<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yiv9222146895"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484776822247_12518"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484776822247_12517"><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15100"><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15144">Hello East Valley Chapter,</span></div><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15143"><span><br></span></div><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15119"><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15120">Happy New Year! I hope your holidays were filled with love, laughter and joy!</span></div><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_22980"><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15120"><br></span></div><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_21393" dir="ltr"><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15120">The East Valley Chapter will now meet at the Pyle Adult Recreation Center located at 655 East Southern Avenue, Tempe Arizona 85282.<br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_26132"><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15120"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_26133"><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15120">Please don't forget that we will now meet from 12:30pm to 3pm. This is due to the Pyle Center closing to clean and get ready for their events for the next day.</span></div><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15061"> </div><div class="yiv9222146895signature" id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15063"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_38603">We have a very special guest Richard Sorey, Director Of Blind And Deaf Services who will be speaking to us. Richard will be talking and presenting to us about blind services and plans for the future. We will also be talking about the waiting list that still exists in order to receive services.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_57967"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_57968"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484776822247_18234">To all new members visitors and or anyone who would like to join us. After our meeting we will be going to Serrano's, which has a wide variety of Mexican food.The address to Serrano's Mexican Food Restaurant is 6445 South Rural Road, Tempe Arizona 85283. Our members will travel there by Dial-A-Ride, Uber or Lyft. People usually schedule their rides to go home between 6pm and 6:30pm. <br></div></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_52770"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_48035">Don't forget that dues are due. If you have not paid your dues or would like to know if you are current please contact Carol Scharlet or Megan Homrighausen.<br></div><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_19760"><br></div><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_21398">Thank you and we will see you this Saturday.<br></div><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_54620"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484776822247_40608">Sincerely,
</div><br>Megan Homrighausen
<br><b id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484716311674_15074">East Valley Chapter President<br>National Federation Of The Blind Of Arizona</b>
<br>480-510-6196<br><div id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3130"><br></div><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3132" style=""><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3133" style="">National Federation Of The Blind Principles<br><br>1.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3134" style="font:7.0pt;"> I</span></span></span>t
is respectable to be blind. It’s okay to be blind. Being blind is
something that we need not feel troubled or embarrassed about, concerned about
or emotionally exhausted over. It’s okay to be blind.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3136" style=""><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3137" style=""><br>2.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3138" style="font:7.0pt;"> T</span></span></span>he real problem of blindness is not the absence of vision but is
the social misconceptions and stereotypes that exist about blindness. It is not the physical absence of eye sight but it is what society has come to
believe about our blindness. We reject the misconceptions that society has and
we accept that the physical absence of our sight is not the big problem.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3140" style=""><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3141" style=""><br>3.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3142" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>With proper training and opportunity the average blind person can
do the average job in the average place of work.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3156" style=""><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3157" style=""><br>4.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3158" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>Blindness
is simply one of many human characteristics, like being tall or being short,
being big or small, being bright or average. Blindness is simply one of many<br>characteristics.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3175" style=""><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3176" style=""><br>5.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3177" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>Blindness
can be reduced to the level of an inconvenience or physical nuisance. <span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3188" style=""><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3189" style=""><br>6.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3190" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>We
believe in the effectiveness of alternative non visual techniques.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3213" style=""><span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3214" style=""><br>7.<span id="yiv9222146895yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3215" style="font:7.0pt;"> </span></span></span>If
we want equal rights we need to accept equal responsibility.</div></div></div></div></div></body></html>