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<p class="MsoNormal">Wonderful!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks a lot Jean for your white cane gift and for helping K. McKay! So proud of you!!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for sharing the good news Richard!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take care and have a great weekend y’all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><a name="_Hlk5112577">Ali Benmerzouga<o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">National Federation of the Blind of Ohio - Cleveland Chapter, Recording Secretary, Board Member,
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">Cleveland Chapter Legislative Committee Chair,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">Cell #: 440-590-0315.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">Email: </span><a href="mailto:ali.benmerzouga@hotmail.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">ali.benmerzouga@hotmail.com</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">Please Visit and like our Cleveland Chapter’s Facebook Page:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">https://m.facebook.com/NationalFederationOfTheBlindOfOhioClevelandChapter/
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">Please Click On This Link To Learn More About The, National Federation of the Blind of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGe_1qGbkX8"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGe_1qGbkX8</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk5112577">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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 21, 2019 2:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List' <ohio-talk@nfbnet.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Richard Payne <rchpay7@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Ohio-talk] Good news.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Richard,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to reach out and say thank you to Jean Patterson for her white cane gift to me as a legally blind human in this state.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am crippled as well both due to a 35+ year infection <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of LYME DISEASE. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I beat Lyme disease with the help of Dr. Joseph T Joseph in PA. in 2015.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The NFB of Ohio has helped me most here in Ohio cope with this and reading again through audio books …BARD is invaluable..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A big Thank You to all<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">K. McKay<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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind of Ohio</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">937-396-5573or 937/829/3368</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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