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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Forwarded Message----- <BR>From: Judith Hamilton <JRHAMILTON51@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>Sent: Jul 10, 2013 3:10 PM <BR>To: NFBF-Leaders@yahoogroups.com <BR>Subject: Re: [NFBF-Leaders] Thanks for volunteering @ national 2013 <BR><BR>Well, you know what Disney (aka: Mickeyland) says: "A dream is a wish your heart makes." Sorry, maybe it was a Disney song. And NFB folks believe in dreams becoming reality. Guess we have to start planning now to top 2013 in 2014; state and national conventions. Great job everyone! Rest up and stay well.<BR>Judy<BR><BR>P.S. Who won the cruise, IPAD Mini, and Vet 50/50 so I can let our chapter members know? Thanks! <BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>>From: Dan Hicks <DANJHICKS@YAHOO.COM><BR>>Sent: Jul 9, 2013 10:50 PM<BR>>To: NFBF-Leaders@yahoogroups.com<BR>>Subject: [NFBF-Leaders] Thanks for volunteering @ national 2013<BR>><BR>>Fellow Florida Federationists,<BR>><BR>>I want to thank everyone who helped make this convention a great success and<BR>>helped make Florida Number One! <BR>><BR>>...if you don't count Maryland, and they have a huge advantage over any<BR>>other state that hosts a convention. <BR>><BR>>Everyone who volunteers, supports, or attends one our conventions makes some<BR>>sort of sacrifice, whether it is in money spent to attend, income lost<BR>>because of the time off, or loss of sleep - or some combination of these<BR>>sacrifices!<BR>><BR>>It is a very dangerous exercise to start singling out people for thank yous,<BR>>because some folks always get left out. However, I will take that risk and<BR>>thank everyone who worked at the Florida Information table, in the Florida<BR>>Suite, and at the Florida Table in the Exhibit Hall, selling raffle tickets<BR>>and T-Shirts. We have finally made money on our T-Shirt investment and it<BR>>only took just over two years to do it! <BR>><BR>>I also want to thank everyone who took part in "Harry Potter and the Opening<BR>>Ceremonies." The rehearsals and the final performance were the most fun part<BR>>of the convention for me. <BR>><BR>>The convention was a lot of hard work for many of us, but we pulled it off.<BR>>Folks from all over the country have told me it was their favorite<BR>>convention ever! <BR>><BR>>We have our state convention in Daytona Beach to look forward to next year,<BR>>and then another Orlando NFB Convention. Maybe in 2014 we can be number two<BR>>again. Maybe even number one! Maybe we can get a lot of Floridians to come<BR>>to the convention and we can beat Maryland!<BR>><BR>>Well, a guy can dream, can't he?<BR>><BR>>Thank you all. <BR>><BR>>Dan Hicks, President<BR>>NFB of Florida<BR>><BR>>"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." <BR>> ―Oscar Wilde<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>------------------------------------<BR>><BR>>Yahoo! Groups Links<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>