<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">All:<div class=""> Many thanks to those who were able to make it to the 75 Days of Service kick-off call!</div><div class=""> We had many representatives from states such as California, Maryland, Colorado, Arkansas and the District of Columbia. If you made the meeting you also got the opportunity to hear from our surprise special guest: President Mark Riccobono.</div><div class=""> Our National President had some encouraging remarks for us and commended us for taking on this effort in order to celebrate our 75th year.</div><div class=""> So, if you missed this call then shame on you! </div><div class=""> However don’t worry there will be more calls and more opportunities to connect. in the meantime we all encourage you to take an active role in this effort and find one volunteer opportunity you are interested in doing before our next meeting on the 26th</div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> </div><div class=""> till then keep tweeting and also making the noise on Facebook using the hashtag #NFB75Serve.</div><div class=""> Oh yeah, and do please spread the word to your friends, fellow Federationists in your chapters, divisions and affiliates.</div><div class=""> Let’s make this big, let’s make this bold, let’s get involved!</div><div class=""> </div><br class=""><br class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><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="">Darian Smith</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="">President, <span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class="">National Federation of the Blind</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""> Community</span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""> Service Division</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=""><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" class=""><a href="mailto:dsmithnfb@gmail.com" class="">dsmithnfb@gmail.com</a></span><span style="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;" class="">(415)215-9809</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; font-size: medium;" class=""> twitter: @goldengateace</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; font-size: medium;" class="">Connect with the Community Service Division </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="">Facebook: search for “NFB Community Service Division”.</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="">Twitter:@NFBCSDivision</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; font-size: medium;" class=""><br class=""></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 style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class=""><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;" class="">characteristic that defines you or your future. 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=""><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"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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