<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Friends,</div><div><br></div><div>Please see Anil's message below. This is one of our national movement's most important annual fundraisers. Please support the auction by bidding, spreading the word to your friends and family, and joining our Thunderclap to get the word out to your Facebook and Twitter networks. Together, let's raise the money we need to help blind people live the lives we want! <br><br>Chris Nusbaum, Vice President<div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Maryland Association of Blind Students</span><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Coordinator of Social Media, </span><span style="font-size: 13pt;">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</span></div><div>Twitter: @Chrisn98, @MDMDABS and @NFBMD</div></div><div><br></div><div>"Together, with love, hope and determination, we transform dreams into reality."</div></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Lewis, Anil via nfb-talk" <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> November 25, 2014 at 10:00:51 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> "<a href="mailto:blindtlk@nfbnet.org">blindtlk@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:blindtlk@nfbnet.org">blindtlk@nfbnet.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:Chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org">Chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:Chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org">Chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:nabs-l@nfbnet.or">nabs-l@nfbnet.or</a>" <<a href="mailto:nabs-l@nfbnet.or">nabs-l@nfbnet.or</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[nfb-talk] The Bid for Equality Opens in Three Days!</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> "Lewis, Anil" <<a href="mailto:ALewis@nfb.org">ALewis@nfb.org</a>>, NFB Talk Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Thanksgiving is just two days away - which means our Bid for Equality online auction<<a href="https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/auctionhome.action?vhost=bid-for-equality">https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/auctionhome.action?vhost=bid-for-equality</a>> starts in three days! Help us fund our work to help blind people live the lives we want - and at the same time win great auction items, including exclusive vacation packages! This week's featured auction item is a one-week stay in Costa Rica for two people!<<a href="https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/item.action?id=226559330">https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/item.action?id=226559330</a>> This item is only available until midnight on December 2 (#GivingTuesday), so be sure to make your bid right when the auction opens on Black Friday!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Also, don't forget to join our Thunderclap and help spread the word about the Bid for Equality and the National Federation of the Blind! Sign up with your Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr account at <a href="http://thndr.it/1skfI4w">thndr.it/1skfI4w</a> <<a href="http://t.co/ryvX12KUG2">http://t.co/ryvX12KUG2</a>> .</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thank you,</span><br><span>Mr. Anil Lewis, M.P.A.</span><br><span>Executive Director</span><br><span></span><br><span>National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute</span><br><span>200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place</span><br><span>Baltimore, Maryland 21230</span><br><span></span><br><span>(410) 659-9314 ext. 2374 (Voice)</span><br><span>(410) 659-5129 (FAX)</span><br><span>Email: <a href="mailto:alewis@nfb.org">alewis@nfb.org</a><<a href="mailto:alewis@nfb.org">mailto:alewis@nfb.org</a>></span><br><span>Web: <a href="http://www.nfb.org">www.nfb.org</a><<a href="http://www.nfb.org/">http://www.nfb.org/</a>></span><br><span>Twitter: @AnilLife</span><br><span></span><br><span>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><br><span></span><br><span>To make a donation to the National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund campaign, please visit <a href="http://www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture">www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture</a><<a href="http://www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture">http://www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture</a>>.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>nfb-talk mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:nfb-talk@nfbnet.org">nfb-talk@nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org</a></span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nfb-talk:</span><br><span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/cnusbaumnfb%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-talk_nfbnet.org/cnusbaumnfb%40gmail.com</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>