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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I thought some of you may be interested in this survey. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> American Foundation for the Blind <communications@afb.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 12, 2020 12:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> =?utf-8?Q??= <marianne@denningweb.com><br><b>Subject:</b> What’s your opinion about guide dog usage?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img width=500 height=113 style='width:5.2083in;height:1.175in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577/images/f4fba1ce-e517-4ae9-931e-b20e9b723e5f.png" alt="AFB. American Foundation for the Blind. Expanding possibilities for people with vision loss."></span></b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><a href="https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=2ec7e7e954&e=5035e97d45"><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=500 height=454 style='width:5.2083in;height:4.725in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://mcusercontent.com/bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577/images/79230fcc-7bc5-4b99-bfcb-98abaccc44f0.png" alt="In this photo, guide dog users walk along a leaf-littered pathway on a fall day. Two guide dog users smile while walking in a line with their yellow Lab guide dogs. The guide dog in front is wearing a brightly colored raincoat under their harness that matches their handler's pink sweater. The GDB and AFB logos appear stacked in the bottom left corner of the image."></span></a><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>What’s your opinion about guide dog usage? Take part in a <a href="https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=bdcf139c02&e=5035e97d45" target="_blank">10-minute survey</a> to share your thoughts.</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Are you blind or do you have low vision?<br>Do you live in the U.S. or Canada?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>If you said “yes” to both questions, we’re inviting you to take part in a brief survey to share your opinion about guide dog use. Five individuals who leave their email address at the end of the survey will be randomly selected to receive a $20 Amazon gift card.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The American Foundation for the Blind is pleased to be working with Guide Dogs for the Blind on a 21-month research study to examine guide dog usage. Learn more about this partnership by <a href="https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=c099284e41&e=5035e97d45" target="_blank">reading the joint press release</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>As a beginning step in our larger study, we are asking for people’s opinions related to guide dog use. Do you want to <a href="https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=410c36b495&e=5035e97d45" target="_blank">learn more</a>?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Ready to get started? <a href="https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=64a43001fb&e=5035e97d45" target="_blank">Take the survey</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Do you have questions or need more information? Please email <a href="mailto:prosenblum@afb.org?subject=Guide%20Dogs%20for%20the%20Blind%20Survey" target="_blank">Dr. L. Penny Rosenblum</a>, AFB’s Director of Research.<br><br>Thank you,<br><br>AFB Communications<br><a href="mailto:communications@afb.org?subject=Flatten%20Inaccessibilty%20Research%20Report%20Email" target="_blank">communications@afb.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border:none;border-top:solid #E5E5E5 1.0pt' id=canspamBarWrapper><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:15.0pt 0in 15.0pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 id=canspamBar><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 15.0pt 3.75pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060'>This email was sent to <a href="mailto:marianne@denningweb.com" target="_blank">marianne@denningweb.com</a> <br><a href="https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/about?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=ec813cd965&e=5035e97d45&c=ad0bd29b1c" target="_blank"><em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>why did I get this?</span></em></a> <a href="https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=ec813cd965&e=5035e97d45&c=ad0bd29b1c">unsubscribe from this list</a> <a href="https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=ec813cd965&e=5035e97d45">update subscription preferences</a> <br>American Foundation for the Blind · 1401 South Clark Street · Suite 730 · Arlington, Virginia 22202 · USA <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from https://afb.us11.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=bd3c8fefc9f905f5ccf41c577&id=ad0bd29b1c&e=5035e97d45" /></span><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>