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From Scott White<br>
Director, NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®<br>
</sup> <br>
Greetings Fellow Federationists:<br>
<br>
The 74th annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind is
rapidly approaching, so before everyone’s schedule is entirely packed, I
wanted to write to you to ask for your assistance. The
NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup> team will be hosting a demonstration room and a
table in the Exhibit Hall this year. Both of these activities will
require a number of volunteers and we would greatly appreciate any time
that you could offer to help with our convention activities. <br>
<br>
We have recently launched new service features, and we want to give
convention attendees an opportunity to become familiar with these
additions so that they can make the most of them. To aid us in this
effort, in addition to our two tables in the Exhibit Hall, the
NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup> team has arranged for a demonstration room that
will allow for hands-on demonstrations of our recent service
enhancements, such as the new newspaper email features, and the latest
update to our NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup> Mobile application for the iPhone.
We will also demonstrate some of the newest smaller features and services
added to the system and the latest publications now available to the
blind such as the new Meredith Magazines.<br>
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Our demonstration room will be available for walk-in traffic for five
hours on Wednesday, July 2<sup>nd</sup>, and Thursday, July
3<sup>rd</sup>, to answer questions about NFB-NEWSLINE. Our tables in the
Exhibit Hall will need to be staffed for a total of twenty-three hours
starting on Wednesday, July second, through Saturday, July fifth, so we
need plenty of help! We are looking for support from our members
who are familiar with the NFB-NEWSLINE<sup>®</sup> service. <br>
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Additionally, we need volunteers to staff our room’s four workstations to
help convention attendees learn about recent service initiatives.
Our volunteers will be asked to assist visitors in many waysby providing
information, handing out literature, and helping sign up new
subscribers. We will provide interested volunteers with information
on these new service initiatives before convention via conference call
during the week of June 22 so that everyone is up to speed. <br>
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Please send an e-mail indicating your interest in volunteering during
convention to my assistant, Nijat Worley. Nijat can be reached via
email at <a href="mailto:nworley@nfb.org">nworley@nfb.org</a> or by
calling (410) 659-9314, extension 2234. <br>
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Thank you in advance for your time and for your volunteer work <br>
<br>
Scott White<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
The National Federation of the Blind knows 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. You can have the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.<br>
Help me reach my fundraising goal by making a donation to the Imagination
Fund at<br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.mobilecause.com%2Fpublic%2Fsocial%2F9717&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGnIIMBKxsjeWTySBpBzj2K0SMUTQ">
https://app.mobilecause.com/public/social/9717</a>. <br>
<br>
Vehicle Donations Take the Blind Further <br>
Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!<br>
For more information, please visit: <br>
<a href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/">
www.carshelpingtheblind.org</a> <br>
or call 1-855-659-931<br>
<br>
Nijat Worley<br>
Manager, Marketing and Outreach<br>
Sponsored Technology Programs<br>
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND<br>
200 East Wells Street<br>
Baltimore MD 21230<br>
Phone: (410) 659-9314 ext. 2234<br>
Websites:<br>
<a href="http://www.nfb.org/">www.nfb.org</a><br>
<a href="http://www.nfbnewsline.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.nfbnewsline.org</a> <br>
<a href="http://www.nfbnewslineonline.org/" eudora="autourl">
www.nfbnewslineonline.org<br>
</a> <br><br>
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