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</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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Debbie,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I won’t be able to attend the event on Sunday sinceI am multiple medical issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Laura<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><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 <md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah via MD-Sligo<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 4, 2025 2:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland' <md-sligo@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Deborah <deborahb14@verizon.net>; 'Janice Toothman' <toothmanjanice@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [MD-Sligo] Louis Braille party<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We have a room at the Rockville library on Sunday, January</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>12. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We need braille readers from the chapter to help us with the event, but we also want</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>help from people who don’t read braille yet. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Here is what we plan to do:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>1. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Write people’s names in braille.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>2. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Have the person use the Braille Caravan blocks to write their name in braille.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>3. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Give the person an alphabet card and have them read a word in braille.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>4. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tell the person a few things about Louis Braille and have them answer a question.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>5. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>If we can get the tactile globe, which is at the library,</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>have the person find something on the globe, possibly France or the United States or their country of origin.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>6. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Let</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>the person make a tactile bookmark if they want. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>7. </span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Give them a goody bag, along with their braille alphabet card.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We will also have a cake and hopefully a special guest.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We would like people to help with the goodies and lure people into the room. These do not require knowledge of braille. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I want to have a meeting on Monday night at 7:00 with as many people as can make it so that we can</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>assign</span> <span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>jobs.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>We have the Rockville library meeting room from 1:30 to 4:30. The event will start at 2:00.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Please let me know if you can attend a Monday night meeting, and I will get you the meeting information.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Debbie</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>