<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Annemarie!  This was a great team effort!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Carol Castellano<br>
Parents of Blind Children-NJ<br>National Organization of Parents of Blind Children<br>
973-377-0976<br>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 4:55 PM, Annemarie Cooke 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">Seconded! WhooHoo!  Way to go, Carol and Joe and my fellow Federationists!<br>
Annemarie Cooke<br>
<div><div class="h5">On 2/26/18, Zoraida Krell via NFBNJ <<a href="mailto:nfbnj@nfbnet.org">nfbnj@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Wow!  Hats off  to Joe & Carol!  Kudos to awesome leadership:)<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:30 PM, joe ruffalo via NFBNJ <<a href="mailto:nfbnj@nfbnet.org">nfbnj@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Greetings to all on the NFBNJ distribution list!<br>
>><br>
>> Congratulations to all that emailed and called Governor Murphy and Acting<br>
>> Commissioner Johnson with your letter and the facts sheet on the<br>
>> importance<br>
>> to preserve the NJ CBVI.<br>
>> Your individual and collective voices were heard as we want to continue<br>
>> to<br>
>> raise expectations to live the life we want!<br>
>> I know when we need you again, you will be available to assist to change<br>
>> what it means to be blind!<br>
>> The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey are the blind speaking<br>
>> for ourselves!<br>
>><br>
>> Again, congratulations!<br>
>> The following was forwarded by Carol Castellano, President, Parents of<br>
>> Blind Children-NJ.<br>
>><br>
>> **<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Dear Members,<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks to your efforts of calling, writing, and emailing, we have<br>
>> received<br>
>> the assurance in writing and in person today from Acting Commissioner<br>
>> Carole Johnson that "the Murphy Administration is committed to CBVI's<br>
>> important work...and has no intention of dismantling or eliminating<br>
>> CBVI."<br>
>><br>
>> The Commission for the Blind will be preserved!  Well done, everyone!<br>
>><br>
>> Carol & Joe<br>
>><br>
>> Carol Castellano<br>
>> Parents of Blind Children-NJ<br>
>> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children<br>
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>><br>
>> We care. We share. We grow. We make a difference<br>
>> Joe Ruffalo, President<br>
>> National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>
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>> Raising Expectations To Live The Life We Want!<br>
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