<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">No worries at all. Thank you so much for letting me know.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Stephanie Barrera Valdes</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Coordinator, <a href="https://nfbma.org/bell-academy">NFB BELL Academy of Massachusetts</a></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">President, <a href="https://nfbma.org/chapters-divisions/massachusetts-parents-blind-children">Massachusetts Parents of Blind Children</a></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">A proud division of the National Federation Of The Blind Of Massachusetts</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">781-839-0628</span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">stephanie.p.valdes@gmail.com </span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s2" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 3, 2025, at 4:38\u202fPM, Mary via Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Stephanie:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I wish I could! I\u2019m working at NBP now and only have 2 weeks of vacation, so I can\u2019t. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Blessings,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Masha<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephanie Paoli via Massachusetts-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 2, 2025 11:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> Massachusetts Mailing List <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Stephanie Paoli <stephanie.p.valdes@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [Massachusetts-NFB] Thinking of Volunteering at NFB BELL Academy?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings everyone,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to reach out and ask that if you are considering volunteering for the NFB BELL Academy dates which are August 4 through the 15th to please reach out to me and let me know. As I have mentioned before National has changed some of the rules and expectations for volunteers. This year, each volunteer that will be actively working with children must not only complete their background check but also a small course going over youth participant protection policy and Dakota conduct. I need to send. National the list of volunteers sooner rather than later so that they can send both forms/logins to each of the volunteers and people have enough time to complete these steps. I would like to send this information to National by May 15 so that everybody has enough time before National convention and NFB BELL Academy to complete both items. If you know you will be volunteering or if you\u2019re thinking about it and I\u2019m not sure please reach out to me and let me know. I rather have you down on the list and you to have all them Loggings in case you are able to volunteer then having to deny someone the opportunity to volunteer because they have not met their requirements.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I look forward to hearing from any of you soon.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you and have a wonderful Friday!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Stephanie Barrera Valdes</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Coordinator, <a href="https://nfbma.org/bell-academy">NFB BELL Academy of Massachusetts</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">President, <a href="https://nfbma.org/chapters-divisions/massachusetts-parents-blind-children">Massachusetts Parents of Blind Children</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">A proud division of the National Federation Of The Blind Of Massachusetts</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">781-839-0628</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href="mailto:stephanie.p.valdes@gmail.com">stephanie.p.valdes@gmail.com</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Massachusetts-NFB mailing list</span><br><span>Massachusetts-NFB@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Massachusetts-NFB:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/massachusetts-nfb_nfbnet.org/stephanie.p.valdes%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>