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<SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #016d8a; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" class=title>The Braille Challenge® Receives<br>
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<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(1,109,138) 4px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 20px; FONT-SIZE: 12px">Braille Institute received two prestigious national awards this summer in recognition of its national Braille Challenge program; one from the National Federation of the Blind (NFB)and another from Perkins School for the Blind. NFB honoredBraille Institute at its July national convention with its 2011 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award... <A style="COLOR: #ffc0cb; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://brailleinstitute.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b88f4610b7dfc25354da1727f&id=81826e4be6&e=76589f141c" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(211,17,72)">READ MORE</SPAN></A></div>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">The Braille Challenge is quickly becoming an important shared experience for more than 800 visually impaired students all over the country</SPAN>...<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"> <A style="COLOR: #ffc0cb; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://brailleinstitute.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b88f4610b7dfc25354da1727f&id=e9043b6571&e=76589f141c" target=_blank><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(211,17,72)">READ MORE</SPAN></A></SPAN><br>
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