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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#000000" vlink="#000000"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org [mailto:ct-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>llee@nfbct.org<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 19, 2012 4:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB of CT list serve<br><b>Subject:</b> [Ct-nfb] [FWD: BELL Camp in Springfield for blind children]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> </DIV<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>-------- Original Message --------<br>Subject: BELL Camp in Springfield for blind children<br>From: Carol Constant <<a href="mailto:CConstant@loomiscommunities.org" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>CConstant@loomiscommunities.org</span></a>><br>Date: Thu, April 19, 2012 11:44 am<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut members, </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I am writing to ask for your help in spreading the word about a two week day camp that will be held this summer in Springfield, MA for children who are blind or at risk for blindness. Perhaps some families would be interested in traveling up from northern Connecticut? Attached is a flyer and below a press release with the details.</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks so much! Carol Constant</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>For Immediate Release: April 18, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information, please contact Kristina Constant, <a href="mailto:KristinaConstant66@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><u><span style='color:windowtext'>KristinaConstant66@gmail.com</span></u></b></a><b> </b>or 413-218-2339.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>South Hadley Woman to Lead Camp for Braille Literacy</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>What: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Two week day camp for blind children or at-risk for visual impairment ages 4-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>When:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> July 16<sup> </sup>- 27, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Where:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> National Federation of the Blind of Greater Springfield Chapter House,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> 910 Liberty St. Springfield, MA 01101<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Cost:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> $20 per child or $25 per family.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Time:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> Monday through Friday 9:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Greater Springfield</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> – Kristina Constant first learned that she would become blind when she was 9 years old. Throughout the subsequent ten years, with the help of a Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired, she gained the skills she would need for literacy and independence. Now a graduate student at Columbia Teachers College, she is studying to become a Teacher of the Blind and Visually Impaired herself. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Kristina is working with members of the National Federation of the Blind of Greater Springfield to host a day camp for children ages 4-12 who are blind or at-risk for blindness. The camp will take place July 16-27, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at National Federation of the Blind of Greater Springfield Chapter House, 910 Liberty St. Springfield, MA 01101. Activities will include non-visual skills of blindness, Braille reading, writing, orientation, and mobility, games, field trips and fun! The cost is $20 per child for the two week program. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Currently there is a 10% literacy rate among blind children in this country. The camp is part of the National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning (BELL), program to boost non-visual skills and Braille literacy for blind children. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>For more information about the camp or to apply go to <a href="http://www.nfb.org/bell" target="_blank"><b><u><span style='color:#0070C0'>www.nfb.org/bell</span></u></b></a> or contact Kristina Constant at <a href="mailto:KristinaConstant66@gmail.com" target="_blank"><b><u><span style='color:#0070C0'>KristinaConstant66@gmail.com</span></u></b></a> or 413-218-2339. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Camp sponsored in part by: National Federation of the Blind of Greater Springfield<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.nfbmags.org/" target="_blank"><b><u><span style='color:#0070C0'>WWW.NFBMAGS.org</span></u></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>END</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>This e-mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and is privileged and confidential. 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