[Iabs-talk] Fwd: Blind Service Association scholarships!

[pattischang at gmail.com]

Patti S. Gregory-Chang
NFBI President
NFB Scholarship Comm. Chair
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From: "Pamela Berman" <pberman at blindserviceassociation.org>
Date: January 15, 2014 at 1:13:06 PM CST
To: "Pam Berman" <pberman at blindserviceassociation.org>
Subject: Blind Service Association scholarships!

 
BLIND SERVICE ASSOCIATION
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
FOR 2014/2015 ACADEMIC YEAR. 
 
 
 
Blind Service Association, a Chicago based non-profit private agency serving blind and visually impaired youth and adults, will award scholarships up to $3,000 to qualified legally blind residents who live in Chicago or one of the six surrounding counties (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake,  McHenry, and Will).  Students who plan to attend an accredited undergraduate, graduate, vocational, technical or professional school full or part-time during the 2014/2015 academic year are eligible to apply.
 
Awards can be used toward tuition, books, computer equipment, or for any other expenditure to help further the student’s education.  Students must fill out an application form, write a brief autobiographical essay, as well as supply letters of recommendation, transcripts, an eye report, and a valid state I.D.  The deadline for applications is April 1st 2014.  Awards are based on academic record, community service and need.  All applications are reviewed and applicants judged by a scholarship committee.
 
For more information or to obtain scholarship applications please contact
Pamela Berman at 312-236-0808 or
via email @ PBerman at Blindserviceassociation.org
 
 
Pamela Berman
Youth Program Coordinator 
Blind Service Association 
17 N. State Street, Suite 1050
Chicago, Illinois 60602
312-236-0808
www.blindserviceassociation.org