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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoTitle><o:p> </o:p></p><h1>July 9, 2013<span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Dear Braille Readers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Now that school is over, we want to encourage you to enter the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut’s “Braille Readers are Leaders” summer reading program. The enclosed application explains the rules and regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> If you wish to participate, on July 15th begin keeping track of pages read. The contest ends on October 15th, White Cane Safety Day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Reading books can open up a world of adventure and discovery for you. Pick out a shady tree in your yard or a lovely sandy spot at the beach and read, read, read – just like all the other kids. We hope you will participate. We are sure your parents, Braille teacher and/or librarian will help you select books if you wish and keep track of pages read.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> Have a wonderful summer, and we look forward to receiving your application by October 21st.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Betty Woodward,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Braille Readers are Leaders Contest Chairperson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoTitle><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoTitle>BRAILLE READERS ARE LEADERS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>July 15 to October 15</span></i></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>CONTEST ENTRY FORM</span></i></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Student’s Name_______________________________________Age______Grade_______<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Address________________________________City____________State______Zip_______<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Parent’s Name___________________Home Phone _____________Work Phone_________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>E-Mail Address_____________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Certifying Authority: Name____________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Position: Parent [ ] Teacher [ ] Librarian [ ]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Address_________________________________City____________State____Zip________<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2>Home Phone_____________________Work Phone________________________________<o:p></o:p></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>E-Mail Address___________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Category: (Check One)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>[ ] Elementary School [ ] Middle School [ ] High School<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>BOOK/MAGAZINE LIST</span></i></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt 1.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Book Title/Magazine Article Author/Volume/Date Braille Pages Read<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt;padding-bottom:1.0pt;border-bottom:.75pt solid windowtext'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in;padding-top:1.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='padding-top:1.0pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>To the best of my knowledge, this student did read _________number of Braille pages between July 15 and October 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>_________________________________________ ________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Signature of Certifying Authority Date<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Mail entries to, or for more information:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>National Federation of the Blind of CT<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><h1><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>477 Connecticut Boulevard, Ste 217, East Hartford, CT 06108<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Tel: (860) 289-1971<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p></div><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span></b><div class=WordSection2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>PURPOSE OF CONTEST</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>The purpose of the <b>National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut’s Annual Braille Readers are Leaders Contest</b> is to encourage blind children to read more Braille. It is just as important for blind children to be literate as it is for sighted children. Good readers can have confidence in themselves and their abilities to learn and to adapt to new situations through their lives. Braille is a valuable alternative to print for the blind child. Yet, many blind children are graduating from our schools with poor Braille skills and low expectations for themselves as Braille readers. They do not know that Braille readers can be competitive with print readers. The NFBC’s Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest helps blind children realize that reading Braille is fun and rewarding. They discover that “Braille Readers Are Leaders”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>WHO CAN ENTER THE CONTEST</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>School age children from kindergarten through the twelfth grade are eligible to enter. A student will compete within his/her grade level category. The categories are: Elementary, Middle and High School age.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>PRIZES FOR THE CONTEST</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>The winner of the High School category will receive a two hundred dollar ($200) prize; the winner of the Middle School category will receive a one hundred fifty dollar($150) prize; the winner of the Elementary School category will receive a seventy-five dollar ($75)prize; prizes will be awarded at the annual National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut banquet of our state convention in November.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>RULES FOR THE CONTEST</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Winners will be chosen based on the number of Braille pages read. The contest entry form MUST be COMPLETELY filled out and received by the judges no later than October 21. With their entry forms, contestants MUST submit a list of books and magazines they have read. Please use an extra page, if necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>CERTIFYING AUTHORITY</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>The Certifying Authority is responsible for:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>verifying that the student has actually read the Braille material that he or she reports reading and that the material was read between July 15 and October 15 (contestant may NOT count material read before the contest begins);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>filling out and sending in the contest entry form in an accurate, complete and timely fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Teachers, librarians and parents may serve as Certifying Authorities. The Certifying Authority must also be prepared to cooperate with the judges if the judges have any questions or need additional information about an entry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>All decisions of the judges are final.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>