<div dir="auto">Greetings  all,</div><div><br></div><div dir="auto">Please see holiday message below from Dr. Davis Executive Director New Jersey Commission for the Blind and  Visually Impaired.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warmly,</div><div dir="auto">Linda Melendez, President</div><div dir="auto">National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey</div><div dir="auto">732–4 21–7063</div><div dir="auto"><a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org">president@nfbnj.org</a></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gaston, Pamela</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov">Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 2:04 PM<br>Subject: Holiday Message<br>To: Davis, Bernice <<a href="mailto:Bernice.Davis@dhs.nj.gov">Bernice.Davis@dhs.nj.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>




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<i><span style="color:black;font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">Season's Greetings! </span><br>
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<i><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif">As</span><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:28px"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:14pt;line-height:normal"> </span><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif;font-size:14pt;line-height:normal">2020
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<span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><i>Faced by never before experienced circumstances, our community pulled together, and in partnership with a shared commitment to people who are blind,
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<span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><i>From the entire team at the NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, we’d like to say thank you for your continued faith in us and the work
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<span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif"><i>It is my hope that your hearts and homes will be filled with the traditional peace and joy of this season. </i></span></p>
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</div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Warmly, <br>Linda Melendez, <span>President</span><br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>732-421-7063<br></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Email: </span><a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span>president</span>@nfbnj.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br><i>Website: </i></span><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.nfbnj.org</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><br>Facebook: </span></i><a href="https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><br>Twitter: </span></i><a href="https://twitter.com/nfbnewjersey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">@NFBNewJersey</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><br>YouTube: </span></i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKEDbjGsCYHMlwd4gqpBPjg" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">NFBNJTransformDreams</span></i></a><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span><br>Live the life you want.<br></span></i><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Everyday we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</span></font><br></div><div dir="auto"></div><font color="#888888"></font></div></div>