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<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5>The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of Connecticut </FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5>invites you to join our new chapter in Middletown, CT. Our December 2014 meeting will be held on the 13th at Thai Gardens, 203 Main Street from noon til 3:00 PM. Our state affiliate president, Edward Shaham, will be present to make our new chapter official.<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5><FONT face=Tahoma>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></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5><FONT face=Tahoma>Live the life you want; blindness is not what holds us back<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5><FONT face=Tahoma>With hope, love and determination, you can do it<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5><FONT face=Tahoma>Bring a friend or relative<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5><FONT face=Tahoma>Jump on the bus, paratransit, or just walk in<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div>
<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5><FONT face=Tahoma>Make new friends<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5><FONT face=Tahoma>For more information, contact our community outreach office<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5><FONT face=Tahoma>Edward Shaham, President<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></div>
<div class=MsoNoSpacing style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt"><FONT size=5><FONT face=Tahoma>National Federation of the Blind of CT<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></div>
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