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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>COLUMBIA CHAPTER NEWSLETTER<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JUNE 8, 2017<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFB of SC 2017 GREENVILLE CONVENTION SET<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Please do not forget to make your hotel reservations for the 2017 NFB of SC State Convention which will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Greenville, SC August 18-20. Room rates are very affordable. Rates for this year’s convention are $99 per night for up to four in a room. In addition to the room rates there will be a tax, which at present is 12 percent. There will also be a limited number of rooms available for the $99 rate Thursday, August 17, for those individuals wanting to arrive at the hotel a day prior to the official start of the convention. The deadline to make reservations will be July 27, 2017. You can make your room reservations by calling the Hyatt Regency reservation telephone number 402-592-6434 and inform the reservationist you are reserving a room for the National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina state convention. The Hyatt Regency hotel has also made available a dedicated website to book your hotel rooms online. Reservations can be made starting immediately at this web address: https://aws.passkey.com/go/natfedblind.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Just a friendly reminder, if you have not done so already, please send your $80 preregistration fee for this year’s State Convention to the Federation Center of the Blind, 119 S. Kilbourne Rd. Columbia, SC 29205. For the 2017 state convention, we are offering families with children a discount regarding the preregistration fee. Parents will pay the $80 preregistration fee and each child eight teen years of age and younger will pay $20. All preregistration fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable. The $80 preregistration fee will cover the reception on Friday evening, continental breakfast Saturday morning, the luncheon, banquet, and a continental breakfast Sunday morning. The deadline to accept your $80 preregistration fee is August 9. If you wait until after the deadline of August 9, the registration will increase to $100. Save $20 and preregister early! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> At this time one Columbia van will leave on Thursday, August 17 for the Greenville Convention. If you need a van ride, contact Tiffiny Mitchell at 603-2098 to place your name on the list and pay Kattie Jackson $40 to ride the van round trip.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>ROCKY BOTTOM LABOR DAY FUN DAY TICKETS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Yes, it’s that time of year when we distribute your starter packs of five $5 Fun Day tickets to the membership! Inside you will find your five tickets to sell. Turn in your sold tickets and filled out stubs to David Houck at the Federation Center and if you need more, contact David Houck at 254-3777 and we will get them out to you fast! The drawing will be held at Rocky Bottom during Fun Day weekend (Labor Day). The winning ticket drawn yields $50 to the seller, $500 to the buyer (if you bought your own ticket you will receive $550) and $300 to the Chapter who sells the most tickets. Will the most sold ticket seller be the Columbia Chapter? Only you can make that happen!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JULY COLUMBIA CHAPTER MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY. JULY 20<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Due to the NFB Orlando Convention being during the week of our July chapter meeting date, the chapter will meet on Thursday, July 20.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JUNE 8 COLUMBIA CHAPTER MEETING<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> President Tiffiny Mitchell gaveled the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. Steve Cook welcomed everyone attending the meeting and birthdays were recognized for June. Ike Nelson’s kitchen crew served a delicious barbecue sandwich dinner. David Bundy gave a devotional on the history of Father’s Day. The Columbia Chapter book club will meet on Saturday, June 17 at 3 p.m. at the Federation Center. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> There was a chapter dialogue or feedback session. A vote will be taken next month as to whether van use other than for chapter related activities; the chapter will approve the use and either charge a $25 per day usage fee or charge 35 cents per mile. A trip to the Asheville Farmer’s Market will be scheduled soon. Isaiah Nelson reported that the trip to the NFB Center will use a smaller bus and those signed up need to get their money in on time. The 50-50 drawing was made and Joe Dunham won $36. There was no barbecue report. Kattie Jackson gave the Treasurer’s report and there was $7,059.80 in the treasury. All of you Fathers, have a blessed Father’s Day!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tiffiny Mitchell, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Columbia Chapter, NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>