 2,000 visitors and 44 booths at TSD. This year the event will take place on October 4, Saturday, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 PM. Game time against Maryland School for the Deaf starts at 5:30 PM.

TAD will have three booths to greet the crowds in the TSD mall, which starts at the Elizabeth Street entrance and ends at the Heritage Center. First booth is our membership drive where old and new members can visit us and check their membership status. Some of you will need to renew before December, so drop by to verify and renew for either $10 as a senior or $15 as a regular. We will be giving out free copies of The Deaf Texan. Members in good standing will get the fall copy, fresh off the computerized press.

Second TAD booth is made up of members of the Miss Deaf Texas Ambassadorship fundraising committee. MDTA director Terri Levine and her team will sell fruit cups and share information about the 2009 pageant in San Antonio.

In the third booth, Karen Kirby and her conference planning committee will be ready to dispense information about the 45th TAD Biennial Conference at Holiday Inn’s El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel from June 11 to 13.

This year we have something else that is unique, new and very civic. With Tracey Michol and the local polling administers assisting, there will be a special table for the visitors who wish to register to vote in the upcoming presidential election! A voting machine will be set up so that the homecoming visitors can practice their skills with the advice of polling experts. TSD is providing certified interpreters for this special arrangement.

Come to our booths to show your pride in Deaf culture and exercise your right to vote as good citizens.