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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Greetings all:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>As promised, listed below are the details for the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Virtual 110th Anniversary Celebration and the Honorees which include Joseph Ruffalo, President National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey. Joe is receiving the Lydia Young Hayes Trailblazer Award.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please share with others as all are welcome to attend!</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Respectfully, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Linda Melendez, 1st Vice President </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey <br>732-421-7063</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4285F4'><a href="mailto:lindamelendez220@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>lindamelendez220@gmail.com</span></a></span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>THE NEW JERSEY COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED (CBVI) </span></b><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Cordially Invites You to Attend </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <i>#CBVIStrong2020 </i></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The Virtual 110th Anniversary Celebration </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>When: Friday, October 2, 2020<br>Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Use this link to instantly join Zoom meeting: <a href="https://zoom.us/j/96238188369?from=msft"><span style='color:blue'>https://zoom.us/j/96238188369?from=msft</span></a> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dial-in Phone Access: 1-646-558-8656<br>Meeting ID: 962 3818 8369<br> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><u><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Honorees </span></u></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Joseph Ruffalo – </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Lydia Young Hayes Trailblazer Award<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Kaleigh Brendle and Ethan Morrobel – </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>George F. Meyer Youth Merit Award<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Hon. Mildred Crump – </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Joseph Kohn Leadership Award<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Nicky Gacos – </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Norma F. Krajczar EmployAbility Award </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Deaf-Blind Community Access Network – </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Jamie Hilton Awareness Award<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>C. Patrick McKenna – </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Caroline Rose Foster Independent Living Award </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Marshall Klein – </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Nathan Rogoff Humanitarian Award<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Father Jim Warnke – </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Chairperson’s Award<b> </b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Vito J. DeSantis – </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>1st Vito J. DeSantis Decennial Award </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>and the </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>2020 CBVI Board of Trustees Scholarship Winners </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Meeting Instructions: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>All attendees with exception of scheduled speakers will be muted by the host. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Instructions for Zoom: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>If you choose to connect via your computer, simply click or press ENTER on the Zoom meeting ID link below. When you click or press ENTER on the link, it will automatically open the Zoom app on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Zoom Meeting Link: </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://zoom.us/j/96238188369?from=msft"><span style='color:blue'>https://zoom.us/j/96238188369?from=msft</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Instructions for connecting to the meeting using LAN line phone or cell phone: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>You may participate by dialing in to: <b>1-646-558-8656</b>; then add requested Meeting ID: <u>962-3818-8369</u> just as you would to any conference call, then enter the access code. Lastly, follow the prompts the auto attendant will give you. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Accessibility: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On screen ASL interpretation and closed captioning will be provided. For braille display users make sure to open the View Full Transcript mode under Closed Captioning. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>For further information, please email: <a href="mailto:pamela.gaston@dhs.nj.gov"><span style='color:blue'>pamela.gaston@dhs.nj.gov</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Respectfully,<br>Linda Melendez, 1st Vice President <br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey <br>President, NFBNJ Sports and Recreation Division <br>732-421-7063<br><a href="mailto:lindamelendez220@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>lindamelendez220@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>