<div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Katherine Gabry</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:katherinegabry@gmail.com">katherinegabry@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 8:13 AM<br>Subject: Updated Schedule for DB Awareness Week!<br>To: <br></div><br><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">The picnic celebration at Cheesequake Park last weekend was wonderful - so good to see people in person again!  Old Bridge Township Mayor Owen Henry presented us with not one, but three (!) proclamations declaring Helen Keller DeafBlind Awareness Week: one each from the State of New Jersey, the County of Middlesex and the Township of Old Bridge. The event was hosted by the DeafBlind League of New Jersey, The National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey and DB CAN NJ. </span> </div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Below is an updated schedule of events for the remainder of our deafblind awareness month activities. Please share with your networks, and thanks again for your continued support of New Jersey's deafblind community.</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><ul dir="auto"><li style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:15px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default"><b>Ongoing thru June 30: </b>DeafBlind Awareness social media campaign on our Facebook page: Deaf Blind Community Access Network of NJ. Each day we post a message from a deafblind person sharing something they want the larger community to know about being deafblind.</span></font></li><li style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-left:15px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default"><b> June 26 - July 2: </b>Helen Keller National Center is offering 4 FREE online classes! Use the code following the course name at checkout. Questions? Email: </span></font>

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