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<DIV>Greetings to all!</DIV>
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<DIV>Please review the following notes for May, 2018.</DIV>
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<DIV>I invite all to visit the state website at www.nfbnj.org <<A
href="http://www.nfbnj.org">http://www.nfbnj.org</A>> .</DIV>
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<DIV>This site is updated frequently and therefore, your visiting and your
thoughts are requested as we continue to provide educational, motivational
and
inspirational information to raise expectations to live the life we
want!</DIV>
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<DIV>Remember our veterans this memorial Weekend and Day!</DIV>
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<DIV>respectfully,</DIV>
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<DIV>Joe Ruffalo, President</DIV>
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<DIV>national Federation of the Blind of New Jersey </DIV>
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<DIV>973 743 0075</DIV>
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<DIV>nfbnj1@verizon.net <mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net> </DIV>
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<DIV>www.nfbnj.org <<A
href="http://www.nfbnj.org">http://www.nfbnj.org</A>> </DIV>
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<DIV>Items of Interest:</DIV>
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<DIV>1. National Convention, General Info </DIV>
<DIV>2. Braille Monitor </DIV>
<DIV>3. Sounding Board </DIV>
<DIV>4. Summer Challenge </DIV>
<DIV>5. Surfing Long Branch </DIV>
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<DIV>1. General information about the national convention,
including hotel details, can be found on <A
href="https://nfb.org/convention">https://nfb.org/convention</A>. Please
note
that pre-registration for the convention closes on May 31st.</DIV>
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<DIV>2. Braille Monitor:</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Colleagues in this fantastic movement we share:</DIV>
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<DIV>I am asking for your help in your role as a chapter and or
division
president. You are the key to good communication, and I am in the business
of
communicating. I hope you will talk with your chapter/division about
the
Braille Monitor. Believe it or not, the flagship publication of our
Federation
has a name that people know, but too many people do not receive it.</DIV>
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<DIV>What is the Braille Monitor? It is your magazine. We share what's going
on
in the Federation. We talk about the problems blind people face and how they
have gotten around them. Why are there so few blind people in the theater
and on
television. The Braille Monitor has been explaining the problem and looking
to
the hearts and minds of our people to figure out how to crash through this
glass
ceiling. When do simulations of blindness help and when do they hurt us?
This we
have been exploring in the pages of the magazine you and I share. What is it
like to feel afraid to travel, and how does it feel when you realize you
can?
Your magazine tells this story again and again, both because it is an
important
story and because there are so many variations of it that reach the hearts
of
blind and sighted people.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please subscribe to your magazine. You can get it in Braille, in print,
or
on a thumb drive with recorded audio in a great human voice. You can read it
on
NFB-NEWSLINE, through email, on the web as HTML, or on the web as audio. We
make
each issue a podcast you can find by searching for the Braille
Monitor.</DIV>
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<DIV>How do your members subscribe? Start by sending an email to
publications@nfb.org <mailto:publications@nfb.org> and telling
us
whether you want Braille, audio, print, or email. We will see that you get
the
Braille Monitor in the form you desire. Please provide your name, address,
phone
number, email and preferred media. Don't forget that we also want your
contributions. Send them to me by writing to gwunder@nfb.org
<mailto:gwunder@nfb.org> . You may also call me at 410-659-9314,
extension
2360.</DIV>
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<DIV>We enjoy a common bond in the Federation, and our joint effort works
best
when we share our knowledge, our hopes, and our dreams. Our magazine tries
to do
this, and we need you as readers and contributors. Thank you for inviting me
into your chapter/division meeting and for giving me the time to ask
that
you talk about and subscribe to the magazine that is for you and depends on
your
readership and your written contributions.</DIV>
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<DIV>Warmly,</DIV>
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<DIV>Gary Wunder, editor</DIV>
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<DIV>gwunder@nfb.org <mailto:gwunder@nfb.org> </DIV>
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<DIV>3. The Sounding Board is the magazine of the National Federation of the
Blind of New Jersey. It is published every spring and fall. The magazine is
filled with educational, motivational and inspirational news from our
members
and others in the blindness field. Through The Sounding Board, our members
can
keep current with local, state and national news and issues of concern. We
also
aspire to provide a source of hope, inspiration, pride and camaraderie
through
the personal stories in our publication. We encourage our readers to share
The
Sounding Board with family members, teachers, professionals, neighbors,
friends
and any other interested parties. We estimate our circulation to be in the
thousands, as readers from across the country regularly report that The
Sounding
Board influences their lives. The publication is available via email and
Newsline, and can also be downloaded in its entirety from
www.nfbnj.org/sounding-board <<A
href="http://www.nfbnj.org/sounding-board">http://www.nfbnj.org/sounding-board</A>>
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<DIV>The deadline for the Fall 2018 edition is September 15th. Please submit
articles to Kathy Gabry, editor, at specialk38@aol.com
<mailto:specialk38@aol.com> and Joe Ruffalo, NFBNJ President,
at nfbnj1@verizon.net <mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net> .
