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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Darian,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks for this very important announcement. It just happens that my community service project starts a day before and will have activities every Saturday for
the next four weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I may not participate in the conference calls or come to the division meetings at the national convention, but the work done through us is very important.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">April 30, volunteer at the University of Maryland open house.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">May 7, volunteer at the Long Branch Unity day
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">May 14, volunteer at the Special education summit
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">May 21, volunteer at the Gaithersburg book festival.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">All these activities are partly getting the word out about Braille and NFB, but also doing community service to enrich these events. We will be reading braille
books for children and sharing the NFB resources. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I will let you know the results of these activities after all is done.
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Aging & Disability Services <br>
Montgomery County Government <br>
Department of Health & Human Services <br>
401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor) <br>
Rockville MD 20850 <br>
240-777-0311 (MC311) <br>
240-777-1556 (personal) <br>
240-777-1495 (fax) <br>
office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm <br>
Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Community-service [mailto:community-service-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Darian Smith via Community-service<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 28, 2016 10:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Community Service Discussion List <community-service@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Darian Smith <president@nfbcommunityservice.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Community-service] Presenting #nfb4mserve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">The National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division presents: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt"> May The Mission, The Movement,, The Milestone (NFB4MServe).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt"> This is a Month long effort in which:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">The <b>mission </b>is to give of our talents and skills to people and places in our communities. We want our sighted friends and neighbors to understand that the blind can and do give, and are not always
the “takers” society might have us be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.5pt">The <b>movement is all of us as the organized blind furthering our message through community service that blindness is not the characteristic that defines us or our future. It is also us coming together to
support each other as we find the ways we will give back alongside our sighted peers. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>milestone is the results; the raising of expectations of the blind and the celebration of the difference that we will have made as a federation family by coming together to share our successes and work through our obstacles in order to ultimately strengthen
the Federation and break down barriers to full participation in society. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> You can take part in this project individually or with your chapter , by engaging in a community service project, such as<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">volunteering for a nonprofit organization, local church or school, or<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">h</span>elping those in need in your neighborhood. Participants will be able<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">to share ideas and receive support during bi-weekly conference calls, use the hashtag #NFB4MServe to tweet about their community service activities<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">, and will also have the opportunity to write about<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">their experiences on the National Community Service Division’s
</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt">official blog, <a href="http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org/blog">
www.nfbcommunityservice.org/blog</a>. The purpose of the blog is to communicate to society that the blind are active participants, contributors and collaborators in society. The Blog is an outlet through which we showcase by way of community Service/volunteerism
what we believe in the Federation, that we as blind people can live the life we want and that blindness isn’t what holds us back from doing so.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The first call will take place on Sunday, May 1, at 8:30 pm EST. The Call- in information for this, and all other calls is as follows: (712)432-0140 and the access code is 808277. The<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">specific dates of each call are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Sunday, 5/1: 8:30 pm Eastern/5:30 pm Pacific <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sunday, 5/15: 8:30pm Eastern/5:30 pm Pacific.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday, 5/31: 8:30 pm Eastern/5:30 pm Pacific.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> If you are interested in being a part of this exciting project, you<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">can:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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join any of the above mentioned calls at the times listed.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial">
check out our website at <a href="http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS",sans-serif">www.nfbcommunityservice.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial">
follow us on twitter at “@nfbcsdivision”.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial">
join our Facebook page by searching for “National Federation of the Blind Community Service division..<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> We Hope you are as excited to get started as we are to get this going!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Should you have any questions over the course of this effort, please do not hesitate to email us at
<a href="mailto:nfb4mserve@nfbcommunityservice.org">nfb4mserve@nfbcommunityservice.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Yours in the Movement,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> The #NFB4Mserve Leadership Team. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Web: <a href="http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org">www.nfbcommunityservice.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Twitter: @NFBCSDivision,@goldengateace<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Facebook: search for “National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#4787FF">E-mail: <a href="mailto:president@nfbcommunityservice.org">president@nfbcommunityservice.org</a></span></u><span style="color:#4787FF"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> “We need your service, right now, at this moment - our moment - in history. I'm not going to tell you what your role should be; that's for you to discover. But I am going to ask you to play your part; ask you to stand up; ask you to put
your foot firmly into the current of history” — Barack Obama <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Help drive change for the blind .<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#5756D6">For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/">www.carshelpingtheblind.org</a> or call 1-855-659-9314<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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