<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">As you may already be aware, the Missouri Secretary of States office has drastically cut the funding for Wolfner Library.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">We, as an organization have decided to put together a Public Relations package along with a press release that will educate the public about the funding cuts and how they have and will impact us.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">For this package, I am asking you to email me your written testimony. Roughly a paragraph, in your own words indicating what Wolfner does for you and how these cuts will effect you. Include your name and city of residence. Send this email to RCarmack@NFBMO.org as soon as possible. I am hoping to get this package and the press release put together within a week.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large">Your assistance with this project is greatly appreciated.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Thanks,</span></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Randy Carmack</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">Corresponding Secretary/Public Relations Chair</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4">National Federation of the Blind of Missouri</font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
<br>
<div><hr style="text-align:center"></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">The National Federation of the Blind advances the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States. We know that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. Our collective power, determination, and diversity achieve the aspirations of all blind people.</div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000"><a href="https://nfbmo.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://nfbmo.org/sites/nfbmo.org/files/2025-02/NFBMO%20Email%20Logo.jpg" alt="https://nfbmo.org/"></a><br></font></div>