<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Florida Statewide Secretary via NFBF-Statewide <nfbf-statewide@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> February 21, 2025 at 6:18:00 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> NFBF-Statewide@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NFBF-Statewide] Reminder: Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship for National Convention First-Timers</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Florida Statewide Secretary <statewide@nfbflorida.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>I just wanted to remind everyone about the Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship. This scholarship provides monetary assistance for those wishing to attend the NFB National Convention in New Orleans. This scholarship is for those who have never registered for a national convention. Some key points about the scholarship, along with the link to the application, can be found below.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://nfb.org/get-involved/national-convention/kenneth-jernigan-convention-scholarship">Click to Learn more about the Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The scholarship provides funding support to NFB
members who want to attend a national convention for the first time.</p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Eligibility: Active NFB members, blind or
sighted, who have not yet attended an in-person NFB National Convention because
of lack of funding are eligible to apply.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How to apply: Apply online using the Kenneth
Jernigan Convention Scholarship application form. The deadline to submit is
April 15, 2025.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The application will ask for the following
information:</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact information</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">State Affiliate/chapter information</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Mentor information: Include your personal convention
mentor and provide that person’s phone number.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Funding request: Include your specific request
and explain how much money you need from this fund to make this trip possible
for you.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Essay questions to explain why this is a good
investment for the NFB: </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How do you currently participate in the
Federation?</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Why do you want to attend a national convention?</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What would you receive?</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What can you share or give?</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Any special circumstances you hope the committee
will take into consideration.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you cannot apply online, you can still apply
by writing a letter to your state affiliate president answering the above
questions. This letter should be emailed to your state affiliate president.
Once you have decided you will apply, please contact your state president in
person or by phone to request his or her help in obtaining funding. Be sure to
tell the state affiliate president when to expect that your application will be
submitted and mention the deadline.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Once your online application has been submitted,
your application will be provided to your state president via email. It is
still your responsibility to contact your affiliate president. He or she must
email a president’s recommendation directly to the Kenneth Jernigan Convention
Scholarship Fund Committee at <a href="mailto:kjscholarships@nfb.org">kjscholarships@nfb.org</a>. Your president must email
the recommendation no later than the deadline of April 15, 2025. If you have
applied outside of the online form, the state affiliate president must email
both the recommendation and the application letter.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Notification of Award</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are chosen to receive this scholarship,
you will receive a letter with convention details that should answer most of
your questions. The committee makes every effort to notify winners by May 15,
but you must do several things before that to be prepared to attend if you are
chosen:</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Make your own hotel reservation. You can cancel,
and roommates can help with costs.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Register online for the entire convention,
including the banquet, by May 31.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Find someone in your chapter or affiliate who
has been to many conventions and can answer your questions as a friend and
mentor.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you do not hear from the committee by May 15,
then you did not win a scholarship this year.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Receiving the Award</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">At the convention you will be given a debit card
or credit card loaded with the amount of your award. The times and locations to
pick up your card will be listed in the letter we send you. The committee is
not able to provide funds before the convention, so work with your chapter and
state affiliate to assist you by obtaining an agreement to advance funds if you
win a scholarship, and to pay your treasury back after you receive your debit
or credit card.</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 1.5in;line-height:200%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For additional information, please contact the
chairman of the Kenneth Jernigan Convention Scholarship Fund Committee, Tracy
Soforenko, at <a href="mailto:kjscholarships@nfb.org">kjscholarships@nfb.org</a> or 410-659-9314, extension 2020.</p></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Jose</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jose Bohorquez, Secretary<div>Florida Statewide Chapter - National Federation of the Blind of Florida</div><div>"<span style="text-indent:0.25in">We know that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or our future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between
blind people and our dreams. Our collective power, determination, and diversity
achieve the aspirations of all blind people."</span></div><div><span style="text-indent:0.25in">-- NFB Belief Statement</span></div><div><a href="https://forms.gle/qokDRMGtvpR3GTfC7" target="_blank">Click here to become a member of the Statewide Chapter.</a></div><div><a href="mailto:statewide@nfbflorida.org" target="_blank">Click here to email the secretary.</a><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.25in"></p></div></div></div>
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