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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><img width=406 height=172 style='width:4.225in;height:1.7916in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D94C2B.CDABBFB0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Attention: Blind or Visually Impaired Residents<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>of the Greater Hartford area!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Connecticut Hartford Area Chapter</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> will start holding in-person meetings on Saturday, March 18<sup>th</sup>. We will be meeting at noon in the Hartford Room located at 151 New Park Avenue in Hartford. Subsequent meetings are planned for April 15<sup>th</sup> and May 20<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>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></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Live the life you want; blindness is not what holds us back<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>With hope, love and determination, you can do it<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Bring a friend or relative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Jump on the bus, paratransit, or just walk in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Make new friends<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>For more information, contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Melissa Thompson at 860-922-4949 or </span></b><a href="mailto:lady1mnt@yahoo.com"><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>lady1mnt@yahoo.com</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>NFB of CT at 860-289-1971 or info@nfbct.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>111 Sheldon Road, Unit 420, Manchester, CT 06045<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tel: 860.289.1971 </span></i></b><a href="http://www.nfbct.org"><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.nfbct.org</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Maryanne Melley, President<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>