<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Fellow Federationests,</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div> I am pleased and excited to present to you all the agenda for the Community Service Group seminar/division organizing meeting!</div><div> Please take note the fabulous group of presenters slated to share insights, information and encouragement.</div><div> Also be prepared to Join the newly formed division at this meeting ( dues are tentative at $5 which is the standard for most divisions of the Federation).</div><div> if you should have any questions, please feel free to get a hold of me via the information in my signature found at the end of the e-mail.</div><div> Thanks and see you in Orlando!</div><div> Darian </div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">For the Good of the Community, for the Good of the Movement</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">6:15 - 10:00 pm, Salon 7, level 2 (registration begins at 6:15 pm)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">6:25 - 6:55: Pre-seminar Service Forum</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Kyle Trager, Community Partnerships Manager, Hands On Orlando</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Jennifer Gallagher, Director of Community Outreach, Habitat for Humanity of Greater</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Orlando Area Inc</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Michael Fret , Regional Training and Development Program Manager, Red Cross</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Mid-Florida Region, Orlando, Florida</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">7:00: Opening Remarks</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Darian Smith, Chairperson, Community Service Group, San Francisco, California</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">7:05: Full Participation Starts with Giving Back</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director, Jernigan Institute, National Federation of the</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Blind, Baltimore, Maryland</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">7:20: The Gift of Service, the Gift of the Federation</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Alan Chase, 2014 Scholarship Winner, Raleigh, North Carolina</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Derek Manners, 2014 Scholarship Winner, Cambridge, Massachusetts</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Katelyn MacIntyre, 2014 Scholarship Winner, Scottsdale, Arizona</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Deja Powell, 2014 Scholarship Winner, St. George, Utah</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">7:30: 20 years of AmeriCorps: the Service, the Benefits, the impact</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Hue Jacobs, State Program Specialist, Corporation for National and Community</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Service, Florida State Office</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">7:40: For the Good of the Community, for the Good of the Movement</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Conchita Hernandez, Teacher of Blind Students, Washington, D.C.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Garrick Scott, President, National Federation of the Blind of Georgia, Decatur, Georgia</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Christina Clift, Second Vice President, National Federation of the Blind of Tennessee;</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">President, Memphis Federation of the Blind; Treasurer, Tennessee Association of Blind</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Students, Millington, Tennessee</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Annemarie Cook, member, at-large chapter, North Brunswick, New Jersey</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">8:00: AmeriCorps Service, Federation Leadership, How They Go Hand in Hand</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Minister Sam Gleese, board member, National Federation of the Blind; president,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">National Federation of the Blind of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">8:10: Expanding the Role of the Blind in the Community</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Kevan Worley, Chairman, 75 days of action, National Federation of the Blind, Colorado</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Springs, Colorado</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">8:15: Federation Philosophy in Action: First Annual NFB Community Service Division Service</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Project</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Charlotte Czarnecki, Convention Service Project Chairperson, Community Service Group,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Minneapolis, Minnesota</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">8:20: Lighthouse Youth Red Cross Club</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jamey Gump, Youth Services Coordinator, Lighthouse for the Blind, San Francisco,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">California</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Priscilla Jimenez, Vice President, Red Cross club, Richmond, California</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Julie Cabrera, Member, Red Cross Club, Richmond, California</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">8:30: Show Me How to Do It Now!: Finding Your Service Project</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Chris Parsons, Secretary, Community Service Group, St. Louis, Missouri</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">8:40: What’s Whozit to You?</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Corina Salinas, Fundraising Chairperson, Community Service Group; Fundraising</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Chairperson, Texas Association of Blind Students, Houston, Texas</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Michele Mitchell, Research and Resource Chairperson, Community Service Group,</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Waltham, Massachusetts</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">8:50: Changing What it Means to Get Things Done</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Darian Smith, Chairperson, Community Service Group, San Francisco, California</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Organizing Meeting</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">9:00: Review of the Constitution</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">9:15: Establishment of Dues</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">9:20: Elections</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; min-height: 14px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">9:40: Developing a Schedule of Events</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; 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<div style="letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;">Darian Smith</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;">Chairperson, Community Service Group -National Federation of The Blind.</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit; line-height: normal;">(415)215-9809</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><a href="mailto:dsmithnfb@gmail.com">dsmithnfb@gmail.com</a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">twitter:@goldengateace</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;</span><br style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;">blindness is not what holds you back.</span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><br></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;"> "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve”</span></font></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;"> - Albert Schweitzer.</span></font></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></div><div style="orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;"> Your unwanted vehicle can be just what the blind need to make possibilities reality. </span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;"><blockquote type="cite">Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!<br>For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/">www.carshelpingtheblind.org</a> or call 1-855-659-9314<br></blockquote></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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