<div><span style="font-family:-apple-system,sans-serif">---------- Forwarded message ---------</span><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Allen, Krystle</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Krystle.Allen@dhs.nj.gov">Krystle.Allen@dhs.nj.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 1:55\u202fPM<br>Subject: Please share announcement<br></div><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is a last call for tickets to our 2025 Covering the Bases event with the Trenton Thunder (information below). Please reach out ASAP if you or your consumers would like
tickets to attend. For those who have already signed up, tickets will be emailed by the afternoon on 8/6. Looking forward to a great night of baseball and community awareness!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tickets Are Now Available! Please Help Spread the Word!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Flyer for posting attached)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u201cCOVERING THE BASES 2025\u201d</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The 20th Annual Night Out With The Trenton Thunder</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For Individuals Who Are Blind, Deaf-Blind and Visually Impaired, Their Families, Their Friends and CBVI Staff</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Cass+Street)+%0D%0A+Trenton,+NJ+08611?entry=gmail&source=g">
</a><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, August 6, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gates Open at 6:00 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Trenton Thunder Ball Park </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1 Thunder Road</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(For GPS & Access Link: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/50+Riverview+Plaza?entry=gmail&source=g">50 Riverview Plaza</a> & <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Cass+Street)+%0D%0A+Trenton,+NJ+08611?entry=gmail&source=g">Cass Street)</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Cass+Street)+%0D%0A+Trenton,+NJ+08611?entry=gmail&source=g">Trenton, NJ 08611</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hosted by:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The New Jersey Department of Human Services</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Trenton Thunder Baseball Team </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tickets are being sold at the discounted fee of $7.00**</span></i></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">** COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS FOR CBVI CONSUMERS AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS**</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> To reserve tickets for your family, please e-mail:
</span></b><a href="mailto:askcbvi@dhs.state.nj.us" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:windowtext">askcbvi@dhs.nj.gov</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">with \u201cTrenton Thunder\u201d on the Subject line</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">**(First-come / First-served; CBVI families that require wheelchair accessible seating, please contact us now so we can ensure suitable
arrangements)**</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Covering the Bases</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> also known as
<b>Blind Awareness Night with The Trenton Thunder</b> is an annual event that promotes full community inclusion and awareness of the potential and achievements of individuals who are blind, deaf-blind and visually impaired.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There will be a pre-game ceremony on the ball field when scholarships will be presented to four outstanding CBVI students. The presentation of the scholarship awards is made
possible by the generosity of the members of the NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired Board of Trustees and a private donor.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For further information or to acquire tickets for \u201cCovering the Bases\u201d</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please e-mail:
</span></b><a href="mailto:askcbvi@dhs.state.nj.us" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:windowtext">askcbvi@dhs.nj.gov</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ally Cohen, M.S.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Statewide Independent Living Program Coordinator<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ally Cohen, M.S.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Statewide Independent Living Program Coordinator<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(609) 331-5343<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email:
<a href="mailto:Allyson.cohen@dhs.nj.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Allyson.cohen@dhs.nj.gov</span></a><span style="color:black">
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