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<DIV> Greetings to all!</DIV>
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<DIV>Updates provided by Linda Melendez, President, Sports and Recreation
Division.</DIV>
<DIV>Please consider and please share with others.</DIV>
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<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
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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
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=lindamelendez220@gmail.com
href="mailto:lindamelendez220@gmail.com">Linda Melendez</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 02, 2019 5:39 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=nfbnj1@verizon.net
href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net">Joseph Ruffalo</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Registration for the Spring Personal Challenge and the
New
Jersey Book Club is up and running!</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Joe:</DIV>
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<DIV>Can you please send the following to the NFBNJ distribution list?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thank you,</DIV>
<DIV>Linda Melendez, President</DIV>
<DIV>NFBNJ Sports and Recreation Division</DIV>
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<DIV>Hello Everyone:</DIV>
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<DIV>The registration form for the Spring Personal Challenge and the New
Jersey</DIV>
<DIV>Book Club is up and running. Sorry for any inconvenience this may
have</DIV>
<DIV>caused. Please consider participating; see details below:</DIV>
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<DIV>*All Are Invited to participate in a Spring Personal Challenge;
Sponsored</DIV>
<DIV>by the NFBNJ Sports & Recreation Division*</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Is there something new you’ve always wanted to try but just never made
the</DIV>
<DIV>time for it? Would you like to resume something that you haven't done
for</DIV>
<DIV>some time? Then sign up for our Spring Personal Challenge; Sponsored by
the</DIV>
<DIV>NFBNJ Sports & Recreation Division which will run from April 17th
to
May</DIV>
<DIV>31, 2019.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Your challenge does not have to be sports related. It can be an
activity</DIV>
<DIV>such as completing the reading of a book, attending a chapter or
division</DIV>
<DIV>meeting, going to coffee after a chapter meeting with a new or
inactive</DIV>
<DIV>member, reconnecting with a friend over lunch, seeing a show, or
achieving</DIV>
<DIV>a personal goal. A suggested NFB recommended reading list will be sent
to</DIV>
<DIV>registered participants.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Also, kindly consider sharing this challenge with other blind or
vision</DIV>
<DIV>impaired individuals so they can enjoy partaking in this opportunity
as</DIV>
<DIV>well. Non NFBNJ members are welcomed, let’s share the gift of the</DIV>
<DIV>federation with them. For challenge questions please contact
Linda</DIV>
<DIV>Melendez, President NFBNJ Sports and Recreation Division at
732-421-7063</DIV>
<DIV>lindamelendez220@gmail.com; Annemarie Cooke, Vice President NFBNJ
Sports</DIV>
<DIV>and Recreation Division at 609-859-4084 aec732@gmail.com or Tony
Santiago,</DIV>
<DIV>Board Member and Chair of the Activities and Events Committee at</DIV>
<DIV>732-947-2429 Ts.128@icloud.com.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>To register now, please click on the link below. For challenge
registration</DIV>
<DIV>questions please contact Brian Mackey NFBNJ Webmaster at 610 750
6765</DIV>
<DIV>bmackey88@gmail.com.</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.nfbnj.org/sports-and-recreation-challenge-registration-form">http://www.nfbnj.org/sports-and-recreation-challenge-registration-form</A></DIV>
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<DIV>3rd Quarter New Jersey NFB Book Club – All Are Invited to
participate</DIV>
<DIV>Janie Degenshein, Book Club Moderator has selected the book “Out of
sight:</DIV>
<DIV>blind and doing all right” DBC03328; written by Schreiber, Art;
Simmons,</DIV>
<DIV>Hal. Reading time is 2 hours, 0 minutes and is read by Michael Langer.
A</DIV>
<DIV>production of New Mexico Library for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped,</DIV>
<DIV>New Mexico State Library.</DIV>
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<DIV>Biography: A high level radio news broadcast exec at the top of his
career,</DIV>
<DIV>Art awoke at a resort near Santa Fe, New Mexico, unable to see.
Art's</DIV>
<DIV>refusal to give up and his struggle to live life to the fullest
are</DIV>
<DIV>inspiring. His story is compelling in demonstrating courage,
compassion,</DIV>
<DIV>and resilience in the face of tragedy. We are honored to have the
author,</DIV>
<DIV>Art Schreiber, attending the call to answer any questions about the
book.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you are planning to participate, please complete the registration
form</DIV>
<DIV>at www.nfbnj.org/book-club-registration so we have an idea of who to
expect</DIV>
<DIV>on the call.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If you need assistance with registration please contact Book Club
Moderator</DIV>
<DIV>Janie Degenshein at jdegen16@comcast.net.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>*3rd Quarter New Jersey NFB Book Club meeting instructions: *May
15,</DIV>
<DIV>2019 from 6:45 to 7:45 pm</DIV>
<DIV>Technology Conference Call Line</DIV>
<DIV>Dial: 515 604 9570</DIV>
<DIV>Access Code: 612068 followed by the pound sign</DIV>
<DIV>Please dial in 10 to 15 minutes prior for roll call and follow our
NFBNJ</DIV>
<DIV>conference call etiquette.</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>