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

[Jemal Powell]

Congratulations Cheryl. Good luck and hopefully things will work out in that new position.

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> From: Cheryl Echevarria via Travelandtourism <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org> 
> Sent: November 20, 2014 9:01:08 AM
> To: 'Cheryl Echevarria' <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Travelandtourism] Exciting news I would like to share with my NFB Family. I was nominated and elected Corresponding Secretary of the Brentwood, NY Chamber of Commerce
> 
> Good morning everyone:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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. 
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Cheryl Echevarria, President
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> 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
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> 631-236-5138
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> cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com
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> 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.
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> 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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