<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Wow!  Hats off  to Joe & Carol!  Kudos to awesome leadership:)</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:30 PM, joe ruffalo via NFBNJ <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nfbnj@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfbnj@nfbnet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Greetings to all on the NFBNJ distribution list!</div>
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<div>Congratulations to all that emailed and called Governor Murphy and 
Acting
Commissioner Johnson with your letter and the facts sheet on the importance 
to
preserve the NJ CBVI.</div>
<div>Your individual and collective voices were heard as we want to continue 
to
raise expectations to live the life we want!</div>
<div>I know when we need you again, you will be available to assist to 
change
what it means to be blind!</div>
<div>The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey are the blind 
speaking
for ourselves!</div>
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<div>Again, congratulations!</div>
<div>The following was forwarded by Carol Castellano, President, Parents of
Blind Children-NJ.</div>
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<div>Dear Members,</div>
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<div>Thanks to your efforts of calling, writing, and emailing, we have
received</div>
<div>the assurance in writing and in person today from Acting 
Commissioner</div>
<div>Carole Johnson that "the Murphy Administration is committed to 
CBVI's</div>
<div>important work...and has no intention of dismantling or eliminating
CBVI."</div>
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<div>The Commission for the Blind will be preserved!  Well done,
everyone!</div>
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<div>Carol & Joe</div>
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<div>Carol Castellano</div>
<div>Parents of Blind Children-NJ</div>
<div>National Organization of Parents of Blind Children</div>
<div><a href="tel:(973)%20377-0976" value="+19733770976" target="_blank">973-377-0976</a></div>
<div><a href="mailto:carol_castellano@verizon.net" target="_blank">carol_castellano@verizon.net</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.blindchildren.org" target="_blank">www.blindchildren.org</a></div>
<div><a href="http://www.nopbc.org" target="_blank">www.nopbc.org</a></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:#000000">We 
care. We
share. We grow. We make a difference<br>Joe Ruffalo, President <br>National
Federation of the Blind of New Jersey <br>973 743
0075<br><a href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net" target="_blank">nfbnj1@verizon.net</a><br><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org" target="_blank">www.nfbnj.org</a></div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri';COLOR:#000000">Raising
Expectations To Live The Life We Want!</div>
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