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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:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The August Presidential Release is available now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span class=field><span style='font-size:26.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Presidential Release #496, August 2020</span></span><span style='font-size:26.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This month, President Riccobono recaps the 2020 National Convention, welcomes new members, and discusses our August 9 open house. He also looks ahead to the fall, mentions important research around Walmart and unemployment benefits, and provides updates regarding the Dream Makers Circle and our monthly giving program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>URL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>https://www.nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/2020-07/PR496%20August%202020.mp3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Podcast Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.nfb.org/podcast-types/presidential-releases-en"><span style='color:#005AA3'>Presidential Releases - EN</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Podcast File<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span class=file><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/2020-07/PR496%20August%202020.mp3"><span style='color:#005AA3'>PR496 August 2020.mp3</span></a></span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Episode Subtitle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Presidential Release #496, August 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Release Date: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Jul 31, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Joy Breslauer, First Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Montana <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Web Site: <a href="http://www.nfbofmt.org/">http://www.nfbofmt.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Live the life you want</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>