Pat Copeland, president of Vision Loss Connections, is the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Bainbridge Island Visually Impaired Persons Support Group at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Bainbridge Public Library.Copeland will talk about her organization of blind and visually impaired individuals in the Puget Sound area, who came together to address unmet needs in their community.

Their group was instrumental in the Seattle Art Museum providing docents to paint verbal pictures during tours of exhibits.