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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As summer ends, make sure you join with the NFB Central Maryland Chapter to change what it means to be blind. We'll hold our first meeting September 6, 6:30pm, at the Other Barn in Columbia. We're excited to discuss traveling as a blind person at this meeting, so please come ready to discuss your experiences and learn a few tips from others to navigate your way to independence. We plan to apply what we learn by going out as a group to the Columbia Mall for our October Meet the Blind Month Event.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Topics to be covered:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1) Chapter Business<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2) Tino's Fundraiser on September 26<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3) October Meet the Blind Month Event<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4) State Convention at Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards, 110 South Eutaw Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 from October 28 through October 30 Register at https://nfbmd.olivero.us/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5) Travel experiences as a blind person<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you need transportation, please remember to contact Sharon Maneki by email nfbmd@earthlink.net or phone at 410-715-9596 and bring a contribution to the transportation fund if possible to the meeting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Other Barn is located at 5851 Robert Oliver Pl, Columbia, MD.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Graham Mehl<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:blind@trailstone.com"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>blind@trailstone.com</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>NFB Central Maryland Chapter, Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>LCB graduate, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.freedomscientific.com/Certification"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=82 height=82 style='width:.8541in;height:.8541in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D20181.834C9990" alt="JAWS Certified, 2016"></span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>