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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Good Morning Everyone<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is your neighborhood President just sending a reminder that the September meeting for the Richmond chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia will be on Monday, September 25, 2017. It will be held at the library Resource Center at the Virginia Department of the Blind and Vision Impaired Richmond Regional campus. The address of the event is 395 Azalea Avenue, Richmond, VA 23227. The meeting will begin at 6:30pm. Topics this month include:<o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>National Meet the Blind Month activities throughout the state.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Our annual Richmond chapter Walk with the Blind.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>News about our upcoming state convention.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Tips on preparing for National Convention and Washington Seminar next year.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>A chance to win cash at our monthly 50/50 raffle<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>A chance to win some deliciousness at our monthly action auction.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Upcoming Richmond chapter holiday meal announcements.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>A chance to win an Amazon Tap via the VABS raffle for “Bowl with the Blind” in Virginia Beach. Tickets will be sold at the meeting for $5.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal>Please attend the meeting and win some cash, a speaker, or some good sweet treats. Oh yeah, and find out what we do. I hope to see you all there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Robert E. Parsons Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>President, Richmond Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>President, Virginia Association of Blind Students<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Randolph Macon College '18 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Phone: 804 801 7674<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>"Without struggle, there is no progress." -Frederick Douglass<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>