<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">All:<div class=""> Much of the work of the Community Service Division is done via our committees. Here is a listing of the committees meeting this week and what time they’ll be meeting. If you have interest in one or more of these committees and want to get involved in the activities of the committee, please feel free to simply call in.</div><div class=""> today: publications committee (9p.m. ET)</div><div class="">Thursday: partnerships committee (8p.m. ET) and social media (9 p.m. ET)</div><div class=""> to join any of these calls simply call (712) 432-0140 and enter access code 808277.</div><div class=""> Thanks so much.</div><div class=""> Regards,</div><div class=""> Darian </div><br class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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Every day we raise the</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">blindness is not what holds you back.</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">La National Federation of the Blind sabe que la ceguera no es la</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">característica que define tu futuro o a ti. Todos los días elevamos las</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">expectativas de los ciegos, porque las bajas expectativas crean obstáculos</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">entre los ciegos y su futuro. Puedes vivir la vida que queres, la ceguera</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">no te lo impide.</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><p style="orphans: auto; widows: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font size="3" class=""><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""> “”...The challenges we face will not be solved with one meeting in one night. Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.</font></font></p><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3" class="">We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek...” -Barack Obama </font></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" class=""> Your unwanted vehicle can be just what the blind need to make possibilities reality. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!<br class="">For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/" class="">www.carshelpingtheblind.org</a> or call 1-855-659-9314<br class=""></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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