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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>May 16, 2016<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>WHITE CANE WEEK MAY 15-22<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Since 1977 when the first White Cane Week mailing was issued by the NFB of SC, it has served two purposes: First as an educational tool concerning blindness, what it is and what it is not; and secondly as a fundraising endeavor for the work of the NFB of SC in furthering the quality of life for the blind.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Over the past four decades, over forty laws have been passed through the General Assembly benefitting all blind South Carolinians, sixty local chapters operated by the blind and five statewide divisions have been developed for the blind of all ages, and access to technology is much better today with blind instructors providing educational seminars, computer and adaptive device training for the blind on a regular basis.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The South Carolina Commission for the Blind celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on May 6 because the NFB of SC in 1964 sought an independent agency to service the unique needs of blind persons. Also, the 1972 South Carolina White Cane Law was a twenty year forerunner of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, providing equal access to the blind in all areas of life.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> In celebration of this four decade accomplishment of education and progress for the blind, please consider giving a generous tax deductible donation to the “NFB of SC” in celebration of “White Cane Week.” Your contribution may well make all the difference in the lives of many blind citizens of South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cordially,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#0000CC'>David Houck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>David Houck, Chairman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#006600'>2016 NFB of SC White Cane Week Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#006600'>119 S. Kilbourne Rd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#006600'>Columbia, SC 29205<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>