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<DIV> Greetings to all!</DIV>
<DIV>Please read the valuable information provided below by Linda Melendez
and
committee members of the Sports and Recreation Division of the NFBNJ.</DIV>
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<DIV>She has provided a reminder of information for those that will be
attending
the book club scheduled for Monday, June 25 at 8:00 pm.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In addition, a list of titles for future consideration is located
below.</DIV>
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<DIV>Grab a book or two, a cup of coffee and read the words that will raise
your
expectations to live the life you want!</DIV>
<DIV>Warmly,</DIV>
<DIV>Joe </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>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Raising
Expectations To Live The Life You Want!</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Your
old
car keys can be keys to literacy for the blind.<BR>Donate your unwanted
vehicle
to us by clicking <BR>www.carshelpingtheblind.org <BR>or call 855 659
9314<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Joe:</DIV>
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<DIV>Can you please send the following invitation from the Sports and
Recreation</DIV>
<DIV>Division to the NFBNJ distribution list?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you,</DIV>
<DIV>Linda Melendez, President</DIV>
<DIV>Sports & Recreation Division of the National Federation of the
Blind of
New</DIV>
<DIV>Jersey</DIV>
<DIV>732-421-7063 <(732)%20421-7063></DIV>
<DIV>Email: lindamelendez220@gmail.com</DIV>
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<DIV>The Sports and Recreation Division NFBNJ Book Club Challenge will
be</DIV>
<DIV>having a Book Club conference call hosted by Janie Degenshein on
Monday,</DIV>
<DIV>June 25, 2018 at 8:00 to discuss the amazing book “The Blind Doctor”.
The</DIV>
<DIV>NLS BARD entry for the blind doctor: the Jacob Bolotin story: a
biography</DIV>
<DIV>DB64720 Perlman, Rosalind; reading time: 8 hours, 13 minutes.</DIV>
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<DIV>To participate in the book club please dial: 1 515 604 9570 access
code</DIV>
<DIV>612068 followed by the pound. If you have any questions please contact
Jane</DIV>
<DIV>Degenshein 973 736 5785 or email at jdegen16@comcast.net*.*</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, listed below is the NFB Recommended Reading List.</DIV>
<DIV>Books:</DIV>
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<DIV>· Blind Ambition: One Woman's
Journey to Greatness Despite Her</DIV>
<DIV>Blindness</DIV>
<DIV>DBC01886; Hairston, Ever Lee.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 6 hours, 28 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Blind justice: Jacobus
tenBroek
and the vision of equality</DIV>
<DIV>DB59656; Matson, Floyd W; Library of Congress.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 6 hours, 55 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Building the Lives We
Want</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/pubs/building-the-lives-we-want">https://nfb.org/pubs/building-the-lives-we-want</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Kenneth Jernigan: The
Master,
The Mission, The Movement</DIV>
<DIV>DB48985; Jernigan, Kenneth.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 7 hours, 58 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Life Without Sight; My
Journey
Into The Worlds Of The Sighted And</DIV>
<DIV>The Blind</DIV>
<DIV>dbc01887 Allen, Agnes F.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 3 hours, 19 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· No barriers: a blind man's
journey to kayak the Grand Canyon</DIV>
<DIV>DB87291; Weihenmayer, Erik; Woodruff, Bob; Levy, Buddy.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 19 hours, 36 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· The Adversity Advantage:
turning everyday struggles into everyday</DIV>
<DIV>greatness</DIV>
<DIV>DB63609; Stoltz, Paul Gordon; Weihenmayer, Erik.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 11 hours, 18 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· The blindness revolution:
Jernigan in his own words</DIV>
<DIV>DB59457 Omvig, Jim H.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 20 hours, 23 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· The Disability Rights
Movement</DIV>
<DIV>DB49998; Kent, Deborah.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 32 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· The power of love: how
Kenneth
Jernigan changed the world for the</DIV>
<DIV>blind</DIV>
<DIV>DB86625; Walhof, Ramona; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 11 hours, 10 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Thunder dog: the true story
of
a blind man, his guide dog, and the</DIV>
<DIV>triumph of trust at Ground Zero</DIV>
<DIV>DB73300; Hingson, Michael; Flory, Susy.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 7 hours, 19 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Touch the top of the world:
a
blind man's journey to climb farther</DIV>
<DIV>than the eye can see</DIV>
<DIV>DB51505; Weihenmayer, Erik.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 12 hours, 3 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Walking alone and marching
together :: a history of the organized</DIV>
<DIV>blind movement in the United States, 1940-1990</DIV>
<DIV>DB31066; Matson, Floyd W; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 45 hours, 2 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Soaring into Greatness : A
Blind Woman's Vision to Live Her Dreams</DIV>
<DIV>and Fly</DIV>
<DIV>DBC03051; Hamilton, Gail L.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 16 hours, 37 minutes.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· The blind doctor: the Jacob
Bolotin story : a biography</DIV>
<DIV>DB64720; Perlman, Rosalind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 8 hours, 13 minutes.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> *Kernel Books:*</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· As the twig is bent</DIV>
<DIV>DB37264; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 24 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Beginnings and
blueprints</DIV>
<DIV>DB43490; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 7 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Freedom</DIV>
