<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> National Federation of the Blind <outreach@nfb.org><br><b>Date:</b> November 13, 2024 at 9:08:38 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> Sylvia Reid <shevra@verizon.net><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Support NFB Dreamers and Double Your Dollars</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Bounces+r.24080.10584265.ee85a18c7be284e6@mailings.nfb.org<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><!--[if gte mso 9]>
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<h1><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; color:black;">Bridging the Gap Between Blind People and Our Dreams</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;">More than forty members and friends of the National Federation of the Blind participated in the Annapolis Bay Bridge Run the past Sunday to raise awareness and raise funds which will expand opportunities for blind people. It’s not too late to support the team, and your <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36452&qid=10584265" rel="nofollow">contributions will be doubled thanks to a matching gift challenge</a>!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;">Cassie McKinney, a blind person and President of the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children, shared why she decided to spearhead the National Federation of the Blind Dreamers team to walk and run across the Bay Bridge:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;">“We hope through our efforts to be advocates and simply be involved in our communities we are able to change the perceptions that people have about what blindness is. I am walking for myself as a blind person and for my son as a blind child, but I am also walking for the family that just found out their child is blind, and they don’t know what to do. They need the National Federation of the Blind.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;">By believing in blind people and supporting our Dreamers you help bridge the gap between blind people and our dreams. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; color:black;">Ways to Contribute:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;">You can give in honor of a specific runner or the team as a whole.</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;">Give online at <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=36453&qid=10584265" rel="nofollow">nfb.org/contribute/BayBridge</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;">Mail a check to National Federation of the Blind, 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 and put “NFB Dreamers” in the memo</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;">Contribute by phone using a credit card by calling 410-659-9314, extension 2430</span></li>
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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; color:black;">Thank You</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color:black;">The event was a huge success, and we greatly appreciate your support. Thank you to the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children for organizing the run and thank you to HumanWare and our anonymous donors for matching gifts!</span></p>
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