<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Dear Kansas Federationists,</div><div><br></div><div>As the article below documents, we have done it! NFB convention ears, together with corporate sponsors, members of the Rosen hotel group, and other volunteers, have banded together to set a new record for the largest umbrella Mosaic. I am proud to announce that several members of the Kansas affiliate participated in this wonderful endeavor! Read all about it and enjoy!<br><br>Best regards,<br>Rob Tabor first vice president and FB of Kansas<br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Kuhnke, Kristian via Nfbnet-master-list" <<a href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> July 8, 2015 at 2:08:27 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org</a>, <a href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbnet-master-list] National Federation of the Blind Achieves GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Kuhnke, Kristian" <<a href="mailto:KKuhnke@nfb.org">KKuhnke@nfb.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br><br>
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<b>CONTACT:<br><br>
</b>Chris Danielsen<br><br>
Director of Public Relations<br><br>
National Federation of the Blind <br><br>
(410) 659-9314, extension
2330
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(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<br><br>
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cdanielsen@nfb.org</a><br><br>
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National Federation of the Blind Achieves GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™
Title<br><br>
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<b>Orlando, Florida (July 8, 2015):</b> As part of the celebration of the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB),
the oldest and largest nationwide organization of blind Americans,
members and supporters of the NFB have set a new <b>GUINNESS WORLD
RECORDS™</b> title for largest umbrella mosaic. Two thousand four hundred
and eighty individuals simultaneously raised umbrellas to create the
image of the National Federation of the Blind icon and the organization’s
tagline, “Live the life you want.” The National Federation of the Blind
record title attempt took place at 7 a.m. today in the rear surface
parking lot of the Rosen Centre Hotel located at 9840 International Drive
in Orlando.<br><br>
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Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
said: “Every day, the members of the National Federation of the Blind
raise the expectations of blind people, because it is low expectations,
and not blindness, that stand between blind people and our dreams. Today,
our members and supporters have achieved the official <b>GUINNESS WORLD
RECORDS™</b> title for largest umbrella mosaic, demonstrating to the
Orlando community and to the world that blindness does not define us and
that our capacity to achieve great things is limited only by our
imagination. We thank the Rosen Centre Hotel for hosting this event, the
Orlando community for embracing it, and <b>GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™</b>
for certifying its success. Together, with love, hope, and determination,
we transformed this dream into reality, and for the next seventy-five
years and beyond, we will continue to do the same for the dreams of all
blind Americans.”<br><br>
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For more information about the National Federation of the Blind
<b>GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™</b> attempt, including video and photographs,
visit
<a href="http://www.nfb.org/gwr"><font color="#0000FF">www.nfb.org/gwr</font></a><font color="#0000FF">
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About the National Federation of the Blind<br><br>
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The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.<br><br>
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