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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'>Dear Fellow Federationists:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'>Week 3 <b>Only one month to go!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#333300'>The BIG Challenge!</span></b><span style='color:#333300'>        Win $300 for your chapter or division!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='color:#333300'>As you know, Rocky Bottom Retreat and Conference Center of the Blind is selling $5 Rocky Bottom fundraising tickets.  These tickets must be sold with the filled out stubs turned in with the $5 per ticket by no later than Friday, October 30.  Send them to, or drop them off at the Federation Center of the Blind, 119 S. Kilbourne Rd., Columbia, SC 29205.  Checks should be made payable to RBRCCB.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'>              The drawing will be on October 31 to kick off the week long Rocky Bottom online auction ending on November 7.  The winning ticket drawn will yield $500 to the buyer, $50 to the seller and $300 to the chapter or division selling the most tickets!  Now that the ball is rolling, we are offering a weekly challenge every Friday leading up to October 30, providing the top five ticket sellers – and here they are for today!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'>Rank     Tickets sold        Chapter/Division<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:#333300'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#333300'>136                       At-Large Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:#333300'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#333300'>81                       Columbia Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:#333300'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#333300'>44                       Cherokee Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:#333300'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#333300'>15                       Georgetown Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='color:#333300'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>       </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:#333300'>14                       Sumter Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'>             I know some chapters are waiting until close to October 30 to turn in their ticket sales.  In fact, I know the Rock Hill Chapter requested 150 tickets this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'>              Contact David Houck at 803-254-3777 if you need us to send you more tickets or you can also reach him at <a href="mailto:nfbsc@sc.rr,com"><span style='color:#333300'>nfbsc@sc.rr,com</span></a> with your ticket requests.  Let’s get out there and show everyone that you can be number one and win the $300 prize!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'>Ed Bible, Vice Chairman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#333300'>RBRCCB Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>