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face=Arial><BR><BR> </DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
Freeh,Jessica <JFreeh@nfb.org><BR>To: david.andrews@nfbnet.org<BR>Sent:
Wed, Oct 7, 2009 10:06 pm<BR>Subject: [Nfbf-l] National Federation of the
Blind Announces Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards<BR><BR>
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id=AOLMsgPart_0_cab44b6d-15c4-4aaf-b961-462cc5dfe106><BR>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE <BR> <BR> <BR>CONTACT: <BR> <BR>Chris
Danielsen <BR> <BR>Director of Public
Relations <BR> <BR>National Federation of the
Blind <BR> <BR>(410) 659-9314, extension
2330 <BR> <BR>(410) 262-1281 (Cell) <BR> <BR><A
title=mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org
href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org">cdanielsen@nfb.org</A> <BR> <BR> <BR>National
Federation of the Blind Announces Dr. Jacob Bolotin
Awards <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>National Federation of the Blind
to Award $50,000 in 2010 <BR> <BR> <BR><?xml:namespace
prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Baltimore,
Maryland (October 7, 2009): The National Federation of the Blind today
announced that applications are now being accepted for the 2010 Dr. Jacob
Bolotin Award Program. Each year the National Federation of the Blind presents
cash awards to individuals and organizations that have made outstanding
contributions toward achieving the full integration of the blind into society
on a basis of equality. <BR> <BR> <BR>Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a
blind physician who lived and practiced in Chicago in the early twentieth
century. He was widely known and respected in Chicago and throughout the
Midwest during his career, which spanned the period from 1912 until his
untimely death at the age of thirty-six in 1924. He was particularly
recognized for his expertise on diseases of the heart and lungs. Bolotin used
his many public speaking engagements to advocate for the employment of the
blind and their full integration into
society. <BR> <BR> <BR>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the
National Federation of the Blind, said: "Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a pioneer who
overcame low expectations and discrimination to become a renowned member of
the medical profession without the benefit of the support services and civil
rights protections available to blind people today. He was also a fierce
advocate for greater opportunity for the blind in his time, and doubtless
would have been a leader in the organized blind movement had he lived to see
it come into being. The Jacob Bolotin Award Program celebrates his pioneering
spirit by recognizing and supporting outstanding programs, technologies, and
individual efforts that promote independence and opportunity for blind
Americans." <BR> <BR> <BR>Recipients of the 2010 Dr. Jacob
Bolotin Awards will be determined by the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Committee of
the National Federation of the Blind. Online applications are due by April 15,
2010. Individuals or organizations are encouraged to apply on behalf of
themselves or others. The award recipients will be announced at the 2010
National Federation of the Blind Convention in Dallas. A total of $50,000 will
be distributed to the award recipients. <BR> <BR> <BR>The Jacob
Bolotin Award Program is funded through the generosity of Dr. Bolotin's nephew
and niece, Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman. In addition to establishing the
Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman Trust to endow the awards, the late Mrs. Pearlman
also wrote The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story. The book has been
published by Blue Point Books and can be ordered directly from the publisher
at <A title=http://www.bluepointbooks.com/
href="http://www.bluepointbooks.com/"
target=_blank>www.bluepointbooks.com</A>. Proceeds from book sales will also
benefit the award program. For more information or to fill out the online
application, please visit <<A title="http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org"
href="http://www.nfb.org/%3Ewww.nfb.org"
target=_blank>http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org</A>. <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>### <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>About
the National Federation of the Blind <BR> <BR>With more than 50,000
members, the National Federation of the Blind is the largest and most
influential membership organization of blind people in the United States. The
NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy, education, research,
technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence. It is
the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's
blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind
Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the United
States for the blind led by the blind. Please visit our Web site: <<A
title="http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org"
href="http://www.nfb.org/%3Ewww.nfb.org"
target=_blank>http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org</A>. <BR> <BR>_______________________________________________ <BR>Nfbf-l
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