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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Forwarded From: Sharon Weddington <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>Subject: A Fundraising Opportunity from 64 Ounce Braille<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone, I am asking each of you to spread this news throughout your membership and please designate our affiliate as the fundraising. I think this will be a neat neat thing for us to have and you don’t always have to hang it on
your tree you can hang it in the window and let the sunshine through it all year round. Thank you so much and I do hope that our state can sell some of these and help our fundraising. Thanks and they each and everyone of you have a very happy Thanksgiving.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">From:</span></strong> Norma Crosby via State-Affiliate-Leadership-List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Date:</span></strong> November 25, 2024 at 1:37:42<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM EST<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">To:</span></strong> State Affiliate Leadership List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Cc:</span></strong> Norma Crosby <<a href="mailto:ncrosby@nfbtx.org">ncrosby@nfbtx.org</a>><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Subject:</span></strong> <strong>
<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">[State-Affiliate-Leadership-List] A Fundraising Opportunity from 64 Ounce Braille</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Reply-To:</span></strong> State Affiliate Leadership List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This year for Christmas <span class="gmail-il">64</span> Oz. Braille would like to offer an NFB Christmas ornament. This would be on transparent acrylic and have a tactile version of the NFB
logo on one side, and the National Federation of the Blind: Live the Life You Want logo on the backside with it in both print and braille.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The company plans to have an order form on their website, and on that order form people can pull down the menu to select either a state affiliate or our national organization. The chosen state
or the national organization will receive a $5 donation for every ornament sold. The cost for each ornament is $20, and donations will be forwarded to affiliates or the national organization at the end of the sale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Participation is on an opt-in basis. If your affiliate opts in, any sales credited to your state will earn a donation. This is strictly voluntary, and there is no cost to affiliates. The only
thing you would want to do if you choose to participate is to let members, friends, and family know about the fundraiser. The NFB of Texas is opting in, so if your affiliate does not, we would appreciate it if you would choose our affiliate if you purchase
an ornament. Of course, I am telling you about this because we don't want this to be a secret. It probably won't be a huge money maker, but it could put a few dollars in your affiliate treasury without much effort. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The order form will be on the 64 Ounce Braille website beginning on Black Friday. That website is
<a href="http://64ouncebraille.com">64ouncebraille.com</a>. For additional information or to opt in, write to
<a href="mailto:richard@64ouncebraille.com">richard@64ouncebraille.com</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you advertise it great, if you don't you might still get some money.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is an image of the prototype. As a reminder, the logo is rendered in full color on one side of the ornament, and National Federation of the Blind: Live the life you want is written in both
print and Braille on the reverse side.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:ncrosby@nfbtx.org" target="_blank">ncrosby@nfbtx.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To schedule a meeting with me go to <a href="https://calendly.com/ncrosby/meeting" target="_blank">
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<p class="MsoNormal">"Live the life you want."<o:p></o:p></p>
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