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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>January 29, 2020<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Memo To: Executive Officers, Board Members, Chapter & Division Presidents & Others<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Frank Coppel, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Positive Note 1746<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> If you have not done so already, I strongly encourage you to pay your $10 state dues as soon as possible as the deadline to receive dues is January 31, 2020. When you submit your $10 state dues, it is extremely important you provide accurate contact information such as, name, address, phone number and email address if applicable. These things do change and if we do not have accurate information, we and our national office cannot keep you up to date on what’s going on. All membership contact information is being collected on a spread sheet and will be submitted to our national office by March 1. Once the national office receives this information, new members listed on the spread sheet will receive a membership medallion which will signify you as a member of the NFB. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> If you have not done so already, please purchase your tickets to attend the fifth annual Sweetheart dance sponsored by the NFB of SC which will be held on Saturday, February 15, 2020 at the Federation Center of the Blind from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The evening promises to be a fun and enjoyable experience with a catered dinner, door prizes, music and dancing. Tickets to this event will only be $25 per person. Please make checks payable to NFB of SC and mail to:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NFB of SC<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>119 S. Kilbourne Road<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Columbia, SC 29205<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Please note the memo line for Sweethearts Dance. Deadline to purchase tickets is Wednesday, February 5, 2020. If you have any questions regarding this fundraising event, please contact Debra Canty at 803-775-5792 or via email at debra.canty@frontier.com. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> We have an announcement from Jennifer Bazer, member of the Sweetheart dance planning committee. “Hello NFB of SC! The Sweetheart Dance is a little over two weeks away. We hope all of you are planning to attend. If for some reason, you are not able to attend, there are still ways you can help: Donate a door prize which can be gift cards, baked goods, jewelry, electronics, gift baskets and more. You can donate money to purchase door prizes you can donate money to support this fund-raiser for NFB of SC. You may drop off your door prizes at the Center as well as mail money, gift and other donations to 119 S. Kilbourne Road, Columbia, SC 29205, attention Jennifer Bazer.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> You may also purchase tickets at $25 per person by mailing your check and info to the Federation Center at the above address. Your name will be added to the list of guests when you arrive. Food, fellowship, dancing and games will be provided from 5:00 until 9:00 p.m., February 15, 2020 at the Federation Center! Please join us! Please help us! Please donate as you can to make this a successful fund-raiser for NFB of SC!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Congratulations to Catherine Williams, a member of the $100/100 club, for her contribution of $100 which was made during the statewide seminar toward the commercial refrigerator and freezer fund. Also congratulations to the Lancaster, Grand Strand, Laurens chapters and Linda Bible as they contributed $100 each and are the newest members to join the $100/100 club. To date, we have raised $2170 in contributions and $700 in pledges for a grand total of $2870. . Let’s keep the momentum going! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day, we raise the expectations of blind people because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want: blindness is not what holds you back. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Final Thought: Transforming our dreams into reality: “Don't spend your life looking back thinking what you should have done, the past is just that, but the future is yours to create, so make your dreams a reality.”<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>