<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Maryanne,</div><div>It is excellent news that Zoey is a finalist for a scholarship. I hope that we will be able to meet her. Maybe at the state convention. Otherwise, congratulations! That is awesome.</div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">Melissa Thompson; MSW<div>Greater Hartford Chapter President</div><div>Lady1mnt@yahoo.com</div><div>(860) 922-4949</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 22, 2025, at 3:35\u202fPM, Maryanne Melley via CT-NFB <ct-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Federation Family,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am pleased to announce that Connecticut has a National Scholarship Finalist. Her name is Zoe Marsh. I had the pleasure of interviewing Zoe for the scholarship letter. It has been several years since Connecticut has had a finalist, and we should all be very proud of Zoe.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Maryanne Melley<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:maryanne.melley@gmail.com">maryanne.melley@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">860-212-5549<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">A dream does not become reality through magic: it takes sweat, determination and hard work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>CT-NFB mailing list</span><br><span>CT-NFB@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for CT-NFB:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ct-nfb_nfbnet.org/lady1mnt%40yahoo.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>