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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hi Everyone, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">So many of you are wondering how the families get the baskets of food and other gifts.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The social workers from social services offices, the school counselors, faith based organizations and many more people make referrals to one local program in the community and ask for donations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Service providers and non-profit groups get donations from the public and prepare the baskets.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Here in Maryland and more specifically Montgomery county The NFB has picked a name of a family where the member is blind and provided them with the food and gifts.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We try to assist a family where one person is blind as we want the person to know about us.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Yasmin Reyazuddin, Customer Service Representative II<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">MC311 Customer Service Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">1401 Rockville Pike., Suite #300<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Rockville, MD 20852<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">phone: 240-777-0311<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">email: yasmin.reyazuddin<a href="mailto:your%20name@montgomerycountymd.gov"><span style="color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none">@montgomerycountymd.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Community-Service [mailto:community-service-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ericka via Community-Service<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 04, 2018 12:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Community Service Discussion List <community-service@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ericka <dotwriter1@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Community-service] (no subject)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Three cheers for Austin Jonathan!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:35.5pt;font-family:"UICTFontTextStyleBody",serif;color:#454545">Ericka Short</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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