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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Some great events for parents and kids! Please come yourselves, or pass this information along!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Melissa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Trudy Pickrel [mailto:tlpickrel@hotmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 30, 2011 9:37 AM<br><b>To:</b> MDPOBC<br><b>Cc:</b> mellisa riccobono; nfbmd@earthlink.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Christmas Party<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>Come one come all</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>MD Parents of Blind Children's and</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>NFB of MD's</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>Annual Christmas Party</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red'>See flier attached:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <br> <br> <br></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Also included is Flier for up and coming events.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br> <br><br><br></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Trudy L. Pickrel</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>President MD Parents of Blind Children</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>301-387-4182</span></strong><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>301-501-1818</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'><a href="http://www.tlcbythelake.weebly.com" target="_blank">www.tlcbythelake.weebly.com</a></span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'><a href="http://mdparentsofblindchildren.org/" target="_blank">http://mdparentsofblindchildren.org/</a></span></strong><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'><br><br><br></span></b><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:purple'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>There is a Braille literacy crisis in America.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>only 10% blind Children being taught Braille</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>You can be part of the solution.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Buy a Louis Braille Commemorative coin at <a href="http://www.nfb.org/" target="_blank">www.nfb.org</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:purple'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div></div></body></html>