Advertisements
should be submitted to Barbara Shalit, advertising manager, at
barbart@tullensound.com <mailto:barbart@tullensound.com> . Advertising
rates are $25 for a half page and $40 for a full page. Please note that the
editorial staff will determine whether the article or advertisement will be
printed, and reserves the right to edit all articles and advertising for
space
and/or clarity considerations.</DIV>
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<DIV>To receive a copy of The Sounding Board via email, please forward a
message
to Brian Mackey at bmackey88@gmail.com
<mailto:bmackey88@gmail.com>
or to Joe Ruffalo at nfbnj1@verizon.net <mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net>
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<DIV>In the subject, please provide the following.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sounding Board Subscription. In addition to receiving The Sounding
Board,
you will receive a wide variety of information sent from the state affiliate
(such as announcements regarding our state convention), and materials sent
from
the national office of the National Federation of the Blind located in
Baltimore, Maryland.</DIV>
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<DIV>Download the current issue of The Sounding Board:</DIV>
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<DIV>* <<A
href="https://www.nfbnj.org/Sounding%20Board/2018/SBSpring2018.doc">https://www.nfbnj.org/Sounding%20Board/2018/SBSpring2018.doc</A>>
The Sounding Board, Spring 2018 (Word)</DIV>
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<DIV>* <<A
href="https://www.nfbnj.org/Sounding%20Board/2018/SBSpring2018.pdf">https://www.nfbnj.org/Sounding%20Board/2018/SBSpring2018.pdf</A>>
The Sounding Board, Spring 2018 (PDF)</DIV>
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<DIV>4. The Sports & Recreation Division of the NFBNJ Launches
their
Summer Get Yourself Moving Personal Challenge</DIV>
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<DIV>Is there something new you’ve always wanted to try but just never made
the
time for it? Would you like to resume something that you haven't done for
some
time? Then sign up for our first-ever Sports & Recreation Division NFBNJ
Summer Get Yourself Moving Personal Challenge which will run from June 1 to
June
30, 2018.</DIV>
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<DIV>Your challenge does not have to be sports related. It can be an
activity
such as completing the reading of a book, attending a chapter or division
meeting, going to coffee after a chapter meeting with a new or inactive
member,
reconnecting with a friend over lunch, seeing a show, or achieving a
personal
goal. A suggested NFB Recommended Reading List will be sent to registered
participants.</DIV>
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<DIV>Interested? Click on the link below to register. Also, kindly consider
sharing this challenge with other blind or vision impaired individuals so
they
can enjoy partaking in this opportunity as well.</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="https://www.nfbnj.org/sports-recreation-summer-challenge-registration-form">https://www.nfbnj.org/sports-recreation-summer-challenge-registration-form</A></DIV>
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<DIV>5. Surfing Long Branch </DIV>
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<DIV>Request for distribution from Michael Benson, Co-Founder of Visual
Experience and a member of the Sports and Recreation Division NFBNJ.</DIV>
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<DIV>Surfing in Long Branch The following information is being forwarded by
Sports and Recreation Division of the NFBNJ as a courtesy, in accordance
with
our continued efforts to share information that may be of interest or of
benefit
to individuals who are blind and vision-impaired.</DIV>
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<DIV>Raising Expectations; Transform Your Dreams Into Reality!</DIV>
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<DIV>On Saturday, August 18, 2018, the Vision Experience Foundation will
again
present an opportunity for people who are blind and vision impaired to
experience surfing at the Long Branch waterfront.</DIV>
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<DIV>Registration is open to those who are Blind, Legally Blind, and those
diagnosed with severe vision impairment.</DIV>
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<DIV>This will be an awesome day that will provide each participant to have
a
surfing experience. Feel the wind and ocean spray on your face, hear the
beach
and ocean sounds, taste the salt in the air and burn in your mind’s eye the
excitement of riding the waves on a surf board. You will be instructed and
have
someone with you at all times to assist you as you experience the thrill of
a
lifetime.</DIV>
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<DIV>All that is needed is you and your bathing suit. Expert surfers, water
certified safety people as well as lifeguards will be on hand. Life jackets
and
surfboards will be provided. Registration is limited to 100 surfers so apply
today.</DIV>
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<DIV>To register or for further information contact Michael Benson at:</DIV>
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<DIV><mailto:michael@lovevision.org%3cmailto:michael@lovevision.org>
michael@lovevision.org <mailto:michael@lovevision.org> </DIV>
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<DIV>or visit:</DIV>
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<DIV>www.visualexperiencefoundation.org/surfer-registration <<A
href="http://www.visualexperiencefoundation.org/surfer-registration%3c">http://www.visualexperiencefoundation.org/surfer-registration%3c</A>>
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<DIV>WHEN & WHERE:*</DIV>
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<DIV>Date: August 18, 2018 rain date August 19, 2018</DIV>
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<DIV>Time: Registration 8am -11am Surfing 10am to 1pm</DIV>
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<DIV>Great Lawn Fest 1pm to 4pm</DIV>
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<DIV>Location: North Beach, Long Branch, NJ</DIV>
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<DIV>Access Link is available.</DIV>
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