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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>We will be meeting this Saturday at the Kensington Park Library, 4201 Knowles Avenue, Kensington. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will be discussing our Blind Equality Achievement Month activity, which is a discussion of the book “The Story of my Life” by Helen Keller. The book number for BARD is DB55883 or BR14704. The event will be on Saturday, October 18, at 2:00 at the Rockville Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, in Rockville. We will discuss the book and will use the opportunity to answer questions about blindness, as well as hand out literature <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and braille alphabet cards.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will have our dinner and auction for the John T. McCraw scholarship fund on Saturday, November 15 at the Knights of Columbus, 9450 Cherry Hill Road in College Park. We will have Anita Minor cater the event. The price of a ticket will be $65.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will be deciding whether to raise our lifetime dues from $100 to $150. This requires an amendment to our constitution. I will send out the actual text of the amendment later. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will be checking on nut prices. We will be voting on whether or not to sell nuts, and also on whether to sell nuts at the NFB makers market which will be on Sunday, November 16. The cost of a table is $50.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Terry Powers, Terri Nettles and Yasmin Reyazuddin will be selling crafts at the makers market. If you or anyone you know has handmade or homemade items to sell, you may sign up for the makers market until October 15. It will be at the Jernigan Institute and the cost of a table is $50. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There will be an online silent auction which will finish at the time of the crab feast. Watch for the link to show up soon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We will be holding our October meeting on Zoom and our November meeting at the Kensington Park library. We will be holding elections in November.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See you all on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Debbie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>