<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">For your convenience convention announcements are pasted in the body of the email and attached to this email. Keep in mind email can mess up formatting.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Warmly,</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Linda Melendez</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">****</font></div><div>
<h1 style="margin-top:5.05pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">ANNOUNCEMENTS:</span><span></span></font></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:14.45pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Become a Convention
Sponsor</span></b><b><span></span></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:9.75pt 20.75pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Companies and individuals can
support the programs and projects of the NFB of NJ by becoming a convention
sponsor. There are four levels of sponsorship. Get details by clicking the link
below. You can use PayPal or a credit/debit card online or write a check to
NFBNJ and mail to Affiliate Treasurer Annemarie Cooke, 7 Mayfair Road,
Southampton, NJ 08088; please write “Convention Sponsor” in the memo section. <a href="https://nfbnj.org/state-convention/sponsor-registration" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://nfbnj.org/state-convention/sponsor-registration</span></a><span></span></font></p>
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<h1 style="margin-right:123.2pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Pre-registration
Pick-Up and On-Site Registration </span><span style="color:windowtext">Studio
Room<span></span></span></font></h1>
<p style="margin:9.7pt 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Thursday, November 9: 10:00 AM to
12:30 PM<span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Thursday, November 9: 6:30 PM to
8:00 PM<span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0.05pt 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Friday, November 10: 8:00 AM to 5:00<span style="letter-spacing:-0.7pt"> </span>PM<span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Saturday, November 11: 8:00 AM to 1:00<span style="letter-spacing:-0.65pt"> </span>PM<span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:6.7pt 9.45pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><i>Special
Note: </i>Linda & Lucas Melendez will be handing out pre-registration packets
from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM on Thursday, November 9 at the back of the Technology
Seminar in the Windsor Ballroom.<span></span></font></p>
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<h1 style="margin-right:261.85pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Bagged
Continental Breakfast </span><span style="color:windowtext">Garden Ballroom</span><span></span></font></h1>
<p style="margin-top:9.65pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">You will receive your breakfast
coupons when you register at the hotel<span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-right:13.8pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">(2 coupons per room per day
registered). Bagged breakfasts will be the chef’s choice to include bread,
fruit, juice and hot beverages, and will be available from 7:15 AM – 8:30 AM.
Bring your coupon to exchange for a bagged breakfast. Contact Linda
DeBerardinis at 667-256-5131 if you have extra coupons or need more coupons.<span></span></font></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0.05pt 180.45pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Pre-Paid Box
Lunch—Friday and Saturday </span><span style="color:windowtext">Garden Ballroom</span><span></span></font></h1>
<p style="margin:9.6pt 6.3pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">You will receive your pre-purchased lunch
tickets when you pick up your registration packet. Lunch tickets will be marked
for Friday or Saturday. Pre-paid boxed lunches will be available beginning at
noon. Bring the correct day’s ticket with you to exchange for a pre-paid meal!<span></span></font></p>
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<h1 style="margin-right:294.3pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Banquet Ticket
Exchange </span><span style="color:windowtext">Windsor Ballroom</span><span></span></font></h1>
<p style="margin:9.65pt 25.55pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">For a smooth seating process, we use
a Banquet Ticket Exchange. Bring your pre-purchased ticket to the ticket
exchange table, where you will trade it in for a ticket with a table number. If
you would like to sit with friends, gather ALL tickets and exchange them
together (you must have everyone’s ticket when you go to the exchange).<span></span></font></p>
<h1 style="margin-top:14.5pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Banquet Ticket
Exchange Hours</span><span></span></font></h1>
<p style="margin:8.4pt 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Friday 4:30 - 5:00 PM; Saturday 8:00
AM - 8:25 AM, 12:00 - 12:15 PM, and<span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0.05pt 37.55pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">5:10 - 5:25 PM.
