<div>I\u2019m looking forward to it!<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Melinda Jones<br>National Federation of the blind of South Carolina<br>\u201c alone we can do so little, together we can do so much\u201d. Helen Keller </div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 09:08 Jamie Allison via NFBofSC <<a href="mailto:nfbofsc@nfbnet.org">nfbofsc@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Hello, everyone! This announcement is for everyone, the tall and the small, who are attending the state convention in just a few days! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">We're inviting every participant to "crack the code" with us! Please find one of our lovely Braille literacy committee members (a list is below) on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday morning before the first session and ask them for a "code word". They will give you a Braille alphabet card with an added word in Braille. Read (decode) the word, remember it, and hold onto your card. Next, listen closely during sessions. At various times, one of these special "code words" will be randomly drawn. If the code word is on your card and you are in the room when the word is announced, present your card to win a small prize! If you are already a Braille reader, this should be easy-peasy! If you're sighted, you can use the alphabet guide on the card to decode your word either visually (by comparing the dot patterns) or better yet, close your eyes or don a pair of learning shades and try to do it by touch! You may also find a Braille-reading convention attendee to help you if you get stuck on a letter. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Please see one of these ladies to pick up your code word! We should be fairly easy to find!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Jamie Allison</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Shelley Coppel</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Tracy Spittle</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Lenora Robertson</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Linda Dizzley</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">We hope that everyone who attends will participate, and hey, who doesn't love a prize? We hope to hear your voices this weekend asking for your "code word!" </div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jamie R. Allison, MAAA<div>She/her/hers</div><div>Chapter President, NFB of SC Cherokee Chapter<br><div>Teacher of the Visually Impaired/Teacher of Nonvisual Skills</div><div>Braille Transcriber In Training</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>With love, hope, and determination we, in the National Federation of the Blind, will turn our dreams into reality! </div></div></div></div></div>
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