<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thank you gentlemen. I saw this earlier and we will discuss this at our meeting. I do not want to forward this. I want to have a conversation and gain support. This will be on our agenda for next Friday.<br>Suzanne<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Jan 11, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Ali Benmerzouga <<a href="mailto:ali.benmerzouga@hotmail.com">ali.benmerzouga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Edward Louden <<a href="mailto:edlouden6485@gmail.com">edlouden6485@gmail.com</a>> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 11, 2019 10:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Ali Benmerzouga' <<a href="mailto:ali.benmerzouga@hotmail.com">ali.benmerzouga@hotmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> please send this out to our Cleveland chapter <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will try and collect all I can and mail them by mid-February, if not sooner.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ed Louden <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ohio, I thought this was worth reposting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear friends and leaders,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> I hope to find you well. As you may know, my nonprofit, You Cane Give, provides canes to the blind at no charge around the world to folks who cannot afford canes or if they do not n have the resources to acquire a cane. In Nigeria, for
instance, a folding cane costs about $150 USD! So we collect donated folding canes, restore them with new elastic, tips, and vinyl, and send them around the world. I must truly commend the support and giving spirit of many of the chapters and affiliates. Many
affiliates incorporate a cane drive for our initiative! From march 3-18, I will bring a team of six folks to Kenya to bring canes and teach basic mobility skills to the cane recipients and others in the community to keep the training available. We have received
about 60 canes from the California affiliate and New Jersey affiliate! Amazing! We also have some coming from Colorado! We are planning to bring 100 canes for our mission. So I am reaching out to all of you! If you would please spread the word about our initiative,
that would be greatly appreciated. You can go to <a href="http://www.YouCaneGive.org">
www.YouCaneGive.org</a> for more info on how your members can send old canes. We even accept parts. Many times, we may have a good cane but a bad handle. So we use parts to make complete canes. Thank you all for your support! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wishing you all well!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">James Alan Boehm<br>
Peabody College of Vanderbilt University<br>
Human Developmental Clinical Mental Health Counseling: M. ED.<br>
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Contact Information<br>
Phone: 901-483-1515<br>
<a href="mailto:James.A.Boehm@Vanderbilt.edu">Email: James.A.Boehm@Vanderbilt.edu</a><br>
Personal Email: <a href="mailto:jimmydagerman80@gmail.com">jimmydagerman80@gmail.com</a><br>
NFB Email: <a href="mailto:JBoehm@NFB-TN.org">JBoehm@NFB-TN.org</a><br>
Learning Ally: <a href="mailto:JBoehm@LearningAlly.org">JBoehm@LearningAlly.org</a><br>
Kustom Cane: <a href="mailto:kustomcane@gmail.com">kustomcane@gmail.com</a><br>
You Cane Give Initiative: <a href="mailto:YuCaneGive@gmail.com">YuCaneGive@gmail.com</a><br>
Embrace challenges for personal growth! Remember! Circumstances do not mean sentences!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Richard Payne, President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">937-396-5573or 937/829/3368<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:Rchpay7@gmail.com">Rchpay7@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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
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