<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">hats off to whoever thought of bringing braille challenge to the convention! what a perfect pairing! </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 8, 2025, at 3:46\u202fPM, Maryland President via NFBMDTLC-Chapter <nfbmdtlc-chapter@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">Please share this with your networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Hello families, <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">If you will be at convention, your children can sign up for the Maryland Regional Braille Challenge. They can even sign up if they are new to braille. We will be having fun activities and doing videography projects! This will take place Saturday during convention. More information and to register follow this link: <a href="https://www.marylandschoolfortheblind.org/maryland-regional-braille-challenge-2026/">Maryland Regional Braille Challenge 2026 \u2014 You do NOT have to attend MSB to attend the proctoring here \u2013 Maryland School for the Blind</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="Signature"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos;color:black">Reach out with any questions. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:white;border-collapse:collapse;box-sizing: border-box;border-spacing: 0px"><tbody><tr style="height:147.5pt"><td width="419" style="width:314.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:147.5pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;box-sizing: border-box;border-spacing: 0px" id="table_0"><tbody><tr style="height:146.0pt"><td width="202" style="width:151.5pt;padding:.75pt 5.25pt .75pt .75pt;height:146.0pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;box-sizing: border-box;border-spacing: 0px"><tbody><tr style="height:97.0pt"><td width="194" style="width:145.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:97.0pt"><p class="elementtoproof" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.75pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.75pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="https://marylandschoolfortheblind.org/" title="Original URL: https://marylandschoolfortheblind.org/. 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