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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m delighted to share that Dylan Hedtler Gaudette and Addie McEntire welcomed their first child on December 17, 2022. Desmond Earl Hedtler weighed in at 7 pounds and 2 ounces and 17.5 inches (his dad says 44 centimeters) and Alexa did the conversion). Baby Dez, mom, and dad are all doing well, and Dylan says that Baby Dez will soon be a dues paying Federationist, and his parents look forward to introducing him to the Federation family soon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>617-600-8130<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="nfbma.org">Visit NFB MA Website for more information</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="nfb.org">Visit the NFB website for more info</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-of-the-Blind-of-Massachusetts-1593379944322253">Visit us on Facebook</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>“</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01893E'>You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>”</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>