<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Please share far and wide! </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">The National Federation of the Blind DeafBlind division Mentoring/Mentee program. Are you a person who is both blind and has a hearing loss</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">, h</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">as attended many national conventions and would like to mentor other persons who are</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">DeafBlind?</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Are you a DeafBlind person who would like to teach others about hearing loss and how they live their life successfully?</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> Are you a DeafBlind person who will be attending the convention for the first time but has never experienced such a gathering</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">? Are you a DeafBlind person who would like to learn from other DeafBlind persons on how they get food in a large hotel without assistance, find their room, check in to the hotel, browse the tables in the exhibit hall, and or navigate the hotel lobby?</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Well then you have come to the write place, The NFB DeafBlind division is coordinating a mentoring and mentee program just designed for those who are DeafBlind who will be attending </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">this </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">year’s</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> 2020 National convention in Houston Texas. Below are applications for becoming a mentor and being a mentee. </span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">DeafBlind i</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">ndividuals who have been to a national convention in the past will be paired up with persons who are first time convention attendees and who are new to hearing los</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">s.</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> If your willing or in need of this program, please fill out the applications below and send to the email address</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> listed on the application</span><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">For any questions please ema</span><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><a href="mailto:marsha.drenth@gmail.com">marsha.drenth@gmail.co</a>m </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">Marsha Drenth</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;">1St Vice President National Federation of the Blind DeafBlind Division </p></body></html>