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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='color:windowtext'> Md-sligo [mailto:md-sligo-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Janice Toothman via Md-sligo<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 10, 2014 7:27 PM<br><b>To:</b> Sligo Creek Chapter list, NFB of Maryland<br><b>Subject:</b> [Md-sligo] Uno' fundraising article<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi everyone,<br>Below is the article that the Bowie Blade News Printed yesterday for our October 14 fundraiser.<span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Uno’s Pizzeria and Grill at 4001 Town Center Blvd in Bowie supports the Sligo Creek Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland (SCC/NFBMD) </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Money raised on the evening of Tuesday, October 14 from 4:00 to 9:00 at Uno’s, 4001 Town Center Boulevard in Bowie, will benefit blind people in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties. Anyone can help the SCC/NFBMD by either Patronizing Uno’s in person that evening or ordering Online to take-out your dinner on October 14 from 4:00PM to 9:00PM. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Every year the parent organization of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) sets aside October for meet the blind events. Within the NFB, state affiliates have chapters and divisions. SCC is a local chapter within the Maryland affiliate (NFBMD). Debbie Brown, president of the SCC plans the various events and activities the chapter does. People in Bowie facing vision loss can go to the SCC or the National Harbor Chapter, serving Southern Prince George’s County. These events and activities focus on education about blindness and vision loss, providing resources and fundraising. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Uno’s has agreed to donate 10% of every meal designated for the fundraiser. Tell your server or Uno’s staff member that you want your meal counted towards the fundraiser by simply bringing this article to Uno’s Pizzeria and Grill or by giving “Blind” as the code if ordering Online. Those coming to Uno’s to eat dinner should provide their server with the same code “Blind”. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>One of the leading non-profit organizations for the blind, NFB is the only organization where the blind speak for themselves. This year the NFB started to celebrate seventy-five years of services\ and growth as a national movement. According to the NFB, blindness is merely a physical characteristic similar to hair color and an individual that has acquired the proper education, training and technology can reduce their blindness to a mere physical nuisance. It is a strongly held belief that blind students, parents, seniors and those employed should have the same rights as their sighted peers. Every day the NFB works hard to raise the expectation of blind people by promoting legislative initiatives, advocating for the rights of blind individuals and implementing educational programs. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Over the past year, the SCC/NFBMD organized several successful events that cost a significant amount of money but were worth the investment. On June 4, the SCC held a Diabetes Seminar at 14906 Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville. The Department of Rehabilitation Services (DORS) provided a bag to each diabetic participant filled with free samples of items that someone losing their vision could use at home or office. Those attending could gather information about nutrition, foot care, talking prescription aids, and other items of interest. Gail Owens’s Catering to You served a diabetic friendly lunch that everyone liked. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Braille enrichment for literacy and learning (BELL) is for blind and visually impaired children ages 4 to 12. For the past three years, the SCC has held their BELL program at the Reid Temple, in Glendale. It is usually the last week of July and runs for two weeks. The children come Monday through Friday from 9:00AM to 3:00PM to learn Braille, practice using a white cane to navigate, enjoy games, read or listen to stories in Braille, learn adaptive blindness skills, make their own snacks, and go on exciting field trips to a swimming pool and the children’s museum. They perform these activities with blind adults as role models to encourage and instruct them. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Debbie Brown, the SCC president, feels that spending money on worthy projects is what the NFB does; but now the SCC needs to do fundraising to build up treasury so the SCC can resume doing projects. The Uno’s fundraiser helps to support blind and visually impaired citizens in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties. Your contributions provide education and outreach for individuals who have just lost their sight, literacy training in Braille to adults and children so that they become employable, and training in the use of the white cane to enable blind people to travel independently.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman , serif","serif"'>Please remember to come to Uno’s on the evening of Tuesday, October 14, and bring this article to present to your server or staff member, or write/give the code “blind” If you have any questions, call Janice Toothman at 301-332-2516.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Janice <br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>