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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Ohio Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As we are moving into the eighth month of 2020, there are so many distractions that have put a damper on our lives, our family’s lives and others as well. However, one Solace thought and fact that I am grateful for is the closer relationships that the Ohio Affiliate members have developed in the last four months. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Some may say that we have lost the connection that we had in a face-to-face environment. I do not believe that. It is evident in the last week of the gatherings during the 2020 convention, it is in the daily Coffee Breakfast Check-In Call and it is in an email or call for support that gather members in a spontaneous manner to answer the call for a listening ear. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind; not only bring blind people into a network of blind members who mentor and also offer support to parents and their blind children. This great network as well displays compassion, offer communion and lends attention to an emotional and spiritual need to members, their families and even their significant connections.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>So, if you are in need of support and connection, due to COVID-19, separation from a loved one, or have relatives in distress or you are experiencing bereavement; come at 2:00 P.M. EDT. Today On the Ohio Zoom platform to uplift your family, friends and yourself in devotion. 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