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[Jeanetta price]

GOOD MORNING SUPERSTARS!

I HAVE A TREAT FOR YOU ALL! PLEASE READ AND WATCH THE VIDEO ATTACHED
IN THE FORWARD EMAIL. I WAS INSPIRED AND ALSO MOTIVATED TO SERVE EVEN
MORE AND GIVE BACK TO THE MEMBERSHIP AS WELL AS A TOKEN OF LOVE FROM
ME TO YOU.



TGIF!
JP

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From: Jeanetta price <price.jeanetta at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:09:43 -0600
Subject: SERVICE SUPERSTAR
To: Jeanetta price <Price.jeanetta at gmail.com>

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CHECK OUT THIS SERVICE SUPERSTAR, I STUMBLED ACROSS!


Legally Blind Girl Raises Awareness, Funds to Provide Resources for
Visually Impaired

Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Paloma Rambana. Read her story
and nominate an outstanding volunteer, family or organization as a
Point of Light.

While most children are probably unaware of what lobbying is, legally
blind Florida teen Paloma Rambana has been doing it since she was just
10 years old. Paloma realized there was an unfair imbalance in the
resources available for visually impaired kids from ages 6 to 13,
compared to their counterparts in other age groups. A part of this
underserved group herself, Paloma knew she had to do something to help
her peers receive equal services. Since, then she has worked
tirelessly to advocate for children living with vision impairment.

“Sometimes I get upset because I can’t see as well as other kids,”
said Paloma. “But then I think about how so many other kids can’t see
as well as I do, and I want to help them.”

Paloma Rambana leads other children in a rally chant to raise
awareness of her Fund the Gap campaign.
Paloma Rambana leads other children in a rally chant to raise
awareness of her Fund the Gap campaign.
She started Paloma's Dream, and launched the “Fund the Gap” campaign –
which worked to provide money to help the Florida Division of Blind
Services serve 340 visually impaired children. In order to garner
those funds, Paloma met with many influential people from her home
state, including Florida Gov. Rick Scott and more than 12 legislators,
and led rallies from the Florida Division of Blind Services to the
U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to bring awareness to the campaign.

Due to Paloma’s hard work, the Florida legislature approved a $1.25
million program with $500,000 going annually to help kids ages 6-13
years old at the Division of Blind Services. This money is going to
help 340 children with services such as vision classes, mobility
training, in-home vision instruction and braille instruction.

Because of her exemplary efforts to create change for a cause she is
passionate about, generationOn, the youth division of Points of Light,
now showcases Paloma’s method as a way to encourage more young people
to get involved in change making. The website provides a project guide
with tools and steps on how to advocate for change, just as Paloma
did.

Although she successfully gathered support and funding for more than
340 children in her age group, Paloma is still working hard to provide
resources to a larger group of 921 children.

“I know that my work is not done,” she said. “I want to be able to
help everyone that I can to get the proper care that they need.



A picture of Paloma Rambana leading other children in a rally chant to
raise awareness of her Fund the Gap campaign.


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