<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 2:13 PM Deb Reed <<a href="mailto:deb.reed57@gmail.com">deb.reed57@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">This is very exciting news for us! I wouldn’t be surprised if this project ties in with the museum planned at the Jernigan Institute. I would be honored to take part in this project and will look forward to more details as we get closer to October!<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Sincerely,</div> Deb Reed<div>Central CT Chapter President </div><div><span style="font-size:13pt">National Federation Of The Blind</span><br><div><span style="font-size:13pt">Phone - 860-973-3679 </span></div><div><span style="font-size:13pt">Cell-860-378-5370</span></div><div>Email - <a href="mailto:deb.reed57@gmail.com" target="_blank">deb.reed57@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 25, 2022, at 11:10 AM, <a href="mailto:maryanne.melley@gmail.com" target="_blank">maryanne.melley@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Federation Family,<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I have been contacted by Suzanne Shaffer from the national office. She is the Art Director/Graphic Designer for the NFB. She has hired a professional photographer to take pictures of our affiliate members in Hartford. She would like pictures taken at the train and bus station, in a green house of people reading Braille and in Bushnell Park using canes and guide dogs. This is a wonderful opportunity for Connecticut to get national recognition for Blind Equality Achievement month. The two dates she is considering right now are October 3<sup style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">rd</sup> and October 17<sup style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">th</sup>. Please let me know if you would like to participate in this project and which day is better for you. I look forward to a positive response.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thank you,<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Maryanne Melley<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">President<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">860-212-5549<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:maryanne.melley@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">maryanne.melley@gmail.com</a><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Together with love, hope, and determination, we transform dreams into reality<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div>I also would love to be involved with this however I can only do the second date I believe it’s the 17th I will not be able to do the earlier one hope we can go for the later one it sounds like a really great opportunity thanks bye