<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone!</div><div><br></div><div>We are in the LAST TWO DAYS of our Winter Reading Challenge - and we have read a whopping 196, 713 minutes! Our original goal was 50, 000 minutes. We are SO close to reaching our goal four times over! </div><div><br></div><div>We would like to take a minute and say a special thank you to the following groups/individuals who sponsored prizes and materials for this challenge:<br></div><div><ul><li>ZooBean, owner of Beanstack, the tracking cloud software</li><li>NFB - Newsline</li><li>NFB Maryland</li><li>NFB TLC Chapter</li><li>The Maryland Association of Blind Merchants</li><li>The Friends of the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped</li><li>NFB Central Maryland Chapter</li><li>Ronza Othman </li><li>Maryland School for the Blind</li></ul></div><div>We are so thankful for everyone who has participated in the reading challenge!</div><div><br></div><div>We would like to know more about your experiences in using Beanstack to track your reading, so we can share thoughts on accessibility and use with ZooBean. The company is committed to providing an accessible platform and is working with our library to collect valuable feedback to make their service even better. If you have thoughts you'd like to share, please contact me individually. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you again for your support and we're looking forward to the last two days of the Winter Reading Challenge! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Ashley</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;border-collapse:collapse">
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<p style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ashley M. Biggs</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<i>Outreach Librarian</i><br>Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped<br>Maryland State Library<br>415 Park Avenue<br>Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3603<br>
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