[Nfbv-announce] Kenneth Jernigan Fund tickets to be available at the next NFB of Virginia Board meeting

[Michael Kasey]

Members of the NFB of Virginia,

 

Our Corresponding Secretary, Mary Durbin will have Jernigan Fund Raffle
tickets at our May 6 - 8 Leadership Program and Board Meeting in Baltimore.

Be sure you meet with her to get your tickets to sell.  Below is a
description of the program.

 

Dear Colleague:

 

As you may be aware, we established the Kenneth Jernigan Convention
Scholarship Fund at our 1998 convention in Dallas, Texas. The support from
members and friends has been both generous and enthusiastic. The committee
is again sponsoring a limited edition raffle to raise money for the Kenneth
Jernigan Fund. The ticket cost is ten dollars. This drawing will yield at
least $10,000 net for the Kenneth Jernigan Fund.

 

You might ask, "What's in it for me?" Here is what's in it for you. If you
are the winner of this drawing, you will receive round-trip air
transportation for two to and from Orlando, Florida, for the National
Federation of the Blind National Convention in July 2017. You will also
receive lodging at that year's convention hotel for seven days during the
convention. You will receive registration and banquet tickets for two. In
addition, you will receive a cash prize of $1,000. On the other hand, if you
don't win but you sell the winning ticket, your chapter will receive $500.
You do not have to be present to win.

 

 

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.