<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="" size="4">Federation family, and members of the NFB Muslims!</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">Eid Mubarek to all! </span><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="" size="4">I would like to report that I am applying for the NFB Bolotin Award this year. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Bolotin Awards honor individuals and organizations that are a positive force in the lives of blind people. You can read more about the award at the following link: </span><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/scholarships-and-awards/dr-jacob-bolotin-awards">https://nfb.org/programs-services/scholarships-and-awards/dr-jacob-bolotin-awards</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="" size="4">For those who don't know about me, I am a braille transcriber who specializes in braille for languages that do not use the Latin alphabet. This includes languages like Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese and others. I have transcribed several books of Hadith and Arabic language textbooks. I have recently produced Arabic braille transcriptions of documents for a hotel chain based in Doha, and I will be producing Arabic and English braille transcriptions for a museum in Dubai.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">My application letter is in a DOCX file at this URL: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15nCFcwU9gWbqHY8Nwyln5oCN20zXePG2/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111448404681536320988&rtpof=true&sd=true">https://docs.google.com/document/d/15nCFcwU9gWbqHY8Nwyln5oCN20zXePG2/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111448404681536320988&rtpof=true&sd=true</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">At the Eid Mubarek zoom for NFB-Muslims, it was suggested that members could write a letter of recommendation for my application for the Bolotin Award. Insha Allah, I would be tremendously grateful if any members could do this for me.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Letters of recommendation have to be added in a text field on an NFB website. The deadline is Monday, April 15 (this coming Monday). You can't just upload a file but you can copy and paste your letter in the text field. The website at which you can write your recommendation letter is at the following link: </font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><a href="https://bolotin.nfb.org/Pages/AdminRecommendations.aspx">https://bolotin.nfb.org/Pages/AdminRecommendations.aspx</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Insha Allah, if you choose to post a letter of recommendation, please indicate that your letter of recommendation is for Don Winiecki/Handid Braille Services.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Best wishes,</font></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">DON WINIECKI</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:italic;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"></span>Handid Braille Services</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a 501(c)(3) non-profit</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">producer</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">braille</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> & accessible</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">media</span><br></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">s</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap">pecializing in languages that don't use Latin symbols systems</span><br></li></ul><p></p></span><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Email:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap"> <a href="mailto:dwiniecki@handid.org" target="_blank">dwiniecki@handid.org</a> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Web:</span><a href="https://www.handid.org" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.handid.org</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Tel:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap"> +1 208 571 8096</span></p></span><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"></blockquote><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap"><ul><li><span style="font-size:10pt">Your donations make braille free for others!</span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:10pt;vertical-align:baseline">Donate tax-deductible funds to </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Handid </span><span style="font-size:10pt;vertical-align:baseline">by clicking </span><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LW9KZFRKQY67C" style="font-size:10pt;white-space:pre" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;vertical-align:baseline">!</span><br></li></ul></span><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"></blockquote><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:232px;height:162px"><img title="Badge for "Securi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