If you do not exchange your ticket, you will be seated where space is
available.<span></span></font></p>
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<h1 style="margin:4.5pt 3.6in 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Exhibit Hall—On-Site
& Virtual </span><span style="color:windowtext">Talmadge Ballroom</span><span></span></font></h1>
<p style="margin:9.7pt 34.1pt 0.0001pt 5pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Visit our array of vendors to view
the many fine products and services available for those with vision loss. Speak
to representatives directly to have all your questions answered.<span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:2.45pt 6.2pt 0.0001pt 5pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">You can also view their products
online and hear from vendors unable to attend in person by clicking on the link
below from Nov. 1 through Dec. 30. <a href="https://www.nfbnj.org/state-convention/exhibitors-and-sponsors" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://www.nfbnj.org/state-convention/exhibitors-and-sponsors</span></a><span></span></font></p>
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<h1 style="margin-right:156.3pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Pay Affiliate
Membership Dues & Participate! </span><span style="color:windowtext">Windsor
Ballroom</span><span></span></font></h1>
<p style="margin:9.65pt 14.9pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Would you like to become a member of
a committee, group, program or project but are not yet a member of a chapter?
Then come pay your dues and become a member of the NFBNJ affiliate. 8:00 AM – 8:25
AM on Friday. Annual dues are $10.<span></span></font></p>
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<h1><a name="m_-770414177285351662__Hlk148500964"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Guide Dog Relief
Instructions</span><span></span></font></a></h1>
<p style="margin:9.65pt 8.85pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">The
guide dog relief area can be found in the courtyard at the back of the hotel.
Beginning from the front desk, facing away from the desk take a left to find
the double doors to get outside. You will be walking on tile, but when you
reach a carpeted texture again, you are at the outside doors.<span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-right:12.9pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Please note that if you tell your dog to target the door
outside, there is another set of double doors directly across the lobby leading
to the front exit that your dog may try to find. The front exit has a large
covering over it, so if you see this covering or cars, you are on the wrong
side of the hotel.<span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:9.65pt 7.15pt 0.0001pt 5pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">When
exiting the hotel on the courtyard side, you will encounter two sets of doors
to get outside. Both sets are double doors, so you do not have to switch sides
with your dog unless you want to. When you are heading out of these doors to go
outside, the elevators to get to your room are on your left side, while the
entrance to the Exhibit Hall is on your right side. Once exiting the doors, one
of the 3 trash cans can be found immediately to your right. If you keep walking
straight, you will feel a brick pathway under your feet. When <span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">you </span>feel the brick change to a flat
surface, you know it is time to take a left to find the grass. This is located
approximately 40 steps away from the doors. If the flat concrete turns back
into a brick texture, you missed your left and have gone too far. After taking
a left on the sidewalk, you will reach a large grassy area approximately 32
steps to the light<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>post.<span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin:10.65pt 7.9pt 0.0001pt 5pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">There
will be a light post with trash cans on either end of this grassy courtyard.
The courtyard is shaped like a diamond, and there are bushes around the
perimeter. Once you are finished relieving your dog, if you tell your dog to
target the door inside, the double doors are the only option available. When
heading back inside, if you did not locate either trash can by a light post,
there will be a final trash can directly on your left before entering the hotel
again.<span></span></font></p>
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</font><h1 style="margin-top:5.05pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Host Chapter &
Affiliate 50/50 Raffle</span><span></span></font></h1>
<p style="margin:9.65pt 32.85pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Support the Host Chapter and the Affiliate
by purchasing 50/50 tickets, 1 for $10; 3 for $20.<span></span></font></p>
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<h1 style="margin-top:0.05pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)">Door Prizes</span><span></span></font></h1>
<p style="margin:9.6pt 5.5pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Door prizes will be drawn for
pre-registered conventioneers and announced throughout the convention; you must
be present to win. Donated door prizes are welcomed and can be given to Ellen Sullivan
in the Studio Room during registration hours.<b><span style="color:rgb(0,111,192)"><span></span></span></b></font></p>
<h1><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Kustom Canes “Your Cane Give” Program <span></span></font></h1>
<h1><span style="color:windowtext"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4">Studio Room<span></span></font></span></h1>
<p style="margin:9.6pt 5.5pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41)">Wondering
what to do with your old cane or tips: “You Cane Give” program allows you to
help us give your used cane to a person far away who needs it! We need canes in
all sizes. Bring them with you to the convention and drop them off in the
Studio Room during registration hours.</span><span></span></font></p><p style="margin:9.6pt 5.5pt 0.0001pt 0in"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41)"><br></span></font></p>
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