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    <p>This is great news! Welcome Christina to our NfB family. I look
      forward to working with her. <br>
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    <p>  Becky <br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/23/2025 2:57 PM, Veronica Alston
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      <div dir="auto">Welcome Christina, I look forward to working with
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at
            1:29\u202fPM Mary Silverberg &lt;<a
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            <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>
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              <div>Mary</div>
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              <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at
                1:22\u202fPM Deb Reed &lt;<a
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                <div dir="auto">Definitely the best news I have heard
                  all day! Congratulations Christina<br
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                    <div>Definitely the best news I have heard all day!
                      Congratulations Christina.Sincerely,</div>
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                    Deb Reed
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                    <div>Central CT Chapter President of the National
                      Federation of the Blind</div>
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                    <div>Cell-860-378-5370</div>
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                    <div>\u201cBloom where you are. \u201cFrom mother, Theresa of
                      Calcutta.</div>
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                    <blockquote type="cite">On Apr 23, 2025, at
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                          style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Great!!
                          Look forward to working with her.</span> </div>
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                          style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Cheri</span>
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                        <div> On 04/23/2025 10:01 AM EDT <a
                            href="mailto:maryanne.melley@gmail.com"
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                              style="font-size:11pt">Dear Federation
                              Family and Board Members,</span></p>
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                              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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                              style="font-size:11pt">Best regards,</span></p>
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                              style="font-size:11pt">Maryanne Melley</span></p>
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                              style="font-size:11pt">President</span></p>
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                              style="font-size:11pt">National Federation
                              of the Blind of Connecticut</span></p>
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                              style="font-size:11pt"><a
                                href="mailto:maryanne.melley@gmail.com"
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                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">maryanne.melley@gmail.com</a></span></p>
                          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                              style="font-size:11pt">860-212-5549</span></p>
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                              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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Sincerely,
Becky Ireland
Secretary of the Central CT Chapter, NFB of CT, and CTAGDU
860-384-8451
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rmirdi@aol.com">rmirdi@aol.com</a>
"Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision" Stevie Wonder</pre>
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