<div><b>From:</b> Elsa Zavoda <<a href="mailto:EZavoda@vlanj.org" target="_blank">EZavoda@vlanj.org</a>> <br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_4249780203591913244WordSection1"><div><div style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in;border-top-color:rgb(225,225,225)"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 6, 2023 9:05 AM<br><b>To:</b> Beyond Sight <<a href="mailto:beyondsight@vlanj.org" target="_blank">beyondsight@vlanj.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Linda Groszew <<a href="mailto:LGroszew@vlanj.org" target="_blank">LGroszew@vlanj.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Please Share- Upcoming VLAN Voices Educational Speaker Series Presents.... Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, Optometrist & Low Vision Specialist- March 15, 2023 at 7pm<br><b>Importance:</b> High<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><img src="cid:186b75502cbad7999131" style="width: 625px; max-width: 100%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hello everyone,<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>We are excited to share our upcoming edition of VLANJ Voices Educational Speaker Series Presents<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,35,51)">…</span>Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, Optometrist & Low Vision Specialist on March 15, 2023, at 7pm.<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,35,51)"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(35,35,51)">VLANJ Voices Educational Speaker Series will provide you with information, practical education, tools, and available resources to help you manage tasks in your everyday life. VLANJ Voices will engage speakers with expertise in a range of topics who bring knowledge, resources, useful tips, and strategies around health, wellness, and vision loss. These speakers bring new “voices” that also represent diverse backgrounds, approaches to learning, and programs and opportunities available in our community. This program is open to individuals experiencing vision loss and their friends and family members.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We welcome Dr. Jonathan Fishbein, Optometrist & Low Vision Specialist from The Low Vision Center of Central New Jersey.  Dr. Fishbein will be joining us to share about the impact of the more common eye conditions on vision, the importance of seeing a low vision specialist, the typical components of a low vision eye exam, and will also offer a Question & Answer segment. The website can be found here:  </span></b><a href="https://www.lowvisioncenter.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.lowvisioncenter.com/</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">.<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Date: Wednesday, March 15, 2023<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14pt"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Time: 7pm<u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This program is free of charge to attend due to the generosity of grant funding.  Please feel free to share the registration link with others.  <u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:Ari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