[NFBNJ] Need All To Get Involved Merchants Call to Action

[joe ruffalo]

Greetings to all!
Please review the following information from Nicky Gacos.
Share and get involved.
Each voice is needed to make a difference.
Let’s assist our brothers and sisters in the Federation family.

Joe

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From: Terry Smith
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2020 12:14 AM
Subject: Merchants Call to Action

Hello Fellow Affiliate Presidents:  See the note below from Nicky Gacos, 
President of the Merchants Division. Your members can help by clicking on 
the link and  going to the  website that will make it very easy to send a 
letter to Congress.

Thanks!
Terry Smith, NFBTN President






Dear NABM Member:



​As you know, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on our blind 
entrepreneurs.  Approximately 75% of our blind entrepreneurs have seen their 
businesses either shut completely down or seriously curtailed.  Congress has 
provided some relief for small businesses but the Randolph-Sheppard Program 
is unique.  We need to let Congress know that more needs to be done to 
assist our hard working men and women who feed our government employees 
every day.

​Please click on the link below and send letters to the President, both of 
your U.S. Senators, and your Member in the House of Representatives.  The 
Randolph-Sheppard Act authorizes Congress to appropriate funds for the 
Randolph-Sheppard Program.  It never has.  We are asking Congress for the 
first time to appropriate dollars that can be used to provide relief for our 
displaced blind entrepreneurs and emergency funding to the states so they 
can meet their responsibilities as the state licensing agencies.  Go to: 
https://blindmerchantsspeakout.org/alert/-urge_congress_to_appropriate_funds_to_help_blind_vendors/message/congress/write?style=webform



It is simple.  Just put in your name and address, click on “Preview Message” 
and then hit “Submit” and your letters will be sent.  Act now and let the 
collective voices of the blind be heard.



Sincerely,







Nicky Gacos, President





The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the 
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles 
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; 
blindness is not what holds you back.






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