<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:12pt;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><br></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"><b style="">The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Connecticut </b>invites you to join our Hartford Area Chapter in Wethersfield, CT. Gary Allen will hold a meeting at the <b style="">Wethersfield Public Library, 515 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield on Saturday, December 21st from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Members are asked to bring a low or high tech product to the December meeting so that people can share helpful items and ideas with each other.</b><o:p style=""></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style=""><o:p style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">The NFB of CT is a vehicle for positive change. At chapter meetings, we gather and exchange ideas, share and discuss concerns and aspirations, raise and promote awareness of the capabilities of blind people, and make plans for outings and events. Imagine our futures and all the good that can come if, together we gather and discover what’s available to us all.<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style=""><o:p style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">Live the life you want; blindness is not what holds us back<o:p style=""></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">With hope, love and determination, you can do it<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">Bring a friend or relative<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">Jump on the bus, paratransit, or just walk in<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">Make new friends<o:p style=""></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" style=""><o:p style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">For more information, contact:<o:p style=""></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">NFB of CT at 860-289-1971 or <a target="_blank" href="mailto:info@nfbct.org">info@nfbct.org</a><o:p style=""></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">Beth Rival at 860-916-0459 or <a target="_blank" href="mailto:erival@comcast.net">erival@comcast.net</a><o:p style=""></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style=""><b style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" mce_style="font-size: 12pt;">Gary Allen at 860-589-2241 or <a target="_blank" href="mailto:garyallenct@hotmail.com">garyallenct@hotmail.com</a></span><o:p style=""></o:p></b></div> </span></body></html>