<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Happy Wednesday, Bobcats!</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I hope your February is off to a great start. We have some exciting events coming up this month and hope to see you there (including a game watch and charity drive next week!).</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">February Events</font></b></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>Ohio Basketball Game Watch and Sock Drive, Tuesday February 7, 7:00PM @ Crystal City Sports Pub. </b>We’re pairing up with Central Michigan University for a Sock Drive for the Homeless! Socks are the #1 requested item by homeless shelters. You can help: bring a pack of new, men’s white socks to the Feb. 7 basketball game watch at Crystal City Sports Pub. We will be donating the socks to Thrive DC, an organization that serves 200-230 people/day (around 2,000 unique individuals/year).<br><br>We will also hold raffles for lunch/dinner for 2 at Great Lakes Brewing Co. as well as some OU sweatshirts. Proceeds from the raffles will be used to support the sock drive. Let’s do our part to bring some warmth to our community this winter! Find event information on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/630352860493110/">Facebook event</a>. </font></li></ul><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><b>Washington Policy Forum 2017: The 1st 100 Days, Thursday, February 16, 5:30PM @ U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. </b>Join us for</font> the 2017 Washington Policy Forum, which will include a panel discussion based on the first month of the presidency and will look ahead at the remainder of the first 100 days. Register for the event at <a href="http://engage.ohio.edu/site/Calendar?id=101482&view=Detail" target="_blank">this link</a>. Find event information on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/373301809688631/" target="_blank">Facebook event</a>.</font></li></ul><div>Our quarterly Board meeting will be held in early March and we will be in touch soon with more information! Please reach out if you are interested in joining the Board!</div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Please feel free to reach out with questions!</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">For more information on the Nation's Capital Chapter, please email or engage on social media:</font></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/nationscapitalchapter/" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Join the Facebook Group</font></a></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/NationsCapitalChapter" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Like the Facebook Page</font></a></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/BobcatsDC" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Follow on Twitter</font></a></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1978845" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Join the LinkedIn Group</font></a></div><div><a href="http://www.ohiou.org/" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Visit the Webpage</font></a></div></div></div></div></div>