<DIV>DB63799; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 8 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Gray pancakes and gold
horses</DIV>
<DIV>DB46924; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 20 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· I can feel blue on
Monday</DIV>
<DIV>DB50888; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 22 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· If Blindness Comes</DIV>
<DIV>DB38282; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 3 hours, 41 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Like cats and dogs</DIV>
<DIV>DB44869; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 25 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Making hay</DIV>
<DIV>DB41854; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 42 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Not much of a
muchness</DIV>
<DIV>DB56408; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 7 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Oh, wow!</DIV>
<DIV>DB50895; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 20 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Old dogs and new
tricks</DIV>
<DIV>DB42341; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 9 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Reflecting the flame</DIV>
<DIV>DB50642; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 10 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Remember to feed the
kittens</DIV>
<DIV>DB48986; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 24 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Safari</DIV>
<DIV>DB54769; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 4 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Standing on one foot</DIV>
<DIV>DB38289; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 23 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Summit</DIV>
<DIV>DB56407; Maurer, Marc; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 7 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Tapping the charcoal</DIV>
<DIV>DB41029; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 9 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· The freedom bell</DIV>
<DIV>DB37292; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 40 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· The Journey</DIV>
<DIV>DB41320; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 17 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· To touch the untouchable
dream</DIV>
<DIV>DB47132; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 18 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Toothpaste and railroad
tracks</DIV>
<DIV>DB40557; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 13 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· Wall-to-wall
Thanksgiving</DIV>
<DIV>DB44870; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 27 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· What color is the sun</DIV>
<DIV>DB33142; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 2 hours, 5 minutes</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· When the blizzard
blows</DIV>
<DIV>DB39194; Jernigan, Kenneth; National Federation of the Blind.</DIV>
<DIV>Reading time: 1 hour, 12 minutes</DIV>
<DIV>Speeches:</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 2017 – Innovation,
Blindness,
and the Emerging Pattern of Thought</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/2017/banquet-speech-2017.html">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/2017/banquet-speech-2017.html</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 2017 – Presidential
Report</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/2017/presidential-report-2017.html">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/2017/presidential-report-2017.html</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 2016 – The Understanding of
Fear and the Power of Progress</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/banquet-speech-2016.html">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/banquet-speech-2016.html</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 2016 – Presidential
Report</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/presidential-report-2016.html">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/presidential-report-2016.html</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 2015 – The Federation at
Seventy-Five: The Determination of Value</DIV>
<DIV>and the Reflection of Hope</DIV>
<DIV>Text Format:</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/banquet-speech-2015.html">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/banquet-speech-2015.html</A></DIV>
<DIV>Audio format:</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/banqspeech/2015_banquet_address.mp3">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/banqspeech/2015_banquet_address.mp3</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 2014 – Ten Years of
Progress in
the Jernigan Institute: A Letter</DIV>
<DIV>to the Friend I Never Met</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm14/bm1408/bm140807.htm">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm14/bm1408/bm140807.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 1993 - The Nature of
Independence</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/addres93.htm">https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/addres93.htm</A>.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 1991 - Reflecting the
Flame</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/banque91.htm">https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/banque91.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 1983 - Blindness: Handicap
or
Characteristic</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/fr/fr02/Issue4/f020401.html">https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/fr/fr02/Issue4/f020401.html</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>· 1965 - The Federation at
Fifty</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/banque90.htm">https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/banque90.htm</A></DIV>
<DIV>1965 - Blindness: Concepts or Misconceptions</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/blndnesc.htm">https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/convent/blndnesc.htm</A></DIV>
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