<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Congratulations Simone, you deserve it, you do and awesome job.🙌🙌<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 26, 2024, at 6:46 PM, Simone Cooper via GreaterPhilly <greaterphilly@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hello everyone,</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I wanted to share this great news with my National Federation of the Blind community.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">For those who may not know, I am the coordinator for The Blind Social Club, which is a group for blind and visually impaired adults to come together to socialize with their peers and engage in various activities in Philadelphia. </span><span class="gmail_default">Recently I was nominated for a financial award for my work with the group and </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I am truly excited to announce that I have been awarded one of the inaugural Sowing Excellence Awards for<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span>The Blind Social Club. The Sowing Excellence Awards, a program of the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) and the IDEA Center for Public Gardens, aims to recognize and support the growth of plant-centered activities that tap into the potential of under-resourced, underrepresented communities and organizations and expand the availability of funds to those who previously may have been excluded from similar awards/funding. </span><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I put a lot of time and effort into the events I plan <span class="gmail_default">for the group </span>so my peers can have a great experience. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">I am </span><span class="gmail_default" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">so grateful for being nominated and recognized for the work I do with The Blind Social Club. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">Thank you to everyone who supports my work, especially to those who </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">attend these events<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> and </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">share<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">s </span>the information </span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,sans-serif">with others. </span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><br>With <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">this award, I'll be able to plan some exciting events for the end of the summer, so make sure you're on the email list to receive the invitations. </span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,sans-serif">For more</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> information about<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span>The Blind Social Club<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> events</span>, please email me at <a href="mailto:blindsocialclub@gmail.com" target="_blank">blindsocialclub@gmail.com</a> or call me at 215-868-4292.</span></div><div><br>Thank you for allowing me to share this <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">acknowledgement.</span><br></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Ward regards,</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Simone Cooper</span></div><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Greater Philadelphia Chapter, Member</span></div></div></div></div>
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