<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Good evening,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thank you everyone for your emails and calls congratulating me and your kind words. It really means a lot. I hope to continue creating activities for the blind and low vision community. It's my goal to create an atmosphere where people feel comfortable, are encouraged to embrace the concept of building community with their peers, and promoting personal growth. If you're not able to attend the activities, please consider sharing the information with those who can benefit from this group. Again, thank you for the love. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">-Simone </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 12:56 AM Trina Townes via GreaterPhilly <<a href="mailto:greaterphilly@nfbnet.org">greaterphilly@nfbnet.org</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">Congratulations Simone, you deserve it, you do and awesome job.🙌🙌<br id="m_-3973776032725648856lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><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 <<a href="mailto:greaterphilly@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">greaterphilly@nfbnet.org</a>> 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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