[NFBNJ] National Federation of the Blind of NJ President Melendez Items of Interest Week of April 21

Wed Apr 23 12:00:00 UTC 2025

Greetings all,

Apologies for the length of this email. I felt it was best to send one long
email rather than multiple emails. Included in this email aer the following:

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   Affiliate Business
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   Chapter Business News
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   2025 Convention Reminders
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   Additional Reminders

Warmly,
Linda Melendez, President
National Federation of the Blind of NJ
908-590-1747
president at nfbnj.org

Affiliate Business

   1.

   We have changed the name of the Legislation Committee aka Washington
   Seminar Team to the Congressional Committee Chaired by Ryan Stevens.
   Each chapter will continue to have a member on this committee.

   2.

   We have established the Chapter State Legislative Committee to be
   chaired by Nancy Starzynski. This committee will also have a chapter
   member appointed to the committee. Stay tuned for additional information
   during your chapter meetings.

   3.

   We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Blind Professionals
   Group chaired by  Bree Douglas, VP Northeast Chapter. Their first meeting
   will be held on the affiliate zoom platform Wednesday, June 11 at 8 PM.
   Meeting and participation details will be available through our on-line
   calendar and via email.

   4.

   Our team is excited to announce that our Website Photo Gallery is now
   live with Alt Text for each picture. 2024 State Convention pictures are
   available for viewing. Stay tuned for additional photos to be uploaded. Our
   photo gallery can be found from our website www.nfbnj.org under About Us
   or by clicking on the link below;
   http://www.nfbnj.org/gallery

   5.

   Shortly ,I will be appointing chapter social media liaisons from our
   Leadership Seminar to work closely with Jason Resnick, Social Media
   Coordinator to increase chapter news and posts. Stay tuned for appointments
   and the Social Media process.

   6.

   Mac Biggers, Jason Resnick and myself have put together Chapter
   Fundraising TookKits. These toolkits will ensure proper NFBNJ Branding,
   accept donations or purchases through chapter  PayPal through a QR code and
   much much more. This toolkit will be given to chapter presidents at our
   in-person meeting. Toolkit pictures and descriptions will be shared
   towards the end of May.

   7.

   The affiliate is moving away from mailing checks and using Direct
   Deposit. The goal is to easily reconcile our account on a monthly basis,
   no longer waiting for checks to clear, mailing them and lost checks.
   Individuals receiving affiliate approved expenses will be required to fill
   out the ACH and upload a voided check to our secure dropbox account..

Chapter  Business News

For branding and succession planning we have standardized chapter contact
information and will provide  a fundraising toolkit to chapter
presidents.This process included:

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   NFBNJ.ORG Chapter email address
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   Chapter Google Voice number
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   Business Cards
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   Chapter fundraising toolkit including fundraising QR codes for donations
   and much much more!

2025 Convention Reminders

Mark your calendars and make every effort to attend the 49th Annual State
Convention. Theme is Live the Life You Want; Becoming a Champion. This year
we will be hosting at the APA Hotel Woodbridge, formerly known as the
Hilton located at 20 Wood Avenue South Iselin, NJ 08830. The hotel is
accessible by NJ Transit Access Link.

They  are now accepting room reservations for the State Convention. To make
your reservation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, dial (732) 494-6200 and use
the group name of National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey. The best
time to call is during regular business hours, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.

The 2025 room rate is $119 a night for up to four occupants in a room per
night. Hotel room rates are subject to 6.625% New Jersey State tax, 5.0%
Occupancy tax and 3.0% Municipal tax. All taxes are subject to change
without prior notice, and will be in effect at the time of check-out.

For those considering arriving early, there is a limited number of
available guest rooms as another group will be occupying most of the hotel
on Wednesday, October 23 The Hotel will be releasing any remaining rooms
in  our block of rooms on Friday, October 10, 2025 at 5 PM so make your
reservation quickly. You will need a credit card to secure your
reservation, There will be no charge to your card until you arrive at the
hotel. In addition, there are a limited number of wheelchair accessible
rooms and if needed, make it known when you are making your room
reservation.

State convention Pre-Registration will be open in the middle of July (after
the National Convention) and will close on Friday, October 10; stay tuned
for additional information and pre-registration form.

Additional Reminders:

Please follow, like and share our facebook page to hear about the National
Federation of the Blind of NJ  News, Events and an assortment of posts.

https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238

Please access our affiliate website on-line calendar for affiliate,
committee and group meetings.

Events Calendar | National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey
<https://nfbnj.org/events-calendar>
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