[Nfbf-l] NFB October 2015 Activity

[Jean Selzer]

Sunday October 11th 2015  
                                                                        
Hello FloridaFederation Family, 


Vive La Vida QueQuieres; La Ceguera No Te Lo  (English) “Live the Life you want” were thewords chanted at the 20th Annual Latin American Festival held atDewey Boster Park in Deltona Florida on Sunday October 4th  The invitation to introduce the NationalFederation of the Blind  to that largelyLatin American community came from the organizers of that event; Florida Houseof Representative Mr. David Santiago and his lovely wife Emma along withRaphael  Ramirez the Vice President ofthe Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.  


The NationalFederation of the Blind of Florida and the Volusia County Community Coalitionof Colleagues got together and kick started the first of a series of meet theblind activities planned and scheduled for the month of October.  The WE team consisted of; Peter Cerullo, NFBFFirst Vice President, Jean Cerullo, Treasurer of the NFB Greater Daytona BeachChapter, Wendy Wilson, NFB Newsline & President of the Deland Lions Club,Kathy Acevedo, DBS Braille & Talking Book Library along with Carlos Montosand his guide dog Zena and  Pastor WifredVera; of the Hispanic Christian Youth  Coalition.  We were blessed with great weather and were given2 great spots located between the Volusia County Health Department and theVolusia County Board of Elections.  There were over 100 booths with a widevariety of Latin food and treats, community health groups, along with vendorsselling jewelry, hand crafted items, lively colorful clothing and an onsitebarber shop.   The stage was filled with several Latinomusical artists that kept the momentum going with the rhythm that touched thesoul while making your heart and feet dance to the beat.  The well attended festival estimated at over12,000 participants all had a fun filled Latin American Day!


The NFB and the Volusia County Community Coalitionwould like to thank Mr. President Alpidio Rolón, NFB Puerto Rico Affiliate forreaching out and supporting us with material in Spanish  and for the encouragement to build theFederation in this heavily populated Latin American community. 


Peter Cerullo, NFBF First Vice President 


Coming soon; Facebook White Cane Retrospect!  


 
 
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