<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>After you complete your Braille training, come and read with the NFB of Illinois LIFE (Literacy is for everyone) group to help you keep up that skill and help you improve on it. We meet you where you are. The beauty of it, you won’t have to go anywhere. We read on the phone once a week. We can even set it up where you just have to answer the phone and press 1.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Debbie Pittman </div><div><br></div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 6, 2024, at 10:02 AM, Suzanne Turner via Ohio-Communities-of-Faith <ohio-communities-of-faith@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Ohio Members and Friends, Please share!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">National Federation of the Blind of Ohio (NFBO)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cleveland Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Offers the ability to read and write through Braille Instruction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B">The ability to read and write braille is still key to independence for blind and low vision individuals. Because of the evolution of increasingly digital assistive technology developing, there are clear benefits to reading and writing Braille. Therefore, the Cleveland Chapter is offering a one-month Peer to Peer Braille Instruction Course.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B">Braille provides spelling, grammar, and punctuation for gaining an understanding of how text is formatted on the page. So, i</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">f you are a first-time learner or have limited ability to read and write Braille, then this course is for you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This free one-month course will start on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM EDT. The location is in the heart of University Circle, 1962 Stokes Blvd, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. To sign-up, please contact Joann Williams at (216) 571-8260 or Suzanne Turner at </span><a href="mailto:SMTurner.234@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#467886">SMTurner.234@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Together, with love, hope, and determination, the members of the National Federation of the Blind transform dreams into reality. You can live the life you want, blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Ohio-Communities-of-Faith mailing list</span><br><span>Ohio-Communities-of-Faith@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/ohio-communities-of-faith_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Ohio-Communities-of-Faith:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/ohio-communities-of-faith_nfbnet.org/debbiepittman99%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>