[Massachusetts-NFB] Congratulations!!!

[Debbie Malone]

Agreed. Sarah, you're a great leader. We love you!

On Sun, Mar 12, 2023, 1:07 PM Sengil Inkiala via Massachusetts-NFB <
massachusetts-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> We could not have done it without your leadership!!!
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> *From:* Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Shara Winton via Massachusetts-NFB
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 11, 2023 9:39 AM
> *To:* 'NFB of Massachusetts E-mail List' <massachusetts-nfb at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* sharawinton at gmail.com
> *Subject:* [Massachusetts-NFB] Congratulations!!!
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> Good Morning!!
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> I hope everyone is still feeling energized and inspired from our
> Convention! Thank you all for coming, we couldn’t have done it without you!
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> A very big shout out to everyone who helped! As we all worked together, it
> made our state convention, more inclusive and welcoming than ever! So many
> helped in such big ways.
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> Our Convention committee was absolutely fabulous!! The members of the
> committee are Amalia, Allen, Cullen,  Debbie, Inky, Jen, Kyra, Margaret,
> Shirley,  Stephanie and Theodora.  John helped with the auction, Youme
> helped so much in so many ways including the swag  bags and elections,
> Heather helped Margaret with the door prizes, Elizabeth Ann and Kristine
> helped with selling the T-shirts, Justin and Blain helped at the welcome
> table during the exhibit hall. Mika and Jeff helped with taking funds for
> T-shirt sales, registration and auction. Mark and Kevin helped with sound
> and Zoom. Andrew was our D.J. on  Friday night. Angey sang for us so
> beautifully.  Juan gave a wonderful invocation, in both Spanish and
> English. We had so many amazing speakers! Donald and Amy Porterfield were
> so inspirational and helpful! Jessica, Ever Lee and Michelle represented
> our three blind centers in an excellent manner! Liza Sovie was a majorly
> helpful and dedicated volunteer for more than 12 hours on Saturday!
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> Our nominating committee and our scholarship committees were top notch!
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> Please, please forgive me if I  left some one out, because everyone was
> absolutely incredible! We elected some new members to our State board. Our
> new board looks like this:
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> President, Shara Winton
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> 1st Vice President, Mika Pyyhkala
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> 2nd Vice President, Debbie Malone
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> Secretary, Cullen Gallagher
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> Treasurer, Kobena Bonney
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> New Board members include:
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> Liz Lesperance and  Kyra Sweeney. Mark Paquette was re-elected.
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> The  other three board members that were not up for re-election this year
> include: Masha Sten-Clanton, Sandra Burgess and Shirley Dorris.
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> Our Student Division also held elections. Here is the outcome of that
> election:
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> President, Justin Heard
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> Vice President, Andrew Johnson
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> Treasurer, Christopher Suplice
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> Secretary,  Maddie Babcock
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> Board Member 1, Chantale Zuzi
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> We also had five outstanding Scholarship winners:
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> Evan Hershowitz, Chantale Zuzi, Tom Geraci, Maddie Babcock and Justin
> Heard!
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> I am thrilled and so humbled to be part of this  organization!! Please
> contact me if there is anything I can do for you or if you have any
> questions. It won’t be long until we will need to start planning next years
> convention. So just let me know where you’d like to serve! With  love, hope
> and determination, we will continue to get better and better!!
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> At Your Service,
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> Shara Winton
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> President, National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts
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> 617-600-8130
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