<div>--------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gaston, Pamela</strong><br>Date: Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 1:39 PM<br>Subject: Gov. Murphy Proclaims October 2021 - Blindness Awareness Month (BAM)</div><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial Black",Arial,sans-serif">State of New Jersey </span></div>
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<span style="color:rgb(32,31,30);font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;font-family:"Arial Black",Arial,sans-serif">Proclamation</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Black",Arial,sans-serif"> </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Whereas, the State of New Jersey became a trailblazer in 1910, with the establishment of the Commission for the Blind and Visually
Impaired (CBVI), one of the nation’s first State agencies dedicated exclusively to the unique educational, vocational and day-to-day life needs of people who are blind, deaf-blind or visually impaired; and</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Whereas, it is estimated that over 259,000 New Jersey residents live with blindness or severe vision loss; and</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Whereas, the mission of the CBVI is to promote and provide services in the areas of education, employment, independence and eye
health through informed choice and partnership with persons who are blind, deaf-blind or visually impaired, their families and the community; and</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Whereas, CBVI has always recognized the importance of providing services that facilitate access to opportunities that will enable
people with vision loss to obtain their fullest measure of self-reliance and improved quality of life and also proactively endeavors to ensure their treatment as individuals with dignity and worth who are able to fully participate in and contribute to our
society; and</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Whereas, CBVI continues to work in partnership with consumers and all individuals and organizations that share their goal to prepare
for the promise of the future while promoting the vast reservoir of talent and ability represented by people who are blind, deaf-blind or visually impaired; and</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Now, therefore, I, Phil Murphy, Governor of the State of New Jersey, do hereby proclaim that </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">October
2021 be declared Blindness Awareness Month</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Signed by Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver and Governor Phil Murphy</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201f1e"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">(With a gold embossed seal and a navy blue ribbon)</span></span></p>
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<i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:white"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:9pt">mage NJCBVI Logo: </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:9pt;text-align:left;background-color:white">Dark blue </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:9pt;text-align:left;background-color:white">Braille
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