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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Debbie,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I will be at the meeting tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Meanwhile, I need a stylus. If you or anyone has one to spare me, please bring it along. Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Fred.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Frederick J.M. Kamara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Disability Issues Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Chairman, Sierra Leone Blind Welfare Society<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>ContactsHi DE=ebbie,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>232-77-434020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>232-78-709-300<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><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'> MD-Sligo [mailto:md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah via MD-Sligo<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland' <md-sligo@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Deborah <deborahb14@verizon.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Md-sligo] Chapter meeting and other events<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Our meeting</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>will be this Saturday, October 13, at the Long Branch library, 8800 Garland Avenue. It will be a different kind of day than usual. At</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>10:30, the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped will have a technology users’ group session. We would like everyone to be there because we appreciate their visit to us. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We will have some refreshments after the meeting. The topic is gift ideas for the holidays.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>After the meeting we will have</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>sandwiches available for $2 for those who want them. We will have chicken salad or cheese sandwiches. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>After lunch we will have our regular meeting. We suspect we will be ready for our meeting by 1:00, so if you are unable to come in the morning, come early. We should be finished with the meeting by 3:00.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We will have nuts for sale at the chapter meeting. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>You may also take some</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>on consignment. A price list will be available before the chapter meeting. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Remember that if you want funding from the chapter to go to the national convention this summer, you need</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>to raise $100 for the chapter, and selling nuts</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>is a good way to do that.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We have some meet the blind month activities planned and would like your assistance. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We will have a table at a health fair at the Living Word International Christian Church, 16819 New Hampshire Avenue, on Saturday, October 20, from 10:00 to 3:00. I would like at least one volunteer and preferably two because it is a few hours long. I will not be able to</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>work at this event.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>On Sunday, October 21, we will be in the Parade of Cultures at the World of Montgomery Festival at Montgomery College. We would like several people to participate. It will be</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>on Sunday, October 21, from 12:45 to about 2:00. If you stay after the event, you can walk around the festival and see the activities and enjoy some good food. Please let me know if you can</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>attend these events.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We have more raffle tickets for the raflle that will be drawn during the state convention. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tickets cost $1 or six for $5. Prizes are $300, $100, or $50.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>If you want to go to the</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>convention, October 14 is the last day to register. If you want me to help you register, you need to let me know by Saturday.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Please gather up door prizes to bring</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>for</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> the convention. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Please bring items that are in good condition, preferably new. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Note that if something smells like a dusty attic, it looks like a dusty attic as well. Darlene, our door prize chairman, says Sligo</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>brings good door prizes, so let’s keep the tradition. </span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thanks again to those who came to our HUT seminar. I hope to see everybody on Saturday.N</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Debbie</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>