[Arizona-students] Fw: Scholarship is now open

[Allison (NFBA)]

NFB has a performing arts scholarship! Read below for more info.
Allison

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On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:00:02 -0400, Dennis wrote:




FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE 

CONTACT 
Dennis  Holston, President 
Performing  Arts Division of the National Federation of the  Blind 
(917)  903-5650 
dholston at nyc.rr.com  
www.padnfb.org 

Application Process  Begins 
Scholarships for Blind  Performing Arts Majors 

New  York ,   NY  (September 21, 2009): The  non-profit Performing Arts 
Division of the National Federation of the Blind  (PAD, NFB) is currently 
taking applications for its Mary Anne Parks Performing  Arts Scholarship. The 
scholarship will be awarded at the NFB's annual convention  July 3-8, 2010 in  
Dallas ,   Texas . The winner will receive  $1,000 and an all-expense-paid trip 
to the convention. The scholarship is open  to legally blind students (high 
school through graduate school). Applicants must  either be currently majoring 
in or planning to major in some form of the  performing arts in the fall of 
2010. The deadline is March 31. Applications are  available to download at: 
www.padnfb.org 

Applicants will be judged on  their performing arts achievements and 
excellence, performing arts-related  aspirations and goals, academic excellence 
and community service  endeavors. 

"Finalists," says Scholarship  Coordinator Lisa Ostrow, from the  Boston  area, 
"will be contacted for a  teleconference interview with the Scholarship  
Committee." 

"The Mary Anne Parks  Performing Arts Scholarship," says PAD's President Dennis 
Holston "was created  in memory of our late secretary, Mary Anne Parks, of  
Atlanta ,  Georgia . Mary Anne was a master's  candidate and a dynamic leader 
who held several offices in the NFB. She died at  age 30 in August of 2007 on 
her way to do volunteer teaching for Hands on   Atlanta  when a  car struck the 
van in which she was  riding." 

To contact Scholarship  Coordinator Lisa Ostrow, send an e-mail  to: 
scholarships at padnfb.org 

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About the National Federation  of the Blind: With more than 50,000 members, the 
National Federation of the  Blind is the largest and most influential 
membership organization of blind  people in the  United  States .   The NFB 
improves blind  peoples lives through advocacy, education, research, 
technology, and programs  encouraging independence and  self-confidence.  
It is the leading force in  the blindness field today and the voice of the 
nation's blind.  In January  2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of  
the 
Blind Jernigan Institute, the  first research and training center in the  
United States   for the blind led by the  blind. 
******** Dennis Sumlin  Holston. President: Performing Arts Division of the 
National Federation of  the Blind. (347) 875-7469  http://www.padnfb.org 
President: Westchester  chapter of New York State. Artist Recruitment 
Specialist: The Visionary Media  Company