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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>Good Evening NFB Family,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope you are all doing spectacularly and getting to enjoy this beautiful weather. The next couple of months are very busy for us. There are some important details that you may not have gotten or heard in your September chapter meetings. Please read all of the below information for some events and updates. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>First of all, I am so excited to let all of you know, that a few months ago, a sighted artist, living in Sandwich, requested my help in reading and identifying poems in Braille. These poems were written by poets such as Robert Frost, Emily Dickenson and others. I met with him and read and identified four volumes of classic poetry.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He explained that he was actually planning to use these Brailed poems in his art. Recently, he contacted me to inform me that his art has been accepted and will be in an art show at the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The name of the exhibit is <a href="https://cahoonmuseum.org/book-arts-conversations-in-art-and-words/">Book Arts: Conversations in Art and Words</a>. His artwork isn’t the only artist that is in this exhibit. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>He has invited a few friends and me to a private showing and dinner. I am hoping “friends” will include some of you. Sadly, it cannot be every one of us. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Unfortunately, space is limited. Is anyone interested in attending this event with me, as special guests to this artist on October 23 on the cape? If you are interested, please let me know with a text, call or private email. Please do not reply to this message here on the list. Send me the information privately. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In other news, the Presidential Releases will now come in two ways, the first to be sent to us by the beginning of each month and it will be only about 15 minutes long. This release should be played at each chapter meeting. President Riccobono will continue to hold live releases and the next one will be held in San Francisco with the people who are attending the Ride Share Rally. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This leads to the next item which is about the Ride Share Rally. Are there any of you planning to attend this on October 15 in San Francisco? If so, I would like to know. Please send me a quick text or email letting me know. The more of you who attend the more Massachusetts can be represented there. We would love to have a great turn out of our own residents but a magnificent turnout of blind people from all over the country would be incredible! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Our David Ticchi Walk is coming up on October 6 in Cambridge. It is a beautiful place! We always have a great time making new friends, seeing old ones, getting exercise and sharing fellowship. This year, as always we will have home-baked goodies in which you can enjoy with a small donation to the NFB. We also encourage everyone to bring your own lunch and blanket, so that we can enjoy a fun picnic together. I sent out a letter that you can disseminate in whichever way you choose to get sponsors and donations for our annual walk. We urge each of you to try to get sponsorship or donations totaling $500 each. But, every single dollar counts! we hope to see all of you there!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let me know if you have any questions or if there is any way I can help you with any of the above items. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With Love, hope and determination,<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><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbma.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>sharawinton@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>