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ACB President, Deb Cook Lewis, will introduce Scott Thornhill, our new Executive Director to our community. Scott has agreed to join me Friday evening to give us all an opportunity to learn more about fhimself and he about all of us. There will be time rfor questions and comments from our participants, as well.

So don’t miss this program Friday evening at 7:00 Eastern on March 8.

Best Wishes,

Terry Pacheco

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This week, we will hear from Leslie Spoone to talk about the ACB summer auction.

We will also hear from the awards committee for a reminder about who the awards are named after and share memories about those individuals and to learn the criteria for nominations.

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Terry is excited to welcome in Kathi Wolfe to VISAbilities. Kathi is an award winning poet, writer, reporter, and researcher. She has several published books of her poetry and wrote one on Helen Keller, the Socialist. Imagine walking up to a stage with your work in exceptionally large print so you can read and connect with your audience simultaneously. That is just the tip of the iceberg Kathi has overcome to become so well known in low vision, the poetry and LGBTQ+ communities. Come meet Kathi and hear about her new book, "The Porpoise in the Pink Alcove."

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Terry welcomes in Claire Stanley and Swatha Nandhakumar, ACB's Governmental Affairs and Advocacy team, with the most up-to-date news about this year's DC Leadership Training and Legislative Seminar taking place the first weekend in March. Details for reservations, registration, events and much more have been planned for this hybrid gathering. And, of course, we will be talking about this year's Legislative Imperatives. It's a lot of information packed into one hour.

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ACB Diabetics in Action has put together an amazing panel of experts and consumers to present to us on a wide number of issues from nutrition to monitors to exercise and more. If you or someone you care for is diabetic, you are bound to get some good information from this one hour session

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Jeff Bishop, President of Blind Information Technology Specialists will stop by to tell us about some great things that are happening with that affiliate. Later we will chat about downsizing, and we will also have several announcements from affiliates with upcoming events. So, bring your calendar. All are welcome!

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Baby Boomer Trivia.

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join Terry and the VISAbilities crew for Holiday Highlights. It has been nearly a month since we last met, and we all have stories of our holidays to share. Whether your season was quiet or jam packed, something good happened. Everyone is always welcome!

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Join me as I welcome Denise Colley and Paul Edwareds (current and past BRLpresidents respectively), Braille Revival League, to VISAbilities. BRL will be holding a special 7-hour event on January 4, in honor of Louis Braille’s birthday. Come hear about their plans and activities and how you can participate in this tribute to one of blind history’s most important persons. We will also look at the bumps braille has overcome through the years, and the great strides made in this era of technology.

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Happy Holidays are Made from Happy Memories

Pam Shaw will join me this evening as we look at creating the happiest holiday seasons for all. Pam always gets us thinking in positive lights, and usually with a laugh or two thrown in for good measure.

Remember the excitement that Christmas morning you woke up to find Santa had left your first Make & Bake Oven, or Patty Play Pal, or GI Joe? It is those moments that make holidays so special to us all these years later. My Thumbelina doll is long gone, but my love of that toy stays with me. We all have such memories, and this is the perfect time to pull them off the back burner and help them make your current holidays happy, healthy, and a time for peace. Please join us with your memories. All are welcome!

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