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<p dir="ltr">Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President<br>
National Federation of the Blind of California<br>
818-381-9568<br>
rstigile@gmail.com<br>
You Can Live The Life You Want</p>
<div class="quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- <br>From: racquel decipeda <racquelmd29@hotmail.com> <br>Date: Dec 3, 2016 11:43 PM <br>Subject: our 2016 chosen chapter adopt a child - jocelyn riddle-serrano <br>To: racquel decipeda <racquelmd29@hotmail.com> <br>Cc: <br><br type='attribution'><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I want to introduce to you our chosen adopted child this year, 2016. The committee had reviewed the applications we received and had decided that our chapter is going to adopt Jocelyn Riddle-Serrano. Maria Acosta from Braille Institute
is the one that referred this candidate to us. Here is the information we gathered about Jocelyn’s Christmas wish list:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jocelyn’s mother, Brianna, said that the child needs clothes. And as far as toys, she would like to have the Harry Potter wand collections. Here is some information we gather:
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Clothes size 12 in girls and her favorite color is gold
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<p class="MsoNormal"> The Harry Potter wand collections can be bought from Barnes & Noble in Burbank
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<p class="MsoNormal">Maria provided me a link for this wand collections and it costs $159.00 with six wands from different characters. But when I called the store, I was told that this one is more for collections or for display only, not much really something
you can play with. They have other wands in individual boxes that are priced from $20 and up that light up at the tip and makes sounds. Given Jocelyn’s age, I’m thinking she may still want to play with these. Or I can ask the mother which she thinks Jocelyn
is wishing for. My thoughts and suggestion is we can contribute in like what we did in previous years and get the $160 wand collection if this is what Jocelyn wants. But if she still likes to play with them, then we get her a couple or three of them in individual
boxes. What do you folks think? If we decide to do this, I can volunteer to go to Barnes & Noble to purchase whatever we decide.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joy Stigile also mentioned that she was looking into getting her the Harry Potter books in Braille since our Jocelyn is a braille reader. I will double check again what she already has so we do not end up getting her something she already
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those who enjoy shopping for kids and may want to get her clothes or shoes feel free to do so. Please just let us know in this thread what you decided to do.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We also asked the mom what’s in her wish list for Christmas. According to Maria, she thinks Brianna
<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">like's Kylie Jenner's make up, the Holiday collection for Christmas. Do any of you familiar with this brand? Since Jocelyn is an only child, can we or should we consider getting her mother a gift?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is additional information about Jocelyn to get to know her a bit more:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our adopted child this year is Jocelyn Riddle-Serrano <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">9 years old born on February 4, 2007 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">She is on 2<sup>nd</sup> grade and she goes to Van Ness Elementary School
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<p class="MsoNormal">They live in Sylmar. Her mother’s name is Brianna Suzanne Riddle. She is an only child and lives with her mother, grandpa and grandma and great grandmother.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Her cause of blindness is Optic Nerve Hypoplasia. Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) is the under-development or absence of the optic nerve combined with possible brain and endocrine abnormalities. It is also known as Septo-Optic Dysplasia or
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jocelyn’s hobbies are reading Harry Potter books and watching movies. She is also musically talented, playing the drums and part of the Academy of Music School for the Blind.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Her mother is a single mom. The committee thought it would be nice to adopt Jocelyn so we can hopefully help her and her mother as she grows and they could probably use assistance in finding resources and information as she gets older.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those who are participating in our chapter Adopt A child program, hopefully these information have been helpful. Please let me know if you have questions. You may call at 818-457-1482, or email back in this thread. Either I or anyone
in the committee will do our best to answer your questions. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for your participation. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">--- Chase your dreams with your head held high by Gordon Chan ---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Racquel Decipeda
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Phone: 818-770-0182 or 818-457-1482
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