<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Begin forwarded message:<br><div><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> DENISE VALKEMA <valkemadenise@aol.com><br><b>Date:</b> April 26, 2022 at 8:49:14 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> NFBF <nfbf-l@nfbnet.org>, NFBF <nfbf-leaders@nfbnet.org><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Want some $$$ to attend national convention?</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Are you attending national convention and need some extra funds? Here is a chance if chosen. Submit the completed application attached or fill out the google form (link below) by May 8 at 11:59 PM. Recipients will be notified around May 20th.<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We are awarding $300 to six first timers who have not attended an in person national convention and four to members who have gone before. Here are the requirements: <br><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia;">Financial Assistance Application</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia;">Form For National Convention - Now</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia;">Available!</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia;">Submission Deadline: May 8, 2022,</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia;">by 11:59PM</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">General Information</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">The National Federation of the Blind of Florida is offering a $300 grant to eligible members to offset the costs of convention attendance. Recipients of this grant must demonstrate through written and oral means a genuine interest in, and commitment to </span></span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">the effort of the National Federation of </span></span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">the </span></span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">Blind of Florida.</span></span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;"> During convention, m</span></span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">entors</span></span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;"> will be available upon request.</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">Awardee Expectations</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">Recipients of the grant are expected to complete the following:</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">• Attend four of the six general sessions (of your choosing)</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">• Attend Two workshops (of your choosing)</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">• Attend the Florida Caucus</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">• If assigned, assist with a convention activity</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">• As assigned, complete a post-convention self-report activity</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">Interested? Submit Completed Application to:</span></span></p><p class="s6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s7" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">NFB Committee Chair</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s7" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">Denise Valkema</span></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">valkemadenise@aol.com</span></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.600000381469727px;"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">Please Note: If you need assistance with application completion and/or</span></span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;"></span></span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">submission, please call Denise Valkema at 305-972-8520 or contact your</span></span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;"> </span></span><span class="s8" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">chapter president for support</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Georgia; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999237060547px; font-size: 1.5em;">Google Form </span></span>Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYdRjW477Wn9973GooKzgLOGPrH60R1PeRSj_w2LkBR7EfLQ/viewform?usp=sf_link</p><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>