<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Greetings everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope your Friday is up to a great start. I have not heard from any of you so if you are considering volunteering for the NFB BELL Academy dates which are August 4 through the 15th and have not yet let me know, please reach out to me and let me know before this upcoming Thursday, May 15. 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. Again, I will be sending this information to National on 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.</div><div>I look forward to hearing from any of you soon.</div><div>Thank you and have a fantastic Friday!</div><div><br></div><div>Respectfully,</div><div><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></div></body></html>