<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Love cannot remain by itself — it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.”</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mother Teresa</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a name="_GoBack"></a><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Why I </span></span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">❤️</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> volunteering? </span></span></span></font></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">From a child, I witness my mother’s love for helping people. What can I say</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">?</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> “The Apple does not fall too far from the tree</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">”</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I absolutely love volunteering</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">!</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> In my spare time, I actively volunteer in various roles in my community such as </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">bein</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">g</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> a c</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">hild </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">a</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">dvocate for CASA, feeding the homeless, </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">and making </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">home-visits to newly blind individuals</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">.</span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I also participate in the greeter </span></span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">m</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">inistry</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Buddy Program, mentorship Program for at-risk youth</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, etc. </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">I </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">have </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">served independently</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">--</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">as well </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">as </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">with group</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s--</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">and loved every opportunity to provide a helping hand. So many people have help</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ed</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> me in my walk of life. I would love to take this moment to thank my blind community for embracing me since 2012. You all taught me skills, confidence, an</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">d the </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">tireless </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">truth</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">that </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">hard work pays off. Thank you</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">F</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ederation</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">,</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> for being a loving organization that help</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ed</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> me overcome fears and wiped my</span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> tears </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">by showering me </span></span><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">with cheers!</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Help CSD share the love of service through your stories in this loving month of February. Why do you love to serve?</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.399999618530273px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">United we serve, </p>Jeanetta Price <br><div dir="ltr">NFB CSD PRESIDENT </div></body></html>