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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Dear safety partners,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">It was such an incredible joy and honor to be a part of your White Cane Safety Day event held on October 21<sup>st</sup>. I’d like to extend a heartfelt thanks to Camille
Tate, Dr. Joyce Taylor, and Maria Rigogliosi for inviting me and the Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization to attend. I hope this is a continuation of a long partnership – you all are so inspirational!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I wanted to be sure that you all also were aware of the Florida Today article that Sara Paulson wrote that was published on October 29<sup>th</sup> called “<b>How many
people in Brevard are diagnosed with vision loss each year?”<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I have attached a PDF version of the article which contains some of the photos taken by the photographer, that day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">As promised, photos from the event are available for download here:
<b><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/pnx7ikh9nhg71ip969kmt/AGuuKUgLSeujawvhDBxRjJM?rlkey=kxnzcoww8b5etvew2hoaoozla&st=a009fhyo&dl=0">White Cane Safety Day Event Photos for Download</a></b> and we encourage you to share them across your networks.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">You can also find and share our social media posts for additional event highlights here:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Facebook Post –
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SCTPO/posts/pfbid02iPg84fGukQfBhHNeZHpfRWm9fi3KGBjYizLyU5CF9iuZzJMivwAA5zujvapiJvyhl">
White Cane Safety Event Recap</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">LinkedIn –
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sctpo_visionzero-activity-7259972826282016769-3kPL?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop">
White Cane Safety Event Recap</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Thank you all for your commitment to road safety and community support!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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