<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Congratulations to all the winners!<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Shirley<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 9, 2024, at 4:39 PM, Shara Winton via Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Woohoooo!!! The 2024 Scholarship Class has been chosen. We get to claim three winners! This list only shows our local Tom Geraci! I am so excited for Tom. Please join me in congratulating him. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">In addition, we get to claim Julia LaGrand from Michigan who is attending Berklee and Sam Morgan who is attending UMass Lowell. I spoke to each of them and they are very much looking forward to this years National convention and being a big part of the NFB of Massachusetts! Great news for all of us! Congratulations winners!<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"><a href="http://www.nfbma.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.nfbma.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:sharawinton@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">sharawinton@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">617-304-0347<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> National Federation of the Blind <webmaster@nfb.org> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in"><tbody><tr><td style="background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:7.5pt"><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;background:#0075C9;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="600" height="28" style="width:6.25in;height:.2916in" id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/top-blue-bar.jpg" data-unique-identifier=""><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%"><tbody><tr style="height:7.5pt"><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:7.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt 12.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=33964&qid=9814855"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="240" height="264" style="width:2.5in;height:2.75in" id="_x0000_i1033" src="https://nfb.org/images/nfb/images/images/nfb-logo-for-email-template.jpg" alt="National Federation of the Blind logo and tagline live the life you want" data-unique-identifier=""></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border-color:initial"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="600" style="width:6.25in"><tbody><tr style="height:15.0pt"><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt"><h1><span style="color:black">Celebrate Outstanding Blind Students</span><o:p></o:p></h1><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the transformative organization advancing the lives of its members and all blind people in the United States, today announced the<a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/view?id=3546&reset=1"> finalists for its annual scholarship program</a>, which provides financial assistance and connects students with blind mentors and other resources. The thirty scholarship finalists are listed below in alphabetical order with their home states or territories and vocational goals. Congratulations to these outstanding finalists:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Lindsay Adair, Louisiana, Psychology/Social Work</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Krystle Allen, New Jersey, Social Work</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Cole Carper, Arkansas, Aerospace Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">J David Carrillo, Utah, Grief/Trauma Counseling</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Hannah Clemenson, Montana, Journalism</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Abey Finklea, Colorado, International Education</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Madison Flores, Texas, Disability Rights Lawyer</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Tom Geraci, Massachusetts, Communications and Social Media</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Thelma González Santana, Puerto Rico, International Corporate Development</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Benjamin Grelk, Nebraska, Software engineer</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Rachel Elizabeth Grider, California, O&M Instructor</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Amanda Juetten, Tennessee, Blindness Skills Professional</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Thor Kargatis, District of Columbia, Urban Planning and Transportation</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Miranda Lacy, West Virginia, Social Worker</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Julia LaGrand, Michigan, Music Education</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Miles Little, District of Columbia, Finance</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Tamara Lundy, Louisiana, Health Care Administration</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Enrique Mejia, Iowa, Special Education Teacher</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Jose Andre, District of Columbia, Piano Teacher</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Sam Morgan, Colorado, Meteorologist</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Joshua Olukanni, Georgia, Organizational Development consultant</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Natalie Rankin, Texas, Cyber Security</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Casey Reyes, Utah, Public Relations</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Muntaha Ruthba, Texas, International Blindness Advocacy</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Dishon Spears, Colorado, Non-profit Business Management</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Jonesti Steele, Mississippi, Rehabilitation counselor</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Maranda Ulvestad, Arizona, Elementary school teacher</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Colin Wong, Washington, Professor and Researcher</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Lynn Wu, California, Non-Profit Technology</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Henry Young, New Jersey, Park Ranger</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">“The scholarship program is one example of how the organized blind movement builds a community of leaders,” said Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind. “These finalists represent a broad range of interests and career goals, including several STEAM fields, media and communications, education, and much more."</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">"We are proud to honor these blind scholars, each of whom are raising expectations and expanding possibilities. The accomplishments of these outstanding students are proof that the blind can achieve excellence and live the lives we want, and we will celebrate them as a community at our national convention.” For more information about the National Federation of the Blind scholarship program, visit <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=33965&qid=9814855">https://nfb.org/scholarships.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="height:6.0pt"><td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:6.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;display:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;background:#002F6D"><tbody><tr style="height:45.0pt"><td width="135" style="width:101.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:45.0pt"></td><td width="55" 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