<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" id="gmail-m_-6549547672456370283m_-2481237402144996830m_-617180532677239067m_-2673714255259505245docs-internal-guid-a5af0c84-7fff-4bce-ec49-0b05cf6d0a53" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Greetings all,</font></span></p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"></font><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joe has asked me to send a message <span class="gmail_default" style="">on his behalf</span> thanking <span class="gmail_default" style="">everyone</span> for their prayers, thoughts and well wishes during this difficult time for him and his family.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">He also wanted me to thank the members for supporting me as the newly elected President. </span></font></p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"></font><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joe is now on the next step of his journey. He is in a rehab facility for PT, OT and support.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Yesterday he went to </span><span class="gmail_default" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Saint Barnabas Hospital </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">for a </span><span class="gmail_default" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Pet</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span class="gmail_default" style="white-space:pre-wrap">S</span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">can and we are awaiting the results.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> He is still requesting not to receive calls at this time and asks for your cooperation and understanding.</span></span></font></p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"></font><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Janie and I have recently spoken with him and his voice is full and clear. He has a spirit of hope and wants to let the membership know that their prayers, good thoughts, and well wishes are working.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">He is forever grateful for his wonderful <span class="gmail_default" style="">NFB and </span>NFBNJ family.</span></font></p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px"></font><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On a personal note from Janie, she wants to thank all of you for loving her brother and will keep us abreast of the next updates as they arise.<span class="gmail_default" style=""> </span></span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Hugs to all and a big woo hoo!</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail_default" style=""></span></span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">W</span><span class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">armly, </span></font></p><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Linda Melendez, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>732-421-7063<br>Email: <a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org" target="_blank">president@nfbnj.org</a><br><i>Website: </i><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">www.nfbnj.org</span></i></a><i><br></i></font><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(49,49,49);word-spacing:1px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
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