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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The chapter meeting will be this Saturday, October
11. We will have a presentation on Odin mobile phones, which are usable
and available to blind people. If you meet certain income requirements,
you may get these phones free. Many low-income people can get a phone
through special programs, but none of the phones available are accesible to the
blind.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>We have a busy next few months of events.
Here are some of them, for our chapter and state affiliate.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Tuesday, October 14: From 4:00 to 9:00 p.m.,
we will be at Uno's, 4001 Town Center Boulevard, Bowie, MD 20716. If
you and your friends buy dinner and mention that you are helping the National
Federation of the Blind Sligo Creek chapter, we will get 10% of the cost of your
meal. You can increase our donations by taking an order home for
tomorrow;.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Nuts will be in on Monday. We are selling 2
new kinds of nuts, and we are dropping some that were not selling well. We
have a nut sale scheduled at the Greenbelt '</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>giant, 6000 Greenbelt Road, on October
18.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The dinner for our scholarship fund is on Friday,
October 24. We are getting some nice auction items, but we would like a
few more. Five people have paid so far. The cost is $30 a
person. If you want to reserve a table, you should pay $240 by October
17.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>On October 25, the Friends of the Library will have
a presentation honoring volunteers. Their speaker will be Tony Pann, a
Baltimore weather forecaster who \has written a children's book. This is
from 10:00 to noon and will be at the library, 415 Park Avenue in
Baltimore.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Also on October 25, the National Harbor chapter
will have a resource day at Colmar Manor Town Hall, 3701 Lawrence Street, Colmar
Manor. They will have an emphasis on health issues, but there will be
other services that you can check out.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>On November 1 we will begin a new Braille Rocks
club. We will be working with young children who were with us in the BELL
program.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Our state convention will be November 15-17.
Please plan to be there. We will be leaving from New Carrollton at 8:00
Friday morning, November 14. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As you can see, this is a busy time. There
will be a few opportunities to help us fundraise and get publicity for
us.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Debbie</FONT></DIV>
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