<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji";
panose-1:2 11 5 2 4 2 4 2 2 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello Federationists! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🎡🦯\u2764\ufe0f</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> We are just TWO DAYS away from the Topsfield Fair! </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>\u2764\ufe0f🦯🎡</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Please let me know as soon as possible if you are planning to join us\u2014or even if you\u2019re thinking about coming! I\u2019m working to make sure we have enough sighted guides available for everyone who would like or need one, so getting a headcount now will help us make sure everyone is covered.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>And please spread the word! </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🙌</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> If you have a sighted family member, friend, colleague, or anyone else who might enjoy spending the day with us, invite them along! If they would like to join us as a sighted guide, please let me know that, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The more, the merrier\u2014and we want to make this a BIG NFB Massachusetts turnout sponsored by the Wicked Good Chapter! </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🦯\u2764\ufe0f</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🎡🎢</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> Fair Fun + Grand Funk Railroad! </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🎸</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We\u2019re planning to meet at 2:00 PM for those who want to come early and enjoy everything the fair has to offer\u2014rides, food, exhibits, animals, games, and all the wonderfully fun stuff that comes with a good old-fashioned country fair!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If you can\u2019t make it at 2:00, that\u2019s absolutely okay\u2014you can come later and meet us there. The RIDE does go to the fair.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>And now for the big question\u2026<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Do you enjoy Grand Funk Railroad? </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🎸🤘</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> (If you know, you know! </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😂</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Grand Funk Railroad will be performing at 7:00 PM, and the concert is INCLUDED with your general admission ticket! So you can spend the afternoon enjoying the fair and then rock out with us that evening. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🎶🎸</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If you\u2019ve never been to the Topsfield Fair, this is a great opportunity to come check it out. And if you have been before, you already know what a lot of fun it can be!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>So please don\u2019t wait! Let me know if you\u2019re coming, if you\u2019re considering coming, and if you\u2019re bringing a sighted guide or know someone who would like to volunteer as one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Let\u2019s fill the fair with NFB Massachusetts! </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>🦯\u2764\ufe0f🎡</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I hope to see YOU there! </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>\u2764\ufe0f</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>With love, hope, and determination,<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'>The Wicked Good chapter and <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'>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>President, National federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbma.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>sharawinton@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>