Metro Chapter — Twin Cities area; meets at 2:00 p.m. on the third Saturday of every month at NFB of MN Headquarters, 100 East 22nd Street in Minneapolis

Riverbend Chapter — New Ulm area; meets at 9:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of every month in New Ulm; contact Charlene Guggisberg at 507-354-2250 for meeting location

Exciting times are coming in NFB conventions. Keep these in mind as you plan your activities throughout the coming year.

The Annual NFB of Minnesota Convention will be October 23-25, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul – Riverfront in downtown St. Paul. Members have received a letter with details, and the letter is on our website at www.nfbmn.org.

By Patrick Henry, St. Cloud Times

By Emily Zitek

Growing up, there were two things my mother constantly said that always stick out in my mind: (1) stand up for what you believe, and (2) no matter what you do, try to be as successful as possible. Since then, I've always tried my hardest to accomplish both. And right now, my mission to do this lies within my career as a Business Enterprises Program (BEP, part of State Services for the Blind) operator.

By Joyce Scanlan

(Or, Did I Really Want to Cross that Street?)

By Jennifer Dunnam and Steve Jacobson

By Jennifer Dunnam, President

Volume 75, Number 3

Quarterly Publication of the

National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Inc.

100 East 22nd Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404

Many people are involved in getting this issue to you. The writers can write and the editor can edit, but until the material is printed, Brailled, recorded, and distributed, it is just a computer file. Therefore, we owe great thanks to the following people for the work they do in producing this publication.

Tim Aune duplicates the cassette tape edition and makes the master copy for the compact disc edition.

Metro Chapter — Twin Cities area; meets at 2:00 p.m. on the third Saturday of every month at NFB of MN Headquarters, 100 East 22nd Street in Minneapolis

Riverbend Chapter — New Ulm area; meets at 9:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of every month in New Ulm; contact Monica Buboltz at 507-354-5680 for meeting location