[NFBO-Linn-benton] April minutes

[John Gardner]

Jenn, I am so sorry to hear that Shawn has been having such a bad time. I knew of course about his strange original difficulties but not that it had gotten worse instead of better. But I am happy to hear that his troubles should be behind him and send you and Shawn my best thoughts and fervent hopes for full recovery.
I did not know that he had been accepted to law school, that is just fantastic. You and Shawn will always be part of us.
John


From: NFBO-Linn-benton <nfbo-linn-benton-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Jennifer Doran via NFBO-Linn-benton
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2026 11:36 AM
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Cc: Jennifer Doran <jenndocb at gmail.com>; nfbo-linn-benton at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [NFBO-Linn-benton] April minutes

Thank you, Sally!

Also, this is something that I wanted to share at last meeting but forget. When you all as a chapter and the NFB through Jernigan Foundation helped Shawn and I to get to New Orleans, Shawn went to a historic book shop during lunch one day, he bought the book "How The Word Is Passed" by Clint Smith, it's also available on BARD, and read it. When he got accepted into Seattle University of Law, they sent him an email with expectations, and at the bottom, they recommended that everyone entering their university read this book. He did not reference it in his personal statement nor mention it to anyone, he never heard of this book until he walked into that shop and it wasn't even one out on display, it was a random selection by him. When he read this, he showed it to me and that made the trip to New Orleans all that more meaningful to both of us.

He is above the curve of his incoming classmates because everyone in our chapter invested in him. We couldn't make it to Nationals this year because he was in the hospital and has been in and out of doctor visits since. He is largely doing fine now, but we know he is going to need surgery down the road. Hopefully he can have that surgery and recover before next years national conference, and even though I'll be apart of Washington's NFB by that time, I will seek you all out and I am forever grateful of all the support everyone has shown me through these years. Thank you.

PS, go listen to the book. It's a bit rough and I have pause between chapters, but it is a good read.


Kind regards,

Jenn Doran


On Jul 27, 2026, at 5:27 PM, sallycu998--- via NFBO-Linn-benton <nfbo-linn-benton at nfbnet.org<mailto:nfbo-linn-benton at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

Greetings,

Most recent chapter meeting minutes attached.
Late, but not forgotten!

Sally Utt
<nfb minutes April 2026 docx.docx>
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