<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Please see the below message. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is a great opportunity </span>to show that there is a lot of support for blind Iowans and IDB. The more people we can get to come, the better. If you want to participate, please connect with Connie.</div><div><br></div><div>Helen </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; text-align: center;"><b><font size="4">IOWA STATE FAIR PARADE</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>WHEN: AUGUST 9, 2023<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>TIME: Staging will start at 5:00 pm, Parade at 6:15 pm.<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>LOCATION: Capital complex to 15<sup>th</sup> Street<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Staff, Clients, Students past and present, and Family Members<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>WHAT ARE WE DOING: walking in the Fair Parade (no vehicles or floats)<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b><font size="4"><u></u> <u></u></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>Every big event has a parade, Thanksgiving, New Year’s, St. Patrick’s Day, Disney, and the classic Iowa State Fair. August 9,2023 is your chance to participate in a classic Iowa tradition. The Iowa State Fair parade displays past, present, and future Iowa. The parade represents community, growth, and tradition. For almost 100 years the Iowa Department for the Blind has worked in communities across the state to educate, empower and work with blind Iowans. This year we are proud to walk, no vehicles or floats, in the Iowa State Fair parade to represent and promote our community.<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>Please email <a href="mailto:connie.mendenhall@blind.state.ia.us" target="_blank">connie.mendenhall@blind.state.ia.us</a> to sign up.<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>Connie Mendenhall<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>Chief Information Officer<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>Iowa Department for the Blind<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>524 4<sup>th</sup> Street<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>Des Moines, Iowa 50309<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>515-981-8397 phone<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><b>515-242-5781 fax<u></u><u></u></b></font></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div></body></html>