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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Fellow Federationists,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One of our fellow Maryland Federationists, Trudy Pickrel, the President of the Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children (MDPOBC,) is going through a very tough time currently and is in need of your thoughts and your prayers. Some of you may have heard about this already, but I wanted to let you all know, as we are all part of a wonderful Federation family which cares about each of our members.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many of you know Trudy’s three smaller children, Brandon, Maria, and Miracle, as you probably see them at NFB and NFBMD events. She has another adopted daughter, Victoria, who has recently gone missing from the psychiatric institution she has been staying in for the past three years, and is now believed to be on the streets of Baltimore. Last Thursday, Victoria and three of her friends from the hospital walked out and have been missing ever since. According to Trudy, she has last been seen in Halethorpe, which is in Baltimore county. She tells us that Victoria has the reasoning of a 6-year-old, which obviously is cause for concern about her safety on the streets of Baltimore city.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The last update I saw from Trudy on Facebook said that they have now been in touch with a detective in Baltimore, who is now in charge of Victoria’s case. We are now hoping and praying that the detective will contact the local TV stations and they will decide to run the story.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As you can imagine, this is a very tough time for Trudy and for the entire Pickrel family. So, we are asking that you keep Victoria, Trudy, and the Pickrels in your thoughts and prayers. I’m travelling right now, so I might be a little delayed in getting to my email, but I’ll let you know of any updates as soon as I can. Until then, please keep them in your prayers!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chris Nusbaum<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>