[Nfbf-l] NFB October 2015 Activity

[Joe and Kitty King]

Dear Peter & Jean:

What a wonderful outreaching event!!
I am impressed!

My best,
Kitty
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From: "Jean Selzer via Nfbf-l" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 6:48 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] NFB October 2015 Activity



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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