<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Good morning everyone!</div><div>The kickoff of the NFL regular season is a couple days away!</div><div>And with it calms the kickoff of the Colorado Association of blind students annual football pool fundraiser.</div><div>There is still time to join!</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>More details below.</div><div>Feel free to reply or reach out to me with your questions.</div><div><br></div><div><h1 align="center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 12pt 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Colorado Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></h1><h1 align="center" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 12pt 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; break-after: avoid; font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">2021 - 2022 Football Pool<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgb(28, 28, 30);"></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"> </span></p><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 2pt 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; break-after: avoid; font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight: normal;"><b> </b></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 2pt 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; break-after: avoid; font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight: normal;"><b>What is a football pool?<o:p></o:p></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">A football pool is a fundraiser in which participants pick the winner of one football game per week<o:p></o:p></p><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 2pt 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; break-after: avoid; font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"> </span></b></h2><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 2pt 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; break-after: avoid; font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight: normal;"><b>What is the buy-in?<o:p></o:p></b></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Cost is $20 to join<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Methods for making payment are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Mail check payable to Colorado Association of Blind Students in sealed envelope to: National Federation of the Blind of Colorado<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Attn. Colorado Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 66pt; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -30pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">2233</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">Shepperd Ave Littleton, CO 80120</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Cash in person to any CABS board member or Lisa Bonderson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Venmo @Martin-Becerra-Miranda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Cash App $MartinBecerraMiranda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Payment must be received no later than <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">6:00 PM on Thursday, September 9</span> or you will be unable to participate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"> </span></p><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 2pt 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; break-after: avoid; font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 116, 181); font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Rules:<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Select one NFL team per week to win their game<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>You can only pick the same team once during the regular season<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>If your team doesn’t win their game you will get a strike<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Ties count as strikes (you are picking the winner)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Failure to submit a pick will result in a strike<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>If you pick the same team more than once you will also get a strike<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Two strikes and you’re out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Picks should be emailed to Martin Becerra-Miranda at</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="mailto:mbecerra@cocenter.org" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">mbecerra@cocenter.org</a><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Picks must be submitted by the earlier of the team you are picking for said week’s game or <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">11:00 A.M. mountain time on Sunday</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>I will email picks shortly <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration: underline;">after 11:00 A.M. on Sunday morning</span> so you know who to root for and against<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>I will send a reminder email each Wednesday to submit your picks <b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><br clear="all" style="break-before: page;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Prize Pool Distribution:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">50% goes to the Colorado Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Winner takes 35%<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Second place takes 15%<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">The winner will be determined by the last person standing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>If there are multiple people still standing at the end of the regular season, the person with the fewest amount of strikes is the winner<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0.5in; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>If the last people standing get their second strike in the same week or the last people standing have the same amount of strikes at the conclusion of the regular season, the prize pool will be split accordingly<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.599998474121094px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Thank you,<div>Martin</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>