<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">From Jessica Reed</div><div dir="ltr">Coordinator, NFBV Blind Parents Group</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Federation Parents and perspective parents,</span></font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Many of you are like us in Fredericksburg have had the start of school pounce on us three weeks earlier than we expected, so I apologize for this late announcement of our August conference call. It will be <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(88, 86, 214, 0.258824);">Sunday, August 25th, at 8:30PM</a>. Please join us in learning and finding new ways blind parents navigate our children’s school systems. How does one volunteer in a classroom? What types of tasks can a blind parent do? What tools are there out there to read any paperwork sent home by teachers? For blind working parents these challenges may be magnified. How do you stay involved? <br><br>We will also have a brief recap on the blind parents gathering held in Falls Church last weekend. </span></font><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The conference number is <a href="tel:218-339-0926;2019" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">218-339-0926</a><br><a href="tel:218-339-0926;2019" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">Access code: 2019</a></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Jessica Reed</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sarah Patnaude<br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Corresponding Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto:patnaude.sarah@yahoo.com" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12/0" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">patnaude.sarah@yahoo.com</a><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="tel:(804)%20591-6153" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="12/1" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">(804) 591-6153</a><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/">www.nfb.org</a><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.nfbv.org/">www.nfbv.org</a><br></span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Follow us on Twitter @NFBVirginia<br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Find us on Facebook @NationalFederationoftheBlindofVirginia<br><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Live the life you want.<br><br></span></div><div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</span><br></div></div></div></body></html>