<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="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3689">Dear East Valley Chapter,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_4321"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_4322">This is a letter from East Valley Chapter member Cindy Garfio. She would like to tell you about the rafting trip that she will be going on. If you would like to learn more about what she is doing, or if you would like to volunteer to support her, see the links that she has provided below.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_4355"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_4344">Thank you.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_4345"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_11758">_______________________________________________________________________</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_4323"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_4324">Dear East Valley Chapter:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3751"> <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3755">This is Cindy GarfioI am going rafting this summer with this wonderful organization called Daring Adventures.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3756"> <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3757"> Daring Adventures does a lot of outdoor activities for people who are </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3758"> blind and have multiple disabilities.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3759"> <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3760" dir="ltr"> Every year, Daring adventures does this trip called Main Stream Expedition.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3761"> <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3762"> I am excited for this adventure but a little support would be helpful. I
applied for the scholarship that Daring Adventures offers. Daring
adventures only covers a certain amount.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3763"> <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_4232">I somehow have to come with $538. Anything that you can help me towards this trip is helpful.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3765"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3766"> If you have PayPal and find me as <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:nickyinzunza6@gmail.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3767">nickyinzunza6@gmail.com</a> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3768"> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:nickyinzunza6@gmail.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3769">mailto:nickyinzunza6@gmail.com</a>></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3770"> <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3772"> Thanks so much for your support I really appreciate it</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3900"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3877">Cindy Garfio</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_4266">_______________________________________________________________________<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3663"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3846">Sincerely,
<br><br>Megan Homrighausen
<br><b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491441004177_3867">East Valley Chapter President<br>National Federation Of The Blind Of Arizona</b>
<br>480-510-6196<br><div id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3130"><br></div><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3132" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3133" style="">National Federation Of The Blind Principles<br><br>1.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_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="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3136" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3137" style=""><br>2.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_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="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3140" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3141" style=""><br>3.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_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="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3156" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3157" style=""><br>4.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_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="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3175" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3176" style=""><br>5.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_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="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3188" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3189" style=""><br>6.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_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="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3213" style=""><span id="yiv8851084231yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461649445555_3214" style=""><br>7.<span id="yiv8851084231yui_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></body></html>