[Travelandtourism] Exciting news I would like to share with my NFBFamily. I was nominated and elected Corresponding Secretaryof the Brentwood, NY Chamber of Commerce

[Julie Dawson]

This is wonderful news Cheryl and a great accomplishment both personally and 
professionally for you and for the blindness movement as well strive to 
"live the life we want."
Julie Dawson
Live  simply,
  Love generously,
  Care  deeply,
  Speak  kindly
  And  leave the rest to God!
 Please join me on
www.nfblive.org
where through learning, friendship, activities, and growth, together "we can 
live the life we want."


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Echevarria via Travelandtourism" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Cheryl Echevarria'" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 5:01 AM
Subject: [Travelandtourism] Exciting news I would like to share with my 
NFBFamily. I was nominated and elected Corresponding Secretaryof the 
Brentwood, NY Chamber of Commerce


> Good morning everyone:
>
>
>
> Per the subject line, I am very excited to share this moment in my life, 
> if
> you are on Facebook or LinkedIn, you will read about this as well. I was
> nominated last night by my peers in the business community and elected as
> Corresponding Secretary for the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce.
>
>
>
> For those of you reading this that live on Long Island or close to Long
> Island. We are having an Installation Dinner for the Board of Directors, 
> it
> will be December 12, 2014 at 7pm -  Tango Restaurant located at 99 W.
> Suffolk Avenue, Central Islip, NY, 631-234-6623. Dinner is $30 per person,
> please RSVP at info at brentwoodchamber.org 
> <mailto:info at brentwoodchamber.org>
> , we need a head count to give to the restaurant. Please come out and show
> your support, you can pay at the door.
>
>
>
> Since being a small  business owner here in Brentwood, NY; located in
> Suffolk County, NY. I have joined many of the local community 
> organizations,
> not only for business; but to show the people of our community, that the
> blind are involved, that we exist, that we have jobs, pay taxes, own 
> homes,
> have families, own businesses, that we are living the life we want.
>
>
>
> I recently did a presentation at our Convention here in NY, about being
> involved in our community, whether you own a business, or not. A few years
> ago at our National Convention in Dallas, TX. We had a back to basics
> seminar and one of the things we spoke about was being involved not only 
> in
> the blind community, but the community where we live.
>
>
>
> Many issues affect all of us, whether there are issues with your water
> authority, or like here on Long Island, we have the Town of Islip, and
> Brentwood is a Hamlet of the Town, where we have had issues of Illegal
> dumping of asbestos and other illegal materials in our local park, that 
> has
> been not only a focus of the local news, but has gone viral across the
> country, on how this town contracted with a supplier that has done this to
> our local town. It is now a criminal investigation and that the District
> Attorney is involved with find out the truth. Many rallies and protests I
> have been in over the last few months. I have also been the representative
> from the Chamber of Commerce at our Town of Islip Meetings.
>
>
>
> We have had toxic material being brought through our town, to the only 
> rail
> spur that will allow it to be removed off of Long Island, which had to go
> through local residential communities, and historical sites wanted to be
> demolished.
>
>
>
> These things might not be going on where you live, but hey, what about 
> your
> local transportation committees to get better paratransit, or possibly go 
> to
> a Board of Education meeting, or a PTA meeting to talk about services for
> those children that are legally blind, they will not know about the NFB 
> and
> what we do unless we are involved.
>
>
>
> I hope to write up a story for the Braille Monitor about being involved in
> our local communities and not just as a blind person, but as a person who
> lives in these communities, we do make a difference.
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheryl Echevarria, President
>
> National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division
>
> A proud division of the
>
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND - "Live the life you want"
>
> www.nfbtravel.org
>
> 631-236-5138
>
> cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
> between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
>
>
>
>
>
> Cheryl Echevarria is also the owner of Echevarria Travel
> www.echevarriatravel.com; 631-456-5394 or 
> reservations at echevarriatravel.com
> and  has partnered with Braille Smith. www.braillesmith.com for all her
> braille needs.  Gail Smith is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama
>
>
>
>
>
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