<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello everyone,<div><br></div><div>As you know, MD-LBPH turns 50 this year, and the Friends of the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is hosting a small event! See the information below for details:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Friends of the Library cordially invite you to a 50th-anniversary celebration in honor of the</span><span style="font-size:22pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Special guest speakers to include Maryland Disability Secretary Carol Beatty, Award Winning Maryland Poet Gayle Danley, </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt">and “The Blind Life” blogger/vlogger, Sam Seavey.</span></p>

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<span style="line-height:107%"><div style="text-align:center;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:107%">RSVP to Ashley Biggs at 410-230-2430 by October 12, 2018</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">    </span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><div> </div><div> </div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:left"> <br><div class="gmail-m_-7578499530110560467gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="218" valign="top" style="width:76.5pt;border-top:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <img src="http://doit.maryland.gov/webcom/Documents/changingMD.png" width="95" height="96" class="gmail-CToWUd"></span></p></td><td width="234" valign="top" style="width:175.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt"><p style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ashley M. Biggs</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br><i>Outreach Librarian</i><br>Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped<br>Maryland State Library<br>415 Park Avenue<br>Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3603<br><br>410-230-2430 (office) | 667-209-1563 (cell) | 410-333-2095 (fax)<br></span><a href="mailto:ashley.biggs1@maryland.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ashley.biggs1@maryland.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://www.lbph.maryland.gov/" target="_blank">http://www.lbph.maryland.gov</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="line-height:normal"><br></p><p style="line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.doit.state.md.us/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?agencycode=MSDE&SurveyID=86M2956" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Click here</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> to complete a three-question customer experience survey.</span><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>