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<font size=2>Dear Colleagues:<br>
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<font size=2>This is Parnell Diggs, Chairman of the National Federation
of the Blind Imagination Fund. By the time you receive this, we
will be just twenty-four hours, give or take, from the all-important
assessment of who has raise $1000 by June 15. Anyone who has raised
$1000 will be included in the pool from which we will select invitees to
participate in the Blind Driver Challenge™ demonstrations at the National
Federation of the Blind Convention in Orlando.<br>
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<font size=2>To those who have already raised $1000, I say thank
you. Others are very close and will get there with just one more
"ask". Some Federationists have raised hundreds of
dollars within hours during this campaign, and you can too. We will
announce the names of the $1000 Imaginators on June 22 during a special
broadcast of "ThruOurEyes" with Joe Ruffalo beginning at 8:00
PM EDT.<br>
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<font size=2>Then, we will select the thirty individuals who will be
invited to ride in the famed Blind Driver Challenge™ car. The top
ten Imaginators nationally in terms of money raised will be invited
automatically, which will leave space for twenty additional Imaginators,
who will be selected from a drawing. There is only one way to be in
the selection pool; get your $1000 raised by June 15. If you are
conducting a mail-in campaign, postmarks by June 15 are fine.<br>
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<font size=2>In closing, and to avoid any confusion, let me point out
that the Imagination Fund campaign will continue through July 31.
No matter how much you have raised by the end of the day on June 15, it
is certainly acceptable to keep right on fundraising if you are inclined
to do so. We are ending qualifying for the Blind Driver Challenge™
demonstrations on June 15 so that we can select participants and finalize
plans for the afternoon of July 5.<br>
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<font size=2>Other incentives for this year's Imaginators will be
announced very soon. In the meantime, please keep imagining and
help us to fund the movement that we love. Thank you.<br>
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