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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing style='page-break-after:avoid'><a name="_Hlk157942428"></a><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://nfb.org/&data=02|01|sarahrv@hotmail.com|1bc2cc05190e46a0b6ed08d5214e9c49|84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa|1|0|636451544831901854&sdata=67ePy8pS960Xkgtj5A2kWATL8vzfKKOLqKZtgdr%2Bhqo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=210 height=76 style='width:2.1833in;height:.7916in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB7562.C17FBAE0" alt="National Federation of the Blind"></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoCaption><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'>NFB Logo- Live the life you want</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>West Mesa Chapter Meeting Announcement<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Come join us!! The blind of New Mexico are going places! <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Greetings Federation Family. We will hold our monthly 2025 hybrid meeting in-person for those who are comfortable, and on Zoom for those who prefer this method. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This month the West Mesa Chapter will go over plans for the new year. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Together with hope, love and determination, we transform dreams into reality.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Meeting Date/Time:</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>February 8, 2025, at 10:00am - noon <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Meeting Location:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Paradise Hills United Methodist Church<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>4700 Paradise Blvd. NW, Alb., NM 87114<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Join Zoom Meeting</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span><a href="https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/91428640378?pwd=wSYIMquu1xyuGs6VZ6IQLeb2Z3narR.1"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'>https://nfb-org.zoom.us/j/91428640378?pwd=wSYIMquu1xyuGs6VZ6IQLeb2Z3narR.1</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'>+13462487799,,91428640378#</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dial by your location<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'>• +1 346 248 7799</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'>Meeting ID: 914 2864 0378</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'>Passcode: 977622</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span><a href="http://www.nfbnm.org"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.nfbnm.org</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact:</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Juan Haro, President<br><b>Phone: </b>(505) 585-2134<br><b>Email:</b><span style='color:black'> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:NFBNM.WestMesaChapter@gmail.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NFBNM.WestMesaChapter@gmail.com</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>The most important reason to join the National Federation of the Blind is that we need your time, your talents, your hands, your heart, and your dreams. In short, we need you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Help us spread the new concepts about blindness. When you see our literature in the mail or meet one of us on the street, remember that we are people, just like you, with all the range of talents and capacities, wits and wants that you possess. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span><a href="http://www.nfb.org"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>www.nfb.org</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk157942428'></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Juan Haro, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>West Mesa Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="mailto:NFBNM.WestMesaChapter@gmail.com">NFBNM.WestMesaChapter@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>505-382-3345<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Live the life you want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfbnm.org">www.nfbnm.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="http://www.nfb.org">www.nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>