<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Good morning,<div><br></div><div>Welcome, Debby, Lisa, John, and Josh to the Lakes Region Chapter!! Thank you for joining us in our commitment to one another and the remarkable work of the Blind Federation and all its members. My name is Melissa, and I live on beautiful Bow Lake in Strafford, NH. I am a holistic health and wellness practitioner who loves gardening, hummingbirds, spending time outdoors with Mother Nature, and my best four-legged companion, Bodhi. </div><div><br></div><div>I look forward to seeing you all in our next chapter meeting Saturday, May 24th at 10:30. Have a blessed day!</div><div><br></div><div>Kindly, yours in health</div><div>Melissa</div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 14, 2025, at 7:49\u202fAM, Fred Fournier via NHLakesChapter <nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div dir="auto">Good morning all,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"> Welcome to the group Lisa, John and Josh! My name is Fred and I live in Exeter with my 6.5 year old black lab, Clancy (boyfriend to Dharma!). </div><div dir="auto"> A fun fact about me is that I was fortunate to have worked a full career before coming legally blind at the age of 60. I have two wonderful daughters and their husbands. Each has two wonderful children of their own! But, maybe i am biased! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Welcome,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Fred</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 14, 2025, 7:23\u202fAM randi62 via NHLakesChapter <<a href="mailto:nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org">nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Good morning and welcome to all newcomers! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I was born in Boston, raised in a small city called Woburn, MA after living in Brooklyn, NY and Jacksonville, FL in my formative years. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">For the past 35 years, I've called small town Brentwood, NH home.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have a black lab guide dog named Dharma. She's a sweetheart. Her favorite hobby is lying on the patio love seat in the sun trying to become a baked potato. \U0001f9ae</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Randi Wilson \u2728\ufe0f </div><div dir="auto">And Dharma </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="m_-2839073853648427441composer_signature" dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(144, 144, 144);">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size: 14px;"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Dana Trahan via NHLakesChapter <<a href="mailto:nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div>Date: 5/13/25 9:55 PM (GMT-05:00)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div>To: 'NFB of New Hampshire Lakes Region Chapter List' <<a href="mailto:nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:danatrahan@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">danatrahan@comcast.net</a></div><div>Subject: [NHLakesChapter] Let's share with three new additions to our list serve!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div><br></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Happy Tuesday Everyone!<span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Let\u2019s all share a warm welcome to Lisa, John and Josh!</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Three have joined us, and I\u2019d like everyone to continue our tradition and share their first name and a fun fact about themselves. It could be where we were born and raised, the city or town where we live now, a hobby, a favorite movie, or just about anything! If we share a different fun fact about ourselves each time we welcome someone, we\u2019ll learn more about each other at the same time. Let\u2019s have fun with it!</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal">Welcome Lisa, John and Josh! My name is Dana and I have a 25 year old son and 21 year old daughter.</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);">All the best,</span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);"></span></b></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);">Dana Trahan</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);"></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);"></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);">Legislative Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);">National Federation of the Blind (NFB) of New Hampshire</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nfbnh.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://nfbnh.org/</a><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></p><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(70, 70, 70);">603-580-5096 (9am-9pm) (Dana\u2019s home/landline)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>603-365-5242 (anytime) (Dana\u2019s mobile)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:danatrahan@comcast.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">danatrahan@comcast.net</a></span></p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NHLakesChapter mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NHLakesChapter@nfbnet.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">NHLakesChapter@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nhlakeschapter_nfbnet.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nhlakeschapter_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NHLakesChapter:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nhlakeschapter_nfbnet.org/fred.fournier.jr%40gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nhlakeschapter_nfbnet.org/fred.fournier.jr%40gmail.com</a><br></blockquote></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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