<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">The big headline of this message is that the recent NFB of Arkansas fundraiser netted over $3,000!!! Our cost and time was minimal. </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">50-something people participated.</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">A huge thanks goes out to each person who donated and helped spread the word. You know who you are!!</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">In case you missed hearing about it, this was a non-event, we called an Absent-Tea. It ran from mid-September through October 15 (White Cane Awareness Day). We asked people to purchase tickets for a fancy high tea that was never going to take place. People loved it!!!</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">This was a fun way to promote awareness and help raise funds.</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Cindy Scott-Huisman</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">Central Arkansas Chapter president</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">National Federation of the Blind</span></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Life is short and dictation is faster — please pardon any errors.</span></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>