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everyone. I am sharing this in the hopes that some of
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that I was nominated and chosen along with our NFB of
Texas affiliate for our mentoring program, it was a
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<b>Raul A. Gallegos</b> / President<br>
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morning I am writing to share an announcement that we can all
take pride in. Our affiliate's CAREER Mentoring Program has
been inducted into <font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap" face="Arial">the National Disability Mentoring Coalition and Partners for Youth with Di</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap" face="arial, sans-serif">sabilities Hall of Fame, and one of our mentors, Raul Gallegos has also received the same honor. There will be a ceremony to recognize all inductees on the evening of March 30, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM Central Time. I will share information about the ceremony as it becomes available.</font></div>
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