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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong>Bid for Excellence Online
Auction is Fast Approaching!
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The National Federation of the
Blind’s Bid for Excellence national online auction opens for
bidding on Tuesday, November 1, 2011.<span
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bid for Excellence is an exciting
opportunity to raise funds to support the work of the National
Federation of the Blind (NFB).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The NFB provides programs, encouragement, and
opportunities that help blind people all over the nation
achieve excellence in their education, employment, and all
aspects of their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>You
can help us make Bid for Excellence a success!<span
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Visit <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.nfb.org/bid">www.nfb.org/bid</a> for a
preview of items that will be available for auction, and then
come back to place your bid on one of the many items
available—100 percent of your winning bid will support the
work of the NFB!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Bid
for Excellence runs through December 5, 2011, so individual
auctions will begin throughout the five weeks of Bid for
Excellence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>New items
will be added to the auction, so check back often to see
what's new. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The more people who know about our
auction the better!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Please
forward this message to all of your friends and contacts,
please post to other List Serves that you belong, and don’t
forget your social media tools, like Facebook and Twitter!<span
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you have any questions or would
like more information about Bid for Excellence, contact
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w:st="on">Ann-Marie Laney</st1:personname> at (410)
659-9314, extension 2371, or <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:alaney@nfb.org">alaney@nfb.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:david.andrews@nfbnet.org">david.andrews@nfbnet.org</a>
Follow me on Twitter @dandrews920
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