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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Please feel free to pass this information along to anyone who might be interested…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><img width=465 height=197 style='width:4.8416in;height:2.05in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D71113.FF2DA030" alt="NFBCT Logo K Rect"></span><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'>March 4, 2021<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'>Dear Braille Readers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> During this year’s summer vacation, the National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut is once again honoring Betty Woodward with our “Braille Readers are Leaders” Contest. We hope you will participate. <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. If you wish, we are sure your parents, Braille teacher and/or librarian will help you select books and keep track of the number of pages read.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> The enclosed application explains the rules and regulations. If you wish to participate, begin keeping track of the number of Braille pages that you read beginning July 1st. The contest ends on September 1st.<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 September 15th.<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'>Beth Rival,<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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i>111 Sheldon Road, Unit 420, Manchester, CT 06045<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i>Tel: 860.289.1971 www.nfbct.org Maryanne Melley, President<br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></i></p><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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Held In Loving Memory of Betty Woodward
July 1 to September 1
CONTEST ENTRY FORM
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Held In Loving Memory of Betty Woodward
July 1 to September 1
CONTEST ENTRY FORM
" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"><![endif]><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><img width=105 height=114 style='width:1.0916in;height:1.1916in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D71113.FF2DA030" alt="NFBCT Logo K Square - no tagline"></span><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:8.0pt;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 1 and September 1.<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'>111 Sheldon Road, Unit 420, Manchester, CT 06045<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;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><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<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><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'><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:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>The National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut </span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>is once again offering our<b> Annual Braille Readers are Leaders Contest</b></span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'> to honor our beloved Betty Woodward. Our goal 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 NFB of CT’s Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest helps blind children realize that reading Braille is fun and rewarding. They discover that “Braille Readers Are Leaders”.</span><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: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'>There will be one winner in each of 3 categories: high school, middle school & elementary school. The $250 prizes will be awarded at the annual National Federation of the Blind of Connecticut banquet of our state convention this fall.<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 September 15th. 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><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><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 1 and September 1 (contestant may NOT count material read before the contest begins);<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'>completing and sending in the contest entry form in an accurate, complete and timely fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><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.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif'><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><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>