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

Thu Nov 20 16:51:29 UTC 2014

Peter and all: 

The Chamber of Commerce is for those who are businesses in the community. I
still own my own business. The way the NFB chapters should  get involved, is
that at least with our Chamber there are many different membership levels, I
am a member under my business, and we have a second membership for the NFB
of Greater Long Island, for Suffolk County.

It may or may not help you get a job, but it let others out there know about
the blind and being involved in our local communities. It means going to
meetings, and being part of the community.

You can also join the chamber as a member of your local community without
being a business owner. 

It is not a paid position, Peter.

But like anything you need to be involved.

I am president of a National Division with the NFB.

I will say that if people do not have time to be involved with their local
chapters or even the divisions that they pay to belong to. Be wary about
joining local organizations.

Again, you need to be involved.

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Donahue [mailto:pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 11:40 AM
To: Cheryl Echevarria; NFB Travel and Tourism Division List
Cc: Jobs for the Blind
Subject: Re: [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 Cheryl and everyone,

    Now that's what I call being a job creator rather than simply a job
seeker. Congratulations on being elected to this position. Others of us
should connect with our local chambers of commerce and seek similar
positions. This is one way to make a difference in the outlook for blind job
seekers and budding blind entrepreneurs.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Echevarria via Travelandtourism" <travelandtourism at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Cheryl Echevarria'" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2014 8:01 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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