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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Independence</span></font></st1:City> – 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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Dallas</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State></st1:place>.
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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Inner</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Harbor</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and Little Italy to name just a few. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Who can apply: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Legally blind high school students who are entering into 10<sup>th</sup>,
11<sup>th</sup> , or 12<sup>th </sup> grades in the fall of 2010 and have
open cases with their state’s vocational rehabilitation agency or who
have an alternative funding source <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The dates of the program are June 20 – August 1, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#1f497d" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>For an application packet please email
me at <a href="mailto:Independence2010@bism.org"
title="blocked::mailto:Independence2010@bism.org">Independence2010@bism.org</a>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Warm regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Cambria'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="French Script MT"><span style='font-size:
20.0pt;font-family:"French Script MT"'>Amy C. Phelps </span></font><font
size=5><span style='font-size:20.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Calibri'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Amy C. Phelps, CRC, NOMC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Director of Rehabilitation Services </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Blind Industries and Services of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maryland</st1:place></st1:State><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>3345 Washington Blvd</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">MD</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">21227</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Phone: 410-737-2642<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mobile</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>:
410-274-1647<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Fax: 410-737-2689<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Toll Free: 888-322-4567<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org"
title="blocked::mailto:aphelps@bism.org">aphelps@bism.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Web site: <a href="http://www.bism.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.bism.org/">www.bism.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>“A frog in a well, can only see its piece of the sky”
~Unknown<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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