<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]-->
<title>Corporation for National & Community Service Tumblr Blog | <a href="http://nationalservice.tumblr.com" class="">NationalService.Tumblr.com</a> Update</title>
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Times;
panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.apple-tab-span
{mso-style-name:apple-tab-span;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi Darian and all,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This is great article, and I will be forwarding it to some friends.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Idea of poverty or in case the person experiencing poverty is very powerful. We in the disability community are faced with this reality more than others.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Many colleges and universities to teach their social work/nursing students do a poverty simulation. (I have been to one as a volunteer). The program is good, but it does not
have a person with disability or blind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The students have to imagine that the next 15 minutes of the time is one full week. They have to go to work, take their children to childcare, and do all kinds of stuff a poor
person has to do. If they are late to work, they are fired, they have to find a job, get arrested for doing bad things, and much more.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Another simulation of the same concept I have heard from an unusual source. I have a cousin who lived in Pakistan. She had to do a simulation but with real time. The class
was divided into two groups. 1 group was low income for a week, and the other group was from the middle class. The groups were given limited financial resources and they had to struggle with their limited resources.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Again disability was not considered. It seems that people think that people with disabilities are not poor.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I hope this raises more questions.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Yasmin Reyazuddin
<br>
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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This message may contain protected health information or other information that is confidential or privileged.
If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by return mail and destroy any copies of this material.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<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, July 28, 2016 1:20 PM<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] {Disarmed} discussion starter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> I like the discussion that comes from these articles and blog posts that come across the list, and I really hope that everyone on this list contributes at least one over the course of the year.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> The below article looks at poverty and disability, and I thought it might be good to share this to get your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> I think there are a few more things at play in this blog post and I welcome others to see what they observe by reading.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span class="apple-tab-span"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">"Get Connected: Tumblr" <<a href="mailto:cncs@delivery.nationalservice.gov">cncs@delivery.nationalservice.gov</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Subject: Corporation for National & Community Service Tumblr Blog |
<a href="http://nationalservice.tumblr.com">NationalService.Tumblr.com</a> Update</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Date: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">July 28, 2016 at 10:02:25 AM PDT</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">To: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:president@nfbcommunityservice.org">president@nfbcommunityservice.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Reply-To:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:cncs@delivery.nationalservice.gov">cncs@delivery.nationalservice.gov</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" style="width:525.0pt">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:right">
<img border="0" width="700" height="100" style="width:7.2916in;height:1.0416in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://admin.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/USCNCS/2014/06/311537/gd-tumblr-banner_original.jpg" alt="Tumblr Banner">Having trouble viewing this
email? <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&100&&&https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCNCS/bulletins/15967df">
View it as a Web page</a>.<br>
<a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&101&&&https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCNCS/bulletins/15967df?reqfrom=share" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="83" height="16" style="width:.8645in;height:.1666in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://public.govdelivery.com/assets/share_this-795413ad3d604760a450815a10e46c8ea06b7315facb759ffdacbc7b7830f87b.gif" alt="Bookmark and Share"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">You are subscribed to Tumblr Blog |
<a href="http://nationalservice.tumblr.com">NationalService.Tumblr.com</a> for Corporation for National & Community Service. This information has recently been updated, and is now available.<o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:24.0pt">
<div style="margin-bottom:.05in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&102&&&https://nationalservice.tumblr.com/post/148097679362">The
Abilities of AmeriCorps VISTA</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom:.05in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#666666">07/28/2016 09:05 AM EDT<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="margin-bottom:.05in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>By Aaron Bigler Lefebvre,</b> AmeriCorps VISTA member<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://67.media.tumblr.com/b805bc81d83949a5d74ff5e248447c71/tumblr_inline_oazppcg58h1spgs8j_540.jpg" alt="image"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">When attending Pre-Service Orientation (PSO), members in the
<a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&103&&&http://1.usa.gov/1ZSW9kz" target="_blank">
AmeriCorps VISTA</a> program learn about poverty. They learn about situational poverty, about generational poverty, about urban and rural poverty, and so forth. During this training, facilitators ask their groups to form a circle to discuss what poverty means
to them. They’re asked: what does poverty look like to you?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The answers would no doubt surprise you, and would undoubtedly provoke the conscience to consider unknown situations. As a new AmeriCorps VISTA, when I was asked this question of
what poverty looks like, the realization arrived that it was the situation in which I’d been living, though it might not look like the poverty you’re picturing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>They’re asked: what does poverty look like to you?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>The answers would no doubt surprise you.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I have a low-vision blindness disability that I developed at the age of 19. I’m a white, middle-class male. A Boy Scout who has always done well in school. Well enough even to earn
two English degrees while adapting to a newly acquired low-vision disability. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">After graduating from Rutgers University in Camden, NJ with an MFA in Creative Writing, I began a job search. I searched. I searched some more. I had many interviews. Some, I was
unqualified for, while others, I was more than qualified for. On occasion, I was dismissed because I had to disclose my disability. Yes, it’s illegal, but you know what? They gave me the run-around anyway. Why? Because like with many people who experience
poverty on one level or another, I didn’t have the resources to do anything about it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I began looking for simpler work so that I could pay for my bills, but I realized that wasn’t an easier task because many jobs that require low skill-sets require good vision capabilities.
