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<DIV>Greetings to all!</DIV>
<DIV>Please review and share with others!</DIV>
<DIV>Warmly,</DIV>
<DIV>Joe </DIV>
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<A title=lindamelendez220@gmail.com
href="mailto:lindamelendez220@gmail.com">Linda Melendez</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 19, 2020 3:01 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=nfbnj1@verizon.net
href="mailto:nfbnj1@verizon.net">Joseph Ruffalo</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> You’re invited to join in the 2020 Winter Challenge,
Sponsored by the Sports and Recreation Division</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>Joe:</DIV>
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<DIV>Can you please distribute this invitation for all to participate in
our</DIV>
<DIV>2020 Winter Challenge?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Linda Melendez, President</DIV>
<DIV>NFBNJ Sports and Recreation Division</DIV>
<DIV>732 421 7063</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="mailto:lindamelendez220@gmail.com">lindamelendez220@gmail.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>*2020 Winter Challenge, Sponsored by the Sports and Recreation
Division*</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Feeling a bit let-down after the rush of holidays just past?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Get your endorphins back in gear by joining our Winter Challenge
from</DIV>
<DIV>January 15 through March 31, 2020. This year we are offering three
amazing</DIV>
<DIV>opportunities; participate in one, two or all of the challenges.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The first challenge is to learn or brush up on your Braille skills: It
is</DIV>
<DIV>important for us as NFB members to not only promote the use of Braille
but</DIV>
<DIV>to also use it in our daily lives. There are resources to help you
get</DIV>
<DIV>materials and start learning.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The second challenge is to learn a new independent living Skill: We
likely</DIV>
<DIV>all have something in our daily lives that someone does for us and
which
we</DIV>
<DIV>could learn to do for ourselves independently. Independence
builds</DIV>
<DIV>confidence and strength. Independence is freedom.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The third challenge is to be realistic about our physical health and
take</DIV>
<DIV>action to improve it. The most important thing we have as humans is
our</DIV>
<DIV>health. Regardless of what health issue we may have, there are
many</DIV>
<DIV>resources out there to give us the information we need to best
understand</DIV>
<DIV>and do what we can to make ourselves healthier. Let’s seek out some
of</DIV>
<DIV>these resources and start incorporating some of them into our lives.
Lack</DIV>
<DIV>of well-being can create a barrier to reaching our goals. The healthier
and</DIV>
<DIV>stronger we are as individuals, the healthier and stronger we are as
a</DIV>
<DIV>community.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>All three challenges require sacrifice, effort and most importantly, a
good</DIV>
<DIV>support system. We have some knowledgeable individuals in our
organization</DIV>
<DIV>and affiliate so let’s help each other with ideas, resources or
just</DIV>
<DIV>positive words of encouragement.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Also, please consider sharing this challenge with other blind or
vision</DIV>
<DIV>impaired individuals so they can enjoy participating too. Non NFBNJ
members</DIV>
<DIV>are welcomed, let’s share the gift of the federation with them.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>For challenge questions please contact Tony Santiago, Sports and
Recreation</DIV>
<DIV>Division Board Member and Chair of the Activities and Events
Committee, at</DIV>
<DIV>732-947-2429 or ts.128@icloud.com, or Annemarie Cooke, NFBNJ Sports
and</DIV>
<DIV>Recreation Division Vice President, at 609-859-4084 or
aec732@gmail.com.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>To register, please complete the Winter Challenge Registration Form
at</DIV>
<DIV>www.nfbnj.org/sports-and-recreation-challenge-registration-form. If you
are</DIV>
<DIV>experiencing technical difficulty with the registration form,
please</DIV>
<DIV>contact NFBNJ Webmaster Brian Mackey at 609-680-8488 or <A
href="mailto:webmaster@nfbnj.org">webmaster@nfbnj.org</A>.</DIV>
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