<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Hello </div><div dir="ltr">I chose </div><div dir="ltr"><label style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(73, 26, 28); display: block; padding-left: 2.5em; position: relative; margin: 0.8em 0px; caret-color: rgb(73, 26, 28); font-family: Lato, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="radio-label" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Community Enhancement</span></label><label style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(73, 26, 28); display: block; padding-left: 2.5em; position: relative; margin: 0.8em 0px; caret-color: rgb(73, 26, 28); font-family: Lato, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><input type="radio" name="categoryitsupports" value="Arts and Culture" required="" style="vertical-align: middle; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.4; font-style: normal; display: block; margin: 4px 0px 0px -20px; padding: 4px 6px; font-family: Lato, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); color: rgb(25, 0, 0); text-align: center; cursor: pointer; float: left; position: absolute; top: -0.25em; left: 2em; z-index: -1; opacity: 0;"></label></div><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 7, 2025, at 21:14, Elizabeth Rouse <elizabethrouse.nfb@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div>Enrique,</div><div dir="auto">What type of organization should we be encouraging folks to select?</div><div dir="auto">Elizabeth<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Elizabeth Rouse, she/her/hers<br>Secretary | Old Capitol Chapter<br>Board Member | National Federation of the Blind of Iowa (NFBI)<br>Nfbi.org<br>Secretary | Performing Arts Division (PAD)<br>Nfb-pad.org<br><a href="mailto:Elizabethrouse.nfb@gmail.com">Elizabethrouse.nfb@gmail.com</a><br>(563) 210-1854</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 5:17\u202fPM Enrique Mejia via Tall-Corn <<a href="mailto:tall-corn@nfbnet.org">tall-corn@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"><div dir="ltr"></div><div><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px">Hello Federation Family!</span></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:26.4px"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px">The Iowa State Fair is here \u2014 time to break those diets (or at least pretend a corn dog covers all the essential food groups)! Corn *is* a vegetable\u2026 right?</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:26.4px"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px">This year, MedAmerica is running a special program where they\u2019ll be donating </span><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody;font-weight:bold;font-size:20.4px">$1,000 every day</span><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"> of the Iowa State Fair to two deserving community organizations \u2014 and </span><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody;font-weight:bold;font-size:20.4px">$5,000 on the final day to one of the 20 nominees</span><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px">. The NFB could be one of these nominees \u2014 if enough people nominate us!</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:26.4px"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px">Here\u2019s the deal: each day of the fair, MedAmerica is spotlighting a different community group, and the more nominations we get, the better our chances of winning. That\u2019s where *you* come in.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:26.4px"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px">We need every Federationist to be loud, proud, and a little bit of a troublemaker (you know, our specialty). Ask your friends, your friend\u2019s friends, your Uber driver, your dentist, your barista, and even that suspiciously smart dog down the street to nominate the National Federation of the Blind of Iowa.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:26.4px"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px">It\u2019s fast, free, and just takes a couple of minutes. Share the form linked below and tell them this: </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px">"I don't believe sighted people can use their phones with just their eyes. Prove me wrong \u2014 fill out the form!" </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:26.4px"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"><a href="https://woobox.com/v9p3gz" target="_blank" style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody">https://woobox.com/v9p3gz</a></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:26.4px"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px">Together, with a lot of love and maybe a little bit of prize money, let\u2019s keep building our movement.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:26.4px"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:20.4px;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:26.4px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:UICTFontTextStyleBody;font-size:20.4px"></span><br></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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