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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=4>Yes this is a great step to prove we need a
stand alone department for the blind/visually impaired</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Kudos to Carol and Joe for spearheading this and to all
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phoned, emailed or snail mailed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Our collective voice was heard!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Celebrate the belief that we can make a
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=nfbnj@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:nfbnj@nfbnet.org">joe ruffalo via NFBNJ</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 26, 2018 3:30 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=nfbnj@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:nfbnj@nfbnet.org">nfbnj@nfbnet.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NFBNJ] Congratulations We Did It! The Commission Will
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Preserved</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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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>**</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>973-377-0976</DIV>
<DIV>carol_castellano@verizon.net</DIV>
<DIV>www.blindchildren.org</DIV>
<DIV>www.nopbc.org</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>nfbnj1@verizon.net<BR><A
href="http://www.nfbnj.org">www.nfbnj.org</A></DIV>
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Expectations To Live The Life We Want!</DIV>
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