<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> LLOYD SCHMITZ <lkschmitz@aol.com><br><b>Date:</b> September 6, 2024 at 2:25:45 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Sylvia Reid <shevra@verizon.net>, Carol King-ries <cmkries@comcast.net>, Wayne Marsh <waynemarsh63@comcast.net><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Fwd: Please send to Council on the Blind members</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">FYI<br><br><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will." -Oliver Goldsmith<br></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Peterson, Brisa C (DHSS)" <Brisa.Peterson@delaware.gov><br><b>Date:</b> September 6, 2024 at 1:07:21 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Deidre Morris <deidregmorris@gmail.com>, Jillian Queen <jhqbraille@aol.com>, Kathryn Bottner <kat.bottner@gmail.com>, Lisa Furber <efurber@declasi.org>, Lloyd Schmitz <lkschmitz@aol.com>, "Morrison, Jill K (DHSS)" <Jill.Morrison@delaware.gov>, Patti Addison <Blindbaker22@gmail.com>, Ryan Higgins <ryanlikesdesign@gmail.com>, "Talley, Deborah (DHSS)" <deborah.talley@delaware.gov>, "Towns, Jamie (DHSS)" <Jamie.Towns@delaware.gov><br><b>Cc:</b> "Hamilton, Michele (DHSS)" <Michele.Hamilton@delaware.gov><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: Please send to Council on the Blind members</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#920000;mso-ligatures:none">Avery Peterson (They/Them/Their)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Administrative Specialist I</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#A20000;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dvi/"><span style="color:#A20000">Division for the Visually Impaired</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Herman M. Holloway Sr. Health and Social Services Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Talley, Deborah (DHSS) <deborah.talley@delaware.gov>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 6, 2024 11:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hamilton, Michele (DHSS) <Michele.Hamilton@delaware.gov>; Peterson, Brisa C (DHSS) <Brisa.Peterson@delaware.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Please send to Council on the Blind members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">he Delaware State Rehabilitation Council (SRC) for DVR and the Vocational Rehabilitation Advisory Council to DVI (VRAC-DVI) recognize and celebrate disability inclusion during October, National
Disability Employment Awareness Month.<br>
<b>In honor of this month of celebration and recognition, the SRC and the VRAC are accepting nominations through September 6, 2024, for Employee/Client of the Year, Delaware Employer of the Year, and VR Counselor of the Year. </b><br>
To make a nomination for the Employee/Client of the Year, please click on the link below:<br>
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5VP9M5C">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5VP9M5C</a><br>
To make a nomination for the Delaware Employer of the Year, please click on the link below or scan:<br>
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TJZ73S3">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TJZ73S3</a><br>
To make a nomination for the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor of the Year, please click on the link below:<br>
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JMKTRM7">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JMKTRM7</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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