<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I agree, Jason was in the Independance 2011 program, it was a wonderful experiance for him</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Susan T. Polansky<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Trudy Pickrel <tlpickrel@hotmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Maryland Parents of Blind Children List <mdpobc@nfbnet.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, January 9, 2012 8:34 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Mdpobc] Blind Industries and Services of Maryland's return of Independence 2012 and introduces Independence "101"<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv458889987"><div><div>Please ignore last email. So sorry I forget it goes out to everyone. </div><div><br></div><div>I recommend this program whole heartedly. Brandon bad experience was being so far from home last year. </div><div><br></div><div>I meant the previous email for Amy Phelps so she will talk my husband and Brandon in to this program. </div><div><br></div><div>These are amazing and wonderful programs and we in Maryland are so lucky to have such quality trainers here to do this program. </div><div><br>Trudy L Pickrel<div>President MD Parents Blind Children</div><div>Owner TLC by the Lake poodles</div></div><div><br>On Jan 9, 2012, at 7:46 PM, "Trudy Pickrel"
<<a href="mailto:tlpickrel@hotmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:tlpickrel@hotmail.com">tlpickrel@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Brandon will be going I to 5 th grade this fall but I dont think I can get Bill or Brandon on board with the horrible experience last summer. <br><br>Trudy L Pickrel<div>President MD Parents Blind Children</div><div>Owner TLC by the Lake poodles</div></div><div><br>On Jan 9, 2012, at 3:37 PM, "Amy Phelps" <<a href="mailto:aphelps@BISM.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:aphelps@BISM.org">aphelps@BISM.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><style><!--
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--></style><image001.gif><div class="yiv458889987WordSection1"><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span>Blind Industries and Services of Maryland is pleased to announce the return of our highly successful Independence 2012 program and our NEW! Independence “101”.</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><b><span>Independence 2012</span></b><span> is an eight-week residential program for blind and low vision high school students who are entering/in high school in the fall 2012. Students will live in apartments with blind adult instructors/mentors where they will learn how to cook, clean, grocery shop, manage money, and wash clothes while having lots of fun. Classes include: cane travel, Braille, computer/technology, independent living (Home Ec.), and daily seminar class. In addition to learning the skills of blindness, participants will have the opportunity to gain paid community work experience during the last two weeks of the
program.</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span>Independence 2012 will attend the national convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Dallas, TX, where they will meet successful blind people from around the world, attend the National Association of Blind Students Seminar, learn self-advocacy, check-out the latest access technology, and attend a wide array of blindness related seminars. While attending convention, students will learn about what is happening on a national level regarding blindness legislation, education, and rehabilitation. During the eight-weeks, we explore Baltimore, New York City, and our nation’s capital, attend an O’s game, go swimming, go to the movies, visit a farmer’s market, attend a street festival, and new in 2012…learn how to sail! There are also those nights of playing cards and board games until the wee hours of morning.</span></div><div
class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><b><span>Dates for Independence 2012:</span></b><span> June 17 – August 10, 2011 </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><b><span>Independence “101” </span></b><span>is a three-week residential program for blind and low vision students who are entering into the 5<sup>th</sup>, 6<sup>th</sup>, 7<sup>th</sup>, or 8<sup>th</sup> grades in the fall of 2012. Students will live in apartments with successful blind instructors/mentors and participate in daily classes where they will learn: to travel independently using a long white cane, to read and write Braille, how to access information through computer literacy and technology, and how to participate actively in household chores such as cooking, cleaning, and how to develop and use organizational skills. While learning the alternative skills of blindness students will have the opportunity to have lots of fun by going bowling, horseback riding, shopping, swimming,
attend an O’s game, and visit a local festival while learning firsthand from their instructors how they travel, shop and do things nonvisually. </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span>Parents of Independence “101” are required to attend the Independence “101” Parents Retreat which begins the afternoon of August 9 and concludes with Independence “101” graduation on August 11. </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><b><span>Dates for Independence “101”:</span></b><span> July 22 – August 11</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span>For more information about the programs, the application process, and cost and funding resources, please contact Amy Phelps at 410-274-1647, <a href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:aphelps@bism.org">aphelps@bism.org</a> or Dezman Jackson at 410-737-2676, <a href="mailto:djackson@bism.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:djackson@bism.org">djackson@bism.org</a>. Please feel free to share this email with other parents, teachers, counselors, and students.</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Warm regards, </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Amy C. Phelps, CRC, NOMC</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Follow us: Facebook – Bism YouthPrograms </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Twitter @BISM_Youth</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Help sponsor our youth program activities
<a href="https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=1003647" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 204);">Donate</span></a> </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Blind Industries and Services of Maryland</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">3345 Washington Blvd</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Baltimore, MD 21227</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Phone: 410-737-2642</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Mobile: 410-274-1647</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">Fax: 410-737-2689</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color:
windowtext;">Toll Free: 888-322-4567</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">E-mail: <a href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:aphelps@bism.org"><span style="color: blue;">aphelps@bism.org</span></a></span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">"...given proper training and opportunity, the average blind person can do the average job in the average place of business and do it as well as his or her sighted neighbor..." –-Dr. Kenneth Jernigan, quoted in “Freedom for the Blind” by James H. Omvig</span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;"> </span></div><div class="yiv458889987MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext;">
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