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to all!</DIV>
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<DIV>Please review, share with others and consider the following information to
assist with the Imagination Fund.</DIV>
<DIV>My dream is for all that receive this message to participate in the
Imagination fund.</DIV>
<DIV>We all know that the Federation does meaningful, educational, motivational
and inspirational outreach to assist through our national organization,
affiliates, chapters, divisions, committees, programs and projects by raising
expectations to live the life we want.</DIV>
<DIV>The Imagination Fund provides an opportunity to share our successes and the
need for funds with family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc.</DIV>
<DIV>Once again, thank you for your continued support to change what it means to
be blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Let’s Go And Build The Federation!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Joe Ruffalo, President</DIV>
<DIV>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey </DIV>
<DIV>973 743 0075</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net">nfbnj1@verizon.net</A></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.nfbnj.org">www.nfbnj.org</A></DIV>
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style='FONT-SIZE: small; TEXT-DECORATION: none; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri"; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: #000000; FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline'>Our
Imagination Fund Committee is pleased to announce a Click to Give campaign that
we will kickoff at our national convention. Click to Give allows anyone to make
a donation to the National Federation of the Blind easily. This is an
opportunity for us to identify those individuals who are not members of the
organization but want to support the good work that we do. We need your help
identifying individuals in your extended network of family, friends, colleagues,
and service providers. Their gift will assist a newly blinded person with
independent travel through our free white cane program, help a child to learn to
read through our Braille Reading Pals program, assist blind veterans to regain
their independence, and so much more. <o:p></o:p></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>How You Can Help<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Please take the time to share the names and email addresses
of potential supporters by visiting <A href="https://nfb.org/give2017"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">https://nfb.org/give2017</SPAN></A>. When the campaign
starts, we will send an email inviting all of these individuals to share in the
great things we do every day to help blind people live the lives we want.
<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Filling out the form will take only a few minutes. It asks
for your name and email, as well as the names and emails of those you believe
might give. We can do the rest. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>OF course, if you also reach out to your contacts to explain
the campaign, tell your personal story, and ask them to give, it increases the
likelihood of success. We have developed talking points to help.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Talking Points:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>1. Tell your story.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>2. Talk about programs that are easy to
understand.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>3.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>We give the gift
of mobility through our free White Cane program.<SPAN
class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>4.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>We gift children
with literacy through our free Braille Books.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>5.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>We teach kids to
read through BELL.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>6.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>Literacy
correlates with employment.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>7.<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </SPAN>Most of all we
help blind people live the lives we want. (Tell how we do that. We push each
other to achieve. We instill confidence.)<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><o:p><FONT
size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>So, after you visit <A href="http://nfb.org/give2017"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">http://nfb.org/give2017</SPAN></A> and fill out our
online form with your contacts, you could also send an email or text saying
something like:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Dear XXX,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><o:p><FONT
size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I am dropping a note to ask for your help. I am a proud
member of the National Federation of the Blind. The NFB gave me the confidence
to go to school, take on a career, raise my children, and live the life I want.
It is other members who taught me to put bells on John’s shoes when he was small
and who push me to master technology in my new job. We are reaching out with a
Click to Give campaign, which starts on July 10. <SUP> </SUP>We will email
you at the start of our campaign, and I hope that you will respond with a gift.
If you do, you contribute to the National Federation of the Blind.
<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><o:p><FONT
size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind helps newly blinded
people regain mobility through a free white cane program, teaches Braille to
children, distributes free Braille books to kids, assists blind veterans to
regain their independence, and so much more. This is a cause that has truly
impacted my life and helps blind people live the lives we want every day. Please
make a difference through your donation.<o:p></o:p></P>
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size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3>**</FONT></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3>SpecialNote:</FONT></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3></FONT></o:p> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Please reach out to our Imagination Committee Chair Everette
Bacon personally with questions at (801) 631-8108 or at <A
href="mailto:baconev@yahoo.com"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">baconev@yahoo.com</SPAN></A>. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Let’s build the Federation one gift at a time. Thank you all
for contributing your time and talent to make our dreams come true.
<o:p></o:p></P>
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