Imagine for a moment, what it might be like to count money without sight, to mop a dirty floor without sight, to operate a ride-sharing service without sight. The jobs that many take for granted and even turn their nose up toward can be entirely out of reach
for persons with certain disabilities. Time and time again, I’d heard the word “no” and “disability” and eventually started to believe that I was unable, that I really couldn’t do, that it didn’t matter how much education I had because no one seemed to believe
that I had the ability to do the work I thought I could do. <o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>The jobs that many take for granted and even turn their nose up toward can be entirely out of reach for persons with certain disabilities.
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">With all of these forces working against me, I began thinking of other options, which ultimately lead to the AmeriCorps VISTA program. There, I could gain valuable professional
experience without fear of rejection based on discrimination, and I’d be helping others in the community gain their own footing as well. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&104&&&http://nwwpa.org/" target="_blank">NeighborWorks
Western Pennsylvania</a> was looking for an AmeriCorps VISTA member to evaluate and redevelop their program delivery model by holding internal interviews, creating client-facing surveys, developing new education and training materials, and implementing a client
triage system that would improve the capacity for ensuring client success. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I applied, interviewed, accepted an offer, and went off to AmeriCorps VISTA Pre-Service Orientation the week before starting my assignment. It was there that, suddenly, the challenges
I’d been facing were described and placed into my hands. There, I trained for a full year of service as an AmeriCorps VISTA member who would help combat the many faces of poverty that threaten to degrade society and remove many from opportunity. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Now in the final stages of my AmeriCorps VISTA project, after working with staff members, attending training sessions and conferences, developing training manuals, workshop materials,
client triage protocols, procedures, surveys, outreach materials, and gaining the trust and appreciation of
<a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&105&&&http://nwwpa.org/" target="_blank">
NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania</a> staff, I can say this: I am able, I can do, I have done, and I will do more. <o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>I am able, I can do, I have done, and I will do more.
</b><o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">In the face of an impoverished lifestyle of living on nothing but Social Security disability and SNAP benefits, I’ve shown myself and the world that the word “disability” is a word
often reserved for nothing better than demotivating a differently-abled individual. Through AmeriCorps VISTA, I learned that individuals living with disabilities bring fresh perspectives, new ideas, new culture, and new levels of awareness. All of which aid
in improving others and organizations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As both an impoverished individual and an AmeriCorps VISTA working to reduce the effects of poverty in my community, I can say that the VISTA program is indispensable to those without
opportunity who need a chance to show what they’re capable of. Without AmeriCorps VISTA, I may never have found the opportunity I needed to show myself and others that I have the potential for making a difference that can change the community and help those
in need.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i>For more information on AmeriCorps VISTA opportunities throughout the country, go to
<a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&106&&&http://1.usa.gov/1ZSW9kz" target="_blank">
americorps.gov/VISTA</a>.</i> <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="mail_footer">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="700" style="width:525.0pt">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">Questions? <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&107&&&http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/contact-us" target="_blank">Contact
Us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&108&&&https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCNCS/subscriber/new" target="_blank">Manage
Preferences</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:7.5pt"> <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&109&&&https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCNCS/subscriber/one_click_unsubscribe?verification=5.388326d29262b4ca9c794d763bee4322&destination=president%40nfbcommunityservice.org" target="_blank">Unsubscribe</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:7.5pt"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&110&&&https://subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com/">Help</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4" style="padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">This service is provided to you at no charge by <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&111&&&http://www.nationalservice.gov/">Corporation
for National and Community Service</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div id="tagline">
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<hr size="2" width="100%" align="center">
</div>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="89%" style="width:89.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#757575">This email was sent to
<a href="mailto:president@nfbcommunityservice.org">president@nfbcommunityservice.org</a> using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Corporation for National & Community Service · 250 E. Street SW · Washington, DC 20525 · (202) 606- 5000 · (800) 833-3722<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width="11%" style="width:11.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDk0MTM1JmVtYWlsaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJnVzZXJpZD1wcmVzaWRlbnRAbmZiY29tbXVuaXR5c2VydmljZS5vcmcmZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&112&&&http://www.govdelivery.com/portals/powered-by" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="115" height="35" style="width:1.1979in;height:.3645in" id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://service.govdelivery.com/banners/GOVDELIVERY/logo_gd_poweredby.gif" alt="Powered by GovDelivery"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" style="width:.0104in;height:.0104in" id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://cdn.mailscanner.info/1x1spacer.gif" alt="Web Bug from http://links.govdelivery.com/track?enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNzI4LjYyMDY1MTkxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDcyOC42MjA2NTE5MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmdHlwZT1vcGVuJnNlcmlhbD0xNzA5NDEzNSZlbWFpbGlkPXByZXNpZGVudEBuZmJjb21tdW5pdHlzZXJ2aWNlLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9cHJlc2lkZW50QG5mYmNvbW11bml0eXNlcnZpY2Uub3JnJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY="><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</blockquote>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Darian Smith<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Web: <a href="http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org">www.nfbcommunityservice.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Twitter: @NFBCSDivision,@goldengateace<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Facebook: search for “National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division"<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<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>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">
<o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">(415)215-9809<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<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>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Help drive change for the blind .<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<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>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times",serif">“<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>