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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>Hello federation family,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The New York Parents of Blind Children board is excited to welcome everyone to our meeting tomorrow night. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am writing to clarify the start time for our meeting. The session is scheduled to begin at 6:30pm tomorrow. Our first presenter will take the virtual floor around 6:45. All of the details are below including the Zoom link<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Warmly,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maura Kutnyak NYPBC president<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoTitle align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>New York Parents of Blind Children Seminar 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img width=273 height=341 style='width:2.8437in;height:3.552in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D7C398.83F5FA60" alt=IMG-1979.JPG></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Photo Description: A little red-haired girl in a tie dye shirt and a little brown-haired girl with a white and purple dress standing in a school parking lot practicing using their canes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>The New York Parents of Blind Children Division has designed a program that will rejuvenate and heighten expectations for the futures of our blind children! Parents and professionals alike are encouraged to attend. <o:p></o:p></p><h1><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>When<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Monday October 18, 2021 from 6:30pm-9:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Join us on Zoom</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><a href="https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/94383312070?pwd=NUt1a2FPWlIxNENGN0RCZm5WbzhpZz09"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>https://buffalo.zoom.us/j/94383312070?pwd=NUt1a2FPWlIxNENGN0RCZm5WbzhpZz09</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Meeting ID: 943 8331 2070<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Passcode: 241736<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Or if you prefer, One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>+16465588656,,94383312070#,,,,*241736# US (New York)<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Presenters: <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I. Casey West Robertson – Why bother with Braille?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Braille is an efficient tool for literacy and equal access. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Casey West Robertson will discuss the importance of Braille in Blind children’s lives and introduce the “natural order of contractions.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>II. Chester Smalley –Non-visual navigation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>With the right tools your child can move freely through the world without fear of getting hurt or lost. Certified orientation & mobility instructor, Chester Smalley tells us how. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>III. Katy Olsen – Don’t sit on the sidelines - your child can play sports too! <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Physical activity is important for all children. Our speaker will help us understand how we can encourage an active lifestyle for our blind kids. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For more information please email NY PBC president Maura Kutnyak at: <a href="mailto:maurakut@buffalo.edu">maurakut@buffalo.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.95pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>