<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#467886;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Good morning, Chapter!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We have been discussing the City of Jacksonville’s 5th Annual Disability & Adaptive Recreation Expo at our Chapter meetings over the past several months and wouldn’t you know it, the time for the big event is here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I had wanted to get you all information about the event much sooner than today, but I’ve had some difficulty in securing a table for our Chapter, due to bureaucratic hoops that the city has been having me attempt to work through for several weeks. You all have waited long enough for an announcement about the Chapter’s involvement in the event and so this morning I am sending out this note even though there are still some uncertainties existing. I will continue to try to clarify unresolved issues today and tomorrow with the city.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>We hope to have a table ready for us to staff when the event opens this Friday at 10:00 AM at the Prime Osborne Convention Center, but even if we don’t, we can certainly have the fun we had at last years event and walk the event together and speak to attendees and other vendors about our wonderful Chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>You may also find it very interesting and personally beneficial to visit other vendors and learn about their services. No surprise to any of you that I find exhibit halls to be lots of fun.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If you can find the time to come out and join us on Friday, please respond and let me know when you might arrive and how long you might be able to stay. If we do have a table, we’ll take turns staffing it and providing information about the National Federation of the Blind and our Greater Jacksonville Chapter. We have so much to offer and being together in public at an event like the COJ Disability Expo is a great opportunity for us to meet others and to grow our Chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Again, please let me know if you can make the event either by phone or email. Don’t forget to sport that Chapter Polo or T-Shirt if you have one!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Details about the event are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>What: 5th Annual Disability & Adaptive Recreation Expo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Where: Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>When: Friday, July 24, 2026, doors open for Exhibitors at 9:00 AM, public admitted at 10:00 AM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Official event time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Very respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Russ Davis, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>National Federation of the Blind of Florida, Greater Jacksonville Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ph. 904-993-8433<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Email: <a href="mailto:russell@radiorusty.com">russell@radiorusty.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>