<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> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov">Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 3:04 PM<br>Subject: November Commission Connection Call: 11/30/21 at 10:30 a.m.<br></div><br>




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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">November is National Diabetes Awareness Month</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">, and according
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">This month’s panelists will share information that can help you learn to monitor your blood sugar, manage your medications, plan healthy food choices and set goals
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Elizabeth DeShields, Coordinator of Independent Living and Eye Health Services</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Will discuss Diabetes Facts and Myths and CBVI Initiatives related to Diabetes  </span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nancy Kasmar, Eye Health Nurse</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Will describe the role of the CBVI Eye Health Nurse and will discuss adaptive equipment for Diabetes management </span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Katherine Herson, Nutritionist</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Will discuss healthy eating; how nutrition affects Diabetics and recommend some easy to prepare, tasty recipes </span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Deborah Alexander, Facilitator, Visionary Trailblazers</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Will talk about her personal experience as a diabetic; her leadership of an ASPIRE group and the wellness activities they do together   </span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Casandra Thompson, Facilitator, Eyes Like Mine Book Club </span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Will talk about how she maintains an active lifestyle living with Diabetes </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">If you have any questions, or would like to suggest topics for future Commission Connection Calls, please don’t hesitate to email:
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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)"><br></span></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span>​</span>Warmly, <br>Linda Melendez, President<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">president@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)"><br>Facebook: </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)"><br>Twitter: </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)"><br>YouTube: </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)"><br>Live the life you want.<br></i><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><font size="1">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.</font></i></span></font><br></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i><font size="1"><br></font></i></span></font></div><div></div></div><div dir="auto"></div><font color="#888888"></font></div></div>