
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div></div><div><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today is the day!</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Reading by kids for the 2016-17 Great Lakes Braille Readers Are Leaders contest starts today, December 1. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Remember kids can still register up to the last day of the contest, <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://19" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="19" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">January 20, 2017</a>. Kids can read, starting today, even if they aren’t registered. Kids can also start reading at any time, even if they aren’t ready to start today. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font>Registration forms and reading log forms are available on the NFB of Illinois website, </font><font><a>www.nfbofillinois.org/great-lakes-bral-contest</a></font><font>. </font></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font></font> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you have questions, contact the contest administrator:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Deborah Stein</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Email: <a href="mailto:dkent5817@att.net">dkent5817@att.net</a>. Please put BRAL in the subject line. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">phone number: <a href="tel:773-203-1394" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="25">773-203-1394</a></font></font></p></div><p class="Default" style="margin: 0in 0in 5pt 0.5in;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><font color="#000000"></font></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>