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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>IMPORTANT!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As today is the deadline for Marriott room reservations, I am pleased to report that the Marriott has extended the NFB of SC Convention room block until Monday, July 22. If you have not already made your room reservations, PLEASE DO SO NOW as after this extension passes on July 22, you will not get the convention rates and the NFB of SC may have to take up any slack if there is a shortage in the room block. Below is the reservation information you need:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> There are only a few days remaining to make your hotel reservations for the 2019 NFB of SC State Convention which will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Columbia August 9-11. Rates for this year’s convention are $112 per night for up to four in a room. In addition to the room rates there will be a tax, which at present is 14 percent. There are rooms still available for the $112 rate Thursday, August 8. The deadline to make reservations is July 15, 2019. If you wait until after July 15, to make your hotel reservation, the hotel may not have an available room for you and you may be required to pay the standard room rate. You can make your room reservations by calling the Columbia Marriott reservation toll free telephone number (800) 593-6465 or (803) 771-7000 and inform the reservationist you are reserving a room for the National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina state convention. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Convention preregistration special rates end on Auhust 2. Se below for more details:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I would also encourage you to go ahead and pay your $80 preregistration fee for the state convention which will cover the very special Friday evening reception, the Saturday luncheon and the Saturday evening banquet as well as a continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday morning. Please send your $80 preregistration fee to the Federation Center of the Blind, 119 S. Kilbourne Rd. Columbia, SC 29205. We are offering a discount for families with children regarding the preregistration fee. Parents will pay the $80 preregistration fee and each child eight teen years of age or younger will pay $20. We are also offering a discounted rate to college students in the amount of $50 during the preregistration period. After August 2, the registration will increase to $100. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Frank coppel, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>