[SportsandRec] Blind tennis

[Lori Anne Coley]

Blind Tenis Association with Murray Elbourn Howdy Sports and Recreation Federationists:
Murray Elbourn, currently is a Director at United States Blind Tennis Association with the marketing and grant writing portfolios as his focus. Murray works as the CEO of Amerability where the business contracts with state agencies to provide mentoring, training, workshops, courses and camp participation opportunities for agency clients with blindness and low vision. Murray Elbourn was the Chief Executive Officer at Disability Sports Australia from October 2020 through to February 2023. projects included: *Variety Activate Inclusion Sport Days *National Referral Hub *Sports Incubation with NRL, AFL and Tennis Australia.
The United States Blind Tennis Association (USBTA) is leading the way in bringing Blind and Visually Impaired tennis to the mainstream. USBTA was founded in 2022. The organization works closely with the United States Tennis Association (nationally and locally) to bring tennis opportunities to a community that has been traditionally underrepresented. In a short time as an organization, USBTA has already conducted trainings and introduced programming in numerous states.
Come learn more about the work of USBTA at the sports and recreation business meeting. For more information visit:
https://playtennis.usta.com/usbta
*Note: we won't have much time at our business meeting for registration, so we are asking folks to do their best to pre-register using the below links to pay dues, donate to our inclusive recreation night, or join our $1000 raffle which will include dues if you want to #join.TheMovement
Membership Opportunities Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUTlEnqrsmfXbNGmlTKVpgTMt0fzq5rmN3Z8vFPYrUi-xjrQ/viewform 

 
Business meeting agenda and information document:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1KorQ-ca6_vzSeg7MpdiEk76Fr7dyrrH0/edit?filetype=msword


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South Carolina Sports And Rec division fundraiser to help start a blind Sports and Recreation camp. This is separate from the National Sports And Rec division fundraiser

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Help us establish an annual blind sports camp in South Carolina!

**Purchase your NFBSC $20 tickets** for a chance to win $750 or $250 at our convention on August 17, 2024, in South Carolina. You do not have to be present to win.  
**PayPal:** [paypal.me/sportrecnfbsc](https://www.paypal.me/sportrecnfbsc)  
**Zelle:** srnfbsc21 at yahoo.com  

Lori Anne Coley  
President: NFBSC Sports and Recreation Division  
Board Member: National Sports and Recreation Division, Social Media Committee  
Secretary: NFBSC Public Relations and Social Media Committee  

Contact  
803-316-9838  
SportsAndRec at nfbofsc.org