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<DIV>Eileen,</DIV>
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<DIV>Trevor was talking about the tickets to the event for Gigi.</DIV>
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<DIV>Nathanael</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=setorow@optonline.net
href="mailto:setorow@optonline.net">Stanley Torow</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 08, 2013 9:17 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=ct-nfb@nfbnet.org href="mailto:ct-nfb@nfbnet.org">'NFB
of Connecticut Mailing List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ct-nfb] FW: fund raiser</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=203101501-09102013><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>sorry i haven't been on the list serve for a while. so i'm not
sure what fund raising you're talking about. but do you know the cost of a movie
ticket? adult tickets in milford are very expensive.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>eileen </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Ct-nfb [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Trevor Attenberg<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 08, 2013
8:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'; 'Brian Sigman'; 'Steve
Famiglietti'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ct-nfb] FW: fund
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Good stuff, but wouldn’t they
raise more money if they charged the adult price for blind attendees? It’d also
make blind people seem more like equal adults than like kids under 14, right? I
just thought I’d point this out.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Trevor<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Ct-nfb
[mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Elizabeth
Rival<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 08, 2013 9:48 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'NFB of
Connecticut Mailing List'; 'Brian Sigman'; 'Steve
Famiglietti'<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Ct-nfb] FW: fund
raiser<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> Elizabeth Rival [<A
href="mailto:erival@comcast.net">mailto:erival@comcast.net</A>] <BR><B>Sent:</B>
Monday, September 30, 2013 12:52 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Elizabeth
Rival'<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'NFB of Connecticut Mailing List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> fund
raiser <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Tickets are $10 if you come in with a cane or guide dog.
If you give a $100 donation then you get 2 free
tickets.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><IMG id=Picture_x0020_1 border=0 alt=MC900021362[1]
src="cid:A2EB48EC36CB4866AC862DBF68C5296F@NathanaelPC" width=44 height=40>“Songs
from the Heart” Fundraiser<IMG id=Picture_x0020_2 border=0 alt=MC900021362[1]
src="cid:5FC19AF0A25643AF9253CF04B6AFB3ED@NathanaelPC" width=44
height=40><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">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: 14pt">Date:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> 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: 14pt">Place:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> 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: 14pt">Cost:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> $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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><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 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. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><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. The venue is the 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. Their website for more details is <A
href="http://www.lionsfestival.jordan.pl">www.lionsfestival.jordan.pl</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><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: 0.5in"><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: 0.5in"><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="BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; COLOR: windowtext; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in">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>
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