<div dir="ltr">Good Afternoon Everyone,<div>Yes, this is wonderful news. Welcome Christina, we are all looking forward to working with you!</div><div>I am also glad to hear that you and Lucia will have some time to work together to help make the transition</div><div>go more smoothly. </div><div><br></div><div>Mary</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 1:22\u202fPM Deb Reed <<a href="mailto:deb.reed57@gmail.com">deb.reed57@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Definitely the best news I have heard all day! Congratulations Christina<br id="m_3544710605604147044lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Definitely the best news I have heard all day! Congratulations Christina.Sincerely,</div><div><br></div>Deb Reed<div><br></div><div>Central CT Chapter President of the National Federation of the Blind</div><div><a href="mailto:Deb.reed57@gmail.com" target="_blank">Deb.reed57@gmail.com</a></div><div>Cell-860-378-5370</div><div><br></div><div>\u201cBloom where you are. \u201cFrom mother, Theresa of Calcutta.</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 23, 2025, at 11:37\u202fAM, CHERI DUQUETTE <<a href="mailto:cbduquette@comcast.net" target="_blank">cbduquette@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Christina Thompson, Melissa Thompson\u2019s sister will be filling Lucia\u2019s position! She will be training with Lucia when it is convenient for Lucia to do so. I am very pleased and relieved that someone from our Federation Family was able to fill this important spot. Christina has a background in outreach so I think she will be a perfect fit for our future. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Maryanne Melley</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">A dream does not become reality through magic: it takes sweat, determination and hard work</span></p>
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