[Iabs-talk] FW: [Albinism-talk] BISM is please to announce Independence 2010

Tue Mar 30 00:17:06 UTC 2010

Connie Davis

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From: albinism-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:albinism-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Amy Phelps
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:24 AM
To: albinism-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Albinism-talk] BISM is please to announce Independence 2010

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland is pleased to announce
Independence 2010--a six-week residential summer program for blind and low
vision high school teens. The students of Independence 2010 will participate
in a fun, action packed comprehensive six-week program that will focus on
learning the nonvisual skills which are essential for teens to successfully
transition from high school to college or employment. Students of
Independence 2010 will live in apartments supervised by adult blind
mentors/instructors who will incorporate budgeting, maintaining a home,
preparing meals, doing laundry, and shopping for groceries.  

Independence 2010 will include cane travel, independent living skills,
assistive technology, Braille, physical fitness, philosophy class, career
exploration, and several confidence building activities including attending
the 2010 National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind in
Dallas, Texas. In addition to learning the skills of blindness, students
will have fun learning from successful blind role models and participate in
exciting confidence building activities such as playing goalball, attending
a summer festival, watching movies under the stars, enjoying the Inner
Harbor and Little Italy to name just a few.  

Who can apply: 

Legally blind high school students who are entering into 10th, 11th , or
12th  grades in the fall of 2010 and have open cases with their state's
vocational rehabilitation agency or who have an alternative funding source 

The dates of the program are June 20 - August 1, 2010. 

For more information or if you have any questions, please email me at
aphelps at bism.org or call me at 410-737-2642.

Warm regards, 

Amy C. Phelps  

Amy C. Phelps, CRC, NOMC

Director of Rehabilitation Services 

Blind Industries and Services of Maryland

3345 Washington Blvd

Baltimore, MD 21227

Phone: 410-737-2642

Mobile: 410-274-1647

Fax: 410-737-2689

Toll Free: 888-322-4567

E-mail:  <mailto:aphelps at bism.org> aphelps at bism.org

Join us for a fun filled evening of Bull, Bull, and more Bull at the
<http://bism.org/2010EmailPromo/BullRoast_Final.htm> Blind Industries and
Services of Maryland Bull and Oyster Roast 

Find out more about our summer program for blind and low vision high school
students  <http://bism.org/r_youth_TEMP_2.cfm> Independence 2010!

"A frog in a well, can only see its piece of the sky" ~Unknown

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