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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I forwarded this to Holyoke Community College and Springfield MCB Director.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shara Winton via Massachusetts-NFB<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 16, 2022 8:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Massachusetts E-mail List' <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> sharawinton@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Massachusetts-NFB] College Scholarships from the NFB of MA<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please distribute widely! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The NFB of Massachusetts is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships for the 2023-2024 academic year. Up to 3 scholarships may be awarded, including 1 for $3,000.00 and 2 for $1,500.00 each. Please read all instructions carefully and pay close attention to the deadlines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All applicants must:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Be legally blind or have a visual impairment that requires the student to obtain services from a teacher of the visually impaired;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Be a resident of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Plan to pursue a full-time, postsecondary course of study in the 2023 - 2024 academic year (<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Applicants must arrange for three reference letters from professors, counselors, and/or employers who have worked with you within the past year to be sent to <a href="mailto:SharaWinton@gmail.com">SharaWinton@gmail.com</a> with the word “reference” and your name in the subject line by January 30, 2023;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>• Participate in the entire NFBMA state convention and in all scheduled scholarship program activities to be held in-person March 3 through March 5, 2023, at the Embassy Suites, Logan Airport Boston; with a virtual component on March 2 that should also be attended. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> and • Send completed scholarship applications to <a href="mailto:SharaWinton@gmail.com">SharaWinton@gmail.com</a> with the word “scholarship” in the subject line. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deadline: Applications must be received on or before January 30, 2023. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You will find the application attached to this email. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Shara Winton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, National Federation of the Blind of Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>617-600-8130<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="nfbma.org">Visit NFB MA Website for more information</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="nfb.org">Visit the NFB website for more info</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/National-Federation-of-the-Blind-of-Massachusetts-1593379944322253">Visit us on Facebook</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>“</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#01893E'>You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>”</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>