[Community-Service] Meet a Community Achiever: Brandon Connate - Blind Equality Achievement Month Day 13

[Adrienne Nelson]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 10:17 AM Stacie Leap via Community-Service <
community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Welcome to Blind Equality Achievement Month!
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>
> We are going to tip our hats for our 13th day! Stand proud for our next
> Community Achiever, Brandon Connate from Elk Grove, California.
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> Sargent Connate is a retired blind veteran of the United States Marine
> Corp. He served our great nation for thirty painstaking years! His love for
> our country and his passion for service goes beyond those midnight dress
> blues. He lost his vision a short time ago when he survived a horrific car
> accident caused by a drunk driver. Whenever a person learns of his story,
> they always want to feel sorry for him. His known response is, “let the
> world take my sight, it was God who spared my life.”
>
> Mr. Connate is a proud father of three daughters and a loving grandfather
> to twelve grandchildren. He is a lover of sports, you name it, and he’ll
> give it a watch. He likes to work with his hands and always finds carpentry
> type projects to get into. His greatest joy is being a family man. He is
> usually the first parent or grandparent on the field to watch his family
> play their respective sport, and the last one to leave. He doesn’t have
> time for politics, but believes that a little bit of compassion and a whole
> lot of patience, can go a long way.
>
> The Sargent had no time or desire to grow old watching daytime soaps, he
> needed to be able to step outside of the uniform and keep on serving.
> During this chapter of his life, he can serve on a more local level and be
> involved in his community in a more personal way. He helps promote the
> awareness of veteran homelessness and helps provide resources and shelters
> for veterans that have fallen on hard times. It hurts him to see anyone
> without food or housing. Also, he and his family volunteer their time at a
> few different food banks, twice a week. He believes it’s important to show
> your children and grandchildren the value in giving back.
>
> The Community Service Division is sincerely grateful for all the brave men
> and women for their service and sacrifice!
>
> #BEAM
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Sargent Connate, thank you for your service to the country, to your family
and to your community. We honor you for being a builder to continue to move
forward in life, to build hearts and to build a place of home for our
veterans need of comfort. Thank you 💕

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