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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><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>Please read below, support our Chapters, relax with your girlfriends on Ladies Night and be a part of the difference when you attend the Affiliate Board Meeting.<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=MsoNormal>Hey there, Virginia Federation:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Potomac Chapter’s fundraiser, with proceeds going toward our state convention, will be open until May 10. Check it out and send the link far and wide:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/nfbpotomacchapter">https://www.pamperedchef.com/party/nfbpotomacchapter</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We’re doing well. Let’s keep it going.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><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>Tony May<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hey Ladies,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Its May and Mother’s Day is coming up. Let’s get together for Ladies Night and talk about the special women in our lives.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>May’s theme: Women Power<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This week’s topic is The important women in our lives.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Your VA girlfriends will meet you on zoom Saturday, May 7<sup>th</sup> ; 7-9 pm to honor the women in our lives. See below for the Affiliate’s zoom limk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Meeting of the Board of Directors</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Saturday, May 7, 2022</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Location: </span>Library and Resource center, Virginia Department of the Blind and Vision Impaired<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>395 Azalea Avenue, Richmond, VA, 23227 and via the Affiliate’s zoom. See below for link.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'>Here’s how to join:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:105%'>Zoom Link <a href="https://zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=SFAyamlQNU44ZTJ6dUZNMTV4RmhCQT09">https://zoom.us/j/8297256345?pwd=SFAyamlQNU44ZTJ6dUZNMTV4RmhCQT09</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'>One tap mobile<br><a name="_Hlk50492302"></a><a href="tel:%20+13017158592,,8297256345"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk50492302'>tel: +13017158592,,8297256345# </span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk50492302'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk50492302'></span><br>Telephone Dial: 1 (301) 715-8592<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'>Meeting ID: 829 725 6345# <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If needed the password is 20201940<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. -Walt Whitman <o:p></o:p></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>