<div>Hello Melissa and NFB friends,<br><br>This is absolutely fantastic news! The amount raised through the casino fundraiser is amazing. It is a wonderful photo of President Deanna and Vice President Sheryl receiving the check; it truly puts a huge smile on my face. Excellent job to everyone involved!<br><br>Will this picture be posted on the NFB-NH website?<br><br>Warm regards,<br><br>Kelley Snyder<div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 9:09\u202fPM dee moore 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;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto">Melissa,<div>Really great description & photo!!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to you, Fred & all who worked to bring this fundraising effort to a successful conclusion!! Yea!!</div><div>Deb</div><div><br id="m_2492703859958874724lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 29, 2026, at 8:45\u202fPM, Carolyn Corrigan via NHLakesChapter <<a href="mailto:nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="auto"><div>Love it</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Carolyn Corrigan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 7:49\u202fPM randi62 via NHLakesChapter <<a href="mailto:nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto"></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">So bummed Fred and I couldn't get there, so happy you guys did! Really great picture!</div><div dir="auto">How exciting for everyone!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Randi Wilson \u2728\ufe0f</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="m_2492703859958874724m_-1726953847329988541composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(144,144,144)" dir="auto">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Melissa & Todd Abbott via NHLakesChapter <<a href="mailto:nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org</a>> </div><div>Date: 4/29/26 5:20 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: Deanna OBrien <<a href="mailto:nfb.nh.president@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">nfb.nh.president@gmail.com</a>>, NFB of New Hampshire Lakes Region Chapter List <<a href="mailto:nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">nhlakeschapter@nfbnet.org</a>> </div><div>Cc: Melissa & Todd Abbott <<a href="mailto:modeanit@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">modeanit@gmail.com</a>> </div><div>Subject: [NHLakesChapter] NASH check presentation award Tuesday April 28th picture </div><div><br></div></div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Congratulations, NFB of New Hampshire!!</font><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I'm attaching a photo from yesterday's event that the Nash representative sent me today. It brought tears to my eyes for many good reasons.</font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I'm grateful to President Deanna O\u2019Brien, her husband, Dennis O\u2019Brien, and Vice President Sheryl Dutton for attending the check presentation ceremony. Thank you! You all look so amazing in the photo! It is a wonderful picture. Their professional photographer did a great job with the photo.</font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">President Deanna, I hope you had a wonderful time with your VP and husband receiving the funding for the organization you love, cherish, and work tirelessly to support. Again, thank you!</font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Kindly, yours in health</font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Melissa</font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Secretary, NFB of NH</font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The picture below is titled, \u201cNational Federation of the Blind of NH.\u201d</font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The second line shows we received $195,274 from the Nash Casino.</font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Then the picture below the verbiage shows a representative on the far left, then VP Sheryl Dutton holding the corner of the big check, then our president, Deanna, in the middle, standing next to Sheryl, then Dennis O\u2019Brien, Deanna\u2019s husband, next to her, holding the other corner of the check, ending with another representative.</font></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">The last line of the picture states, \u201cPay it Forward\u201d with arrows pointing to the National Federation of the Blind logo.</font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I\u2019m not that well-versed in writing pictures, but I did my best so everyone has a chance to feel the great news for our organization and feel a sense of the picture. Lastly, I can send the photo in a different format if it's not visually pleasing or is blurry. Please let me know.</font></div><div><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="auto"><div><National Federation of the Blind of NH Big Check Graphic.jpeg></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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