[blindkid] Fwd: Please Pass the Word: 2009 Scholarship and Career Awards Applications Are Still Being Accepted

[Carol Castellano]

>Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:20:33 -0500
>From: Pamela Gaston <Pamela.Gaston at dhs.state.nj.us>
>Subject: Please Pass the Word: 2009 Scholarship and Career Awards Applications
>  Are Still Being Accepted
>
>The following is forwarded at the request of CBVI Executive Director,
>Vito DeSantis:
>
>Dear Mr. DeSantis:
>
>My name is Nancy O'Connell and I am part of the team that developed
>eSight Careers Network, the online community addressing disability
>employment issues, which is located at http://www.eSight.org
>
>I am writing to you today specifically to ask for your help.  Would you
>please inform eligible students that Lighthouse International is still
>accepting applications for our
>2009 Scholarship and Career Awards.
>
>There are three categories and each carries a $5,000 prize:
>
>   - College-Bound,
>
>   - Undergraduate, and
>
>   - Graduate
>
>A total of five Scholarships will be awarded across those three
>categories. The criteria for eligibility are that applicants:
>
>  - Must be legally blind (i.e., have a best corrected
>    visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye,
>    and/or a visual field of less than 20 degrees in the
>    better eye).
>
>  - Must be US citizens, and reside and attend an
>    accredited school in any of the following states:
>    CT, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, ME, NC, NH, NJ, NY,
>    PA, RI, SC, VA, WV and VT, or Washington, DC.
>
>Proof of citizenship will be required of all winners.
>
>Scholarships are based on academic and personal achievements and
>candidates are not required to demonstrate financial need.
>
>Previous winners (in any category) of Lighthouse Scholarships, current
>Lighthouse employees and members of their immediate families are
>ineligible.
>
>You can learn more about these scholarships, which reward excellence,
>recognize accomplishments and help students who are blind or partially
>sighted achieve their career goals at
>
>http://www.lighthouse.org/sca
>
>If you have any questions regarding the Scholarship and Career Awards
>program, please e-mail us at sca at lighthouse.org
>
>Please ask your students to specify that they learned about this
>opportunity from eSight Careers Network.
>
>Thank you in advance for your help.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Nancy
>
>Nancy O'Connell
>Lighthouse International
>Manager, eSight Careers Network
>Content & Member Services
>http://www.eSight.org
>
>  [e-mail] Nancy at eSight.org            noconnell at lighthouse.org
>
>
>
>PS:  The application deadline is Sunday, March 1, 2009.
>
>      Download an application at
>      http://www.esight.org/link.cfm?n=1536
>
>
>
>
>
>
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