<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: Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 12:37 PM<br>Subject: Rutgers Adaptive Sports, Health & Wellness Day<br>To: CBVI Public-Email <<a href="mailto:CBVI.Public-Email@dhs.nj.gov">CBVI.Public-Email@dhs.nj.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>




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Disability Adaptive Sports, Health and Wellness Day
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Join us for a fun and educational event where you can participate in and observe adaptive sports for people with disabilities. Take part in our workshops on sports, health, wellness, and advocacy as
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Play Wheelchair Basketball, Beep Baseball, Track and Field Events, Goalball, Soccer, and more. This event is free and open to all. </p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">This is a great opportunity for people with disabilities and professionals that work or  will be working with individuals with disabilities.</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">To find other Disability Awareness Month events, visit:
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Date: October 21, 2022</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Time: 1:00 PM - 8:00 PM</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Cook/Douglass Recreation Center</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/50+Biel+Rd,+New+Brunswick,+NJ+08901?entry=gmail&source=g">50 Biel Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Volunteers must pre-register at the email below. They must volunteer for a minimum of two hours. In your email, please
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">12:00 PM to 1:00 PM</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Volunteers and staff set up sports activities in the field and gym area. Workshop rooms are prepared for presentations.</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Workshop 1</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">1:00 PM to 2:00 PM</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Workshop: Universities and Adaptive Sports</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Examines the importance of adaptive sports in a university setting and includes real-life stories and experiences about people with disabilities playing adaptive sports.</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Guest Speaker: Teri Jordan, Former Adaptive Sports T&F Coach from Penn State University</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Outside Sports and Track and Field</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">2:00 PM to 3:30 PM</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Blind Soccer (Outside Field) - Learn the basics of this sport watch or participate with some of the best blind soccer players in the state.</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Beep Baseball (Outside Field) - Learn and participate in beep baseball for blind individuals.</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Para Athletics (Outside Field) - Take part in numerous track and field activities designed for individuals with varying disabilities.</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Inside Gym Sports</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Goalball</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">3:30PM to 4:30 PM</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Goalball - Inside Gym (full side court) Learn all about goalball while participating and competing with other teams.</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Wheelchair Basketball -Wheelchair Sports Federation</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">4:30 PM to 7:30 PM</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Wheelchair Basketball (Inside Gym) Is one of our most popular events. All are offered an opportunity to participate and allow you to see what it is like to play against a professional wheelchair basketball
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Workshop 2</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">5:00 PM to 6:00 PM</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">Adaptive Sports: Blind Athletes Panel Discussion</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">This workshop will cover the personal and professional experiences of blind athletes. Learn of the struggles and successes of these elite athletes and their coaches.</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">8:00 PM to 9:00 PM:</p>
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<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">College credits can be awarded.</p>
<p style="font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium">For More Info: <a href="mailto:javier.robles@rutgers.edu" target="_blank">javier.robles@rutgers.edu</a> <a href="https://kines.rutgers.edu/dshw/events/calendar" target="_blank">https://kines.rutgers.edu/dshw/events/calendar</a></p>
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</div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Warmly, <br>Linda Melendez, President<br>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>732-421-7063<br><a href="mailto:president@nfbnj.org">president@nfbnj.org</a><br><a href="http://www.nfbnj.org">www.nfbnj.org</a><br>Facebook: <a href="https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238">https://m.facebook.com/NFB-NJ-353099574776238</a><br><br>To schedule a 30 minute meeting about the National Federation of the Blind  of NJ click on the link below <br><a href="https://calendly.com/d/dzt-82s-fwj/30-minute-meeting">https://calendly.com/d/dzt-82s-fwj/30-minute-meeting</a><br></div>