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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our next meeting is on Saturday February 17<sup>th</sup>. Please bring someone, blind or sighted, with you to learn about the National Federation of the Blind.<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Refreshments will be served. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Are you planning to attend the convention in Orlando?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Please Do not reply to this email, this is an announce only list.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Marlon Stover, President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="mailto:stovermd7@gmail.com">stovermd7@gmail.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">980-253-1896
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jerry Moreno, Vice-President
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="mailto:g.moreno1950@outlook.com">g.moreno1950@outlook.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">704-835-0632 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">***A Few Meeting Reminders***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Arrange transportation for the meeting to be dropped off before ten AM and be picked up after 12:15 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bring any pennies or loose change for the scholarship fund
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bring any new or gently used items for the auction
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">If you can’t attend in person, please join us via conference line:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">774-220-4000<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Then enter Conference ID:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">8843538#<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND KNOWS THAT BLINDNESS IS NOT THE CHARACTERISTIC THAT DEFINES YOU OR YOUR FUTURE. EVERY DAY WE RAISE THE EXPECTATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">OF BLIND PEOPLE, BECAUSE LOW EXPECTATIONS CREATE OBSTACLES BETWEEN BLIND PEOPLE AND OUR DREAMS. YOU CAN LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT; BLINDNESS IS NOT WHAT HOLDS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">YOU BACK. THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION SPEAKING FOR THE BLIND--IT IS THE BLIND SPEAKING FOR OURSELVES.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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