<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Linda Melendez via State-Affiliate-Leadership-List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org" class="">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[State-Affiliate-Leadership-List] A Message from Joseph Ruffalo</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">February 4, 2021 at 5:48:40 PM CST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">NFB of New Jersey Internet Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfbnj@nfbnet.org" class="">nfbnj@nfbnet.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Linda Melendez <<a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org" class="">president@nfbnj.org</a>>, State Affiliate Leadership List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org" class="">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>>, NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list <<a href="mailto:chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org" class="">chapter-presidents@nfbnet.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">State Affiliate Leadership List <<a href="mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org" class="">state-affiliate-leadership-list@nfbnet.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Greetings all,</font></span></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" class=""></font><div style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Joe has asked me to send a message <span class="gmail_default" style="">on his behalf</span> thanking <span class="gmail_default" style="">everyone</span> for their prayers, thoughts and well wishes during this difficult time for him and his family.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">He also wanted me to thank the members for supporting me as the newly elected President. </span></font></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" class=""></font><div style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Joe is now on the next step of his journey. He is in a rehab facility for PT, OT and support.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Yesterday he went to </span><span class="gmail_default" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Saint Barnabas Hospital </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">for a </span><span class="gmail_default" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Pet</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span><span class="gmail_default" style="white-space:pre-wrap">S</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">can and we are awaiting the results.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> He is still requesting not to receive calls at this time and asks for your cooperation and understanding.</span></span></font></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" class=""></font><div style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Janie and I have recently spoken with him and his voice is full and clear. He has a spirit of hope and wants to let the membership know that their prayers, good thoughts, and well wishes are working.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">He is forever grateful for his wonderful <span class="gmail_default" style="">NFB and </span>NFBNJ family.</span></font></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px" class=""></font><div style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class="">On a personal note from Janie, she wants to thank all of you for loving her brother and will keep us abreast of the next updates as they arise.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class="">Hugs to all and a big woo hoo!</span></font></div><div style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><span class="gmail_default" style=""></span></span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)" class="">W</span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)" class="">armly, </span></font></div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class="">Linda Melendez, President<br class="">National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br class="">732-421-7063<br class="">Email: <a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org" target="_blank" class="">president@nfbnj.org</a><br class=""><i class="">Website: </i><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/" target="_blank" class=""><i class=""><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)" class="">www.nfbnj.org</span></i></a><i class=""><br class=""></i></font><div style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" class=""><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div>
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