[NFBNJ] Fwd: DeafBlind Awareness Week Proclamation - Following Up

[Linda Melendez]

From: Katherine Gabry <katherinegabry at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Subject: DeafBlind Awareness Week Proclamation - Following Up

Hello, everyone!

*I'm thrilled to share with you some fantastic news: Our proclamation
declaring the week of June 25 - July 1 as Helen Keller DeafBlind Awareness
Week has been signed by Governor Murphy! A copy of the Proclamation is
attached, as is this year's poster. Please check out your logo to be sure
it's properly represented; let me know if any adjustments need to be made.*

Owen Henry, the mayor of Old Bridge, will present the proclamation:
*WHEN: *Saturday, June 17
WHERE: DeafBlind Awareness Celebration Picnic (boxed lunches provided)
*at *Cheesequake State Park, 300 Gordon Road, Matawan, NJ
<https://www.google.com/maps/search/300+Gordon+Road,+Matawan,+NJ?entry=gmail&source=g>
*TIME: *1 - 5 p.m.
*COST: *$10 per person (free for DBLNJ members)
*REGISTRATION:* *https://tinyurl.com/DBAwarenessCelebration
<https://tinyurl.com/DBAwarenessCelebration>*

This year, 25 organizations/agencies supported our DeafBlind Awareness Week
Proclamation effort - thanks to each of you for believing in New Jersey's
DeafBlind citizens!

With warm regards and sincere appreciation,

Kathy Gabry
President, DB CAN NJ Board of Trustees

[image: 2023 DB Awareness Poster.jpg]
Graphic description: These words form an umbrella over 25 different logos:
In Partnership Celebrating the Accomplishments of NJ’s Deafblind Residents.
The 25 logos: ASL IRS, Ava’s Voice, Blind Athletes, Center for Sensory &
Complex Disabilities, CHARGE Syndrome Foundation, DeafBlind Community
Access Network of New Jersey, DeafBlind League of New Jersey, Disability
Rights New Jersey, Diverse Deaf Club of New Jersey, Eyes Like Mine, Hearing
Loss Association of America – New Jersey State Association, Helen Keller
National Center, Malan Syndrome Foundation, National Federation of the
Blind of New Jersey, New Jersey Blind Citizens Association, New Jersey
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, New Jersey Council of the
Blind, New Jersey Deaf Housing, New Jersey Division of the Deaf and Hard of
Hearing, New Jersey Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf, New Jersey State
Library Talking Book and Braille Center, Ocean County College Sign Language
Society, Sign of the Times Sign Language Interpreter Services, South Jersey
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Coalition/Allies in Caring, Inc., Vision Loss
Alliance of New Jersey. Under the logos, the text reads: Helen Keller
Deafblind Awareness Week, June 25 – July 1, 2023

-- 
Katherine Gabry
201.978.5827 V/T

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." ~
Mark Twain
-- 
Warmly,
Linda Melendez, President
National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
908-590-1747
president at nfbnj.org
*www.nfbnj.org* <http://www.nfbnj.org/>
*Facebook: **https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238*
<https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238>

To schedule a 30-minute meeting about the National Federation of the Blind
of New Jersey please click on the link below
https://calendly.com/nfbnj/30min
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