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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><a name="_Hlk93169595"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This is a final reminder that the NFB of Maryland John T. McCraw Scholarship deadline is approaching – April 15, 2023.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></a></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>The NFB of Maryland will award up to four scholarships of $4,000 each as part of the John T. McCraw Scholarship Program. NFBMD may award </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>a </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>scholarship to a former McCraw scholarship recipient. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Scholarships are </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>merit-based and </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>awarded based on academic achievement</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>,</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> community involvement</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>, and leadership</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Application materials must be submitted (online or postmarked) by 11:59PM on April 15, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To be eligible, applicants must:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Be legally blind in both eyes;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>reside in Maryland or be pursuing post-secondary studies at a school in Maryland;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>be age 18 prior to July 1, 2023;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> or part-time</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, post-secondary course of study in a degree program in the Fall of 2023</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> and Spring of 2024 (priority will be given to full-time students)</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; and<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Attend the entire National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Houston</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>, Texas </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>from July 1 through 6, 2023 and the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland in Hunt Valley, Maryland from November </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>10</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> – </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>12</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, 2023 (scholarship finalists will receive convention grants).<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li></ul><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To apply:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Submit an application using the online application system at </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'></span><a href="http://nfbmd.org/scholarship/apply"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>http://nfbmd.org/scholarship/apply</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; or<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Download, complete, and email or mail in a hard copy application form by visiting: </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'></span><a href="http://nfbmd.org/scholarship"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>http://nfbmd.org/scholarship</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please reach out to me with questions or for more information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ronza<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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ronza Othman, </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>President</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>443-426-4110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>