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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hey NFB Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope everyone is doing well and surviving in all of this pollen and crazy hot and cold weather. Grab an iced tea and a picnic basket or a cup of hot coffee and a fuzzy blankie, depending on the minute, and read on! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Spotlight On…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi Friends of Virginia!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You are invited to join the NFB of SC on Friday April 15, 2022 at 8:00 PM eastern for Trivia Night! We hope you will join us for some fun and friendly competition! Below is the Zoom information you will need to join us. We are asking people to Email David Bundy to go ahead and place people on teams, his Email address is below. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:bundy@pobox.com">bundy@pobox.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Braille Buddies is on every week on Tuesday nights! Now, there is also a Braille Study Group on Saturday mornings. Tony May, one of our own, runs both meetings! These groups are for anyone and everyone, from the beginner to the expert. Join in and have some Braille Fun!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the link for both Braille Buddies on Tuesday nights from 7 PM to 9 PM and Braille Study Group on Saturdays from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. I'm leading both of them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://nypl.zoom.us/j/81824972219?pwd=NDZ3UGR1S3FrSGhsRGN0T2pxVFZjZz09">https://nypl.zoom.us/j/81824972219?pwd=NDZ3UGR1S3FrSGhsRGN0T2pxVFZjZz09</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Meeting ID: 818 2497 2219<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Passcode: AH4020<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+19292056099,,81824972219# US (New York)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hope to see you there,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tony<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please, please promote the Pampered Chef link.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B4CB4'><a href="https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/nfbpotomacchapter">https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/nfbpotomacchapter</a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B4CB4'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> The bingo party may be over (congratulations to winner Nancy Yeager) but the fund-raiser is not. Last night, Rachel informed us that the time for purchasing is being extended through the end of the month, and we will receive *30* percent, that’s right, thirty percent, of sales which use the link for purchases made. Aside from raising money for our state convention in October, There are many reasons to purchase something: for your own kitchen, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduations, and of course, to perhaps donate a door prize to a chapter or affiliate auction, or to the National Convention. We have already raised about $500 toward our upcoming state convention. Please spread the word, and don’t forget to send the link with the word. Send to family, to friends, to groups to which you are a member. Let’s do this.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christine Faltz Grassman, President, Potomac Chapte<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#222222'>Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson after. -Vernon Sanders Law <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:#222222'>Peace,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#222222'>Jacki Bruce</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#222222'>Corresponding Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<br><a href="mailto:jackibruce6@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>mailto:jackibruce6@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><br></span><span style='color:#222222'><a href="tel:(757)291-1789" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>tel:(757)291-1789</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><br></span><span style='color:#222222'><a href="http://www.nfb.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfb.org</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><br></span><span style='color:#222222'><a href="http://www.nfbv.org/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>www.nfbv.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#222222'>Follow us on Twitter @NFBVirginia<br>Find us on Facebook @NationalFederationoftheBlindofVirginia</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#222222'>Live the life you want.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#222222'>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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>