[Massachusetts-NFB] Congratulations!!!

[Theadora Hadzisavidis]

Great work! The convention was wonderful better than when I used to go. I
like that it is all done in the same room on Saturday versus move from one
room to another. The foid was great Friday night and Saturday except that
dinner was cold on Saturday that was the only complaint I heard from my
Springfield federationists. Otherwise we all had a fun grand tine!


Thank you Shara!
Theadira Williams.

On Sat, Mar 11, 2023, 9:40 AM Shara Winton via Massachusetts-NFB <
massachusetts-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Good Morning!!
>
> 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!
>
> 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.
>
> 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!
>
> Our nominating committee and our scholarship committees were top notch!
>
> 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:
>
> President, Shara Winton
>
> 1st Vice President, Mika Pyyhkala
>
> 2nd Vice President, Debbie Malone
>
> Secretary, Cullen Gallagher
>
> Treasurer, Kobena Bonney
>
>
>
> New Board members include:
>
> Liz Lesperance and  Kyra Sweeney. Mark Paquette was re-elected.
>
> The  other three board members that were not up for re-election this year
> include: Masha Sten-Clanton, Sandra Burgess and Shirley Dorris.
>
>
>
> Our Student Division also held elections. Here is the outcome of that
> election:
>
> President, Justin Heard
>
> Vice President, Andrew Johnson
>
> Treasurer, Christopher Suplice
>
> Secretary,  Maddie Babcock
>
> Board Member 1, Chantale Zuzi
>
> We also had five outstanding Scholarship winners:
>
> Evan Hershowitz, Chantale Zuzi, Tom Geraci, Maddie Babcock and Justin
> Heard!
>
> 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!!
>
> At Your Service,
>
>
>
> Shara Winton
>
> President, National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts
>
> 617-600-8130
>
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>
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