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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Gigi entered a singing contest where you had to write and sing your own song. The funds will help curb the cost for her to go to the contest in Poland. Maybe people can get together and buy a ticket. </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><img width=44 height=40 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CEBB9F.75F110D0" alt="MC900021362[1]"></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>“Songs from the Heart” Fundraiser<img width=44 height=40 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01CEBB9F.75F110D0" alt="MC900021362[1]"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The Bridgeport Host Lions Club is having a fundraiser to help cover the travel expenses for Gigi and her sighted companion to compete in Poland in November. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Date:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Sunday, October 13th <b>Time:</b><sup> </sup>2-5 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Place:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> Friend Hall at Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 2385 Park Avenue, Bridgeport, 06604, which is on the corner of Park Avenue and Capitol Avenues. The parking lot is on Capitol Ave. Refreshments will be served. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Cost:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> $20.00 for adults, $10.00 for students 14 and under and $10.00 for anyone with a visual impairment <u>coming in to the event with a long white cane</u>. With a $100.00 donation, you’ll have 2 free tickets sent to you or held at the door.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The First Lion’s World Song Festival for the Blind will be held Nov. 18-21 in Krakow, Poland. Gigi Yanez-Hamberger will be representing the U.S.A.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The aim of the World Song Festival is to promote awareness of the needs of those with their sight impaired</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> and hope the</span><span class=hps><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> festival</span></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> will<span class=hps> promote</span> <span class=hps>talented</span> <span class=hps>blind</span> <span class=hps>amateur artists,</span> <span class=hps>and enable them to</span> <span class=hps>begin</span> <span class=hps>professional</span> <span class=hps>vocal</span> <span class=hps>career</span> <span class=hps>on the international stage</span>.<span class=hps> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The vocalists attending this Festival competed in their own countries and will now compete against each other. </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The venue for the festival will be Kraków, a city credited by the European Commission in ‘Access City Award 2011’ competition in recognition of its initiatives aimed at making life easier for handicapped individuals.</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> The venue is the </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Juliusz Slowacki Theater. The vocalists will perform their original songs live in front of a wide festival audience. A professional, international jury will pick the winners and people from the audience will pick their favorites, who will receive the audience award. T</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>heir website for more details is </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a href="http://www.lionsfestival.jordan.pl">www.lionsfestival.jordan.pl</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Gigi learned about this opportunity because she is an active member of the Southern Ct. chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. Her chapter meets the second Saturday of each month in Milford, CT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is the oldest, largest, and most influential nationwide membership organization of blind people in the United States, with over 50,000 active members. Founded in 1940, the NFB advocates for the civil rights and equality of blind Americans, and develops innovative education, technology, and training programs to provide the blind and those who are losing vision with the tools they need to become independent and successful. Membership is open to all, both blind and sighted. The NFB has affiliates in all fifty states plus Washington, DC and Puerto Rico, and over seven hundred local chapters. Their website is <a href="http://www.nfb.org">www.nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Lions Clubs are community service organizations that provide services and programs at the local and international levels. The organization has 45,000 clubs and 1.3 million members worldwide. Members are volunteers. Their activities include: tutoring programs, international disaster relief efforts, an ongoing campaign to save the eyesight of people throughout the world through their Sight First Program, offer eye free exams to the public, providing education about <a href="http://www.ehow.com/about_6201011_lions-club_.html?ref=Track2&utm_source=ask"><span class=itxtrst><span style='color:windowtext;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>eye disease</span></span></a>, run the Lions Eye Bank which houses eye tissue used for medical research & education and 30,000 surgeries each year, recycle eyeglasses for the needy and provides assistance for people who need eye surgery, educate the public about environmental issues, run recycling programs, that plant trees and remove graffiti from neighborhoods, run camps for deaf children, a hearing aid recycling program and have educational campaigns for diabetes and breast cancer awareness. <a href="http://www.lionsclub.org">www.lionsclub.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Terry Hulbert<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 27, 2013 3:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ct-nfb] FW:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Beth, <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>What exactly is the GG Fund and please explain more about this event.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Terry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ct-nfb [<a href="mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org">mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Elizabeth Rival<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 27, 2013 2:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] FW:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello, please join together and support one of our own members. Thanks, Beth <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ellen Bedford [<a href="mailto:ellenbedford@hotmail.com">mailto:ellenbedford@hotmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 08, 2013 6:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> beth(nfb) rival; <a href="mailto:gigi1962@optonline.net">gigi1962@optonline.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Flier for Gigi's fund-raiser on Oct. 13th<br>Anyone coming in with a cane gets half price tickets</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>