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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Here is news from our national office of the NFB:</font><BR><font face="Times New Roman"><br><font size="4">Looking for information about the K-12 Braille Readers Are Leaders program? </font><BR><font size="4"></font> <BR><font size="4">This year marks the 30th anniversary of the <br> K-12 Braille Readers Are Leaders program. To celebrate 30 years of success, <strong><em>later this fall <br> </em></strong>we will be expanding the program and launching Braille Readers Are Leaders 360: A Community of <br>21st Century Braille Readersthe first-ever accessible online community for children who <br> read Braille! The Braille Readers Are Leaders 360 (BRL360) online community will provide a <br>safe place online where Braille readers in kindergarten through twelfth grade can share<br> their literacy experience through: online discussions about their favorite books, book<br> trailers, live author chats, videos of themselves reading Braille, and much more! <br> Continuing with the Braille Readers Are Leaders mission, BRL360 will promote a pride in Braille <br>and a joy of reading among blind children all year long. Stay tuned for more information <br>about the expansion of our K-12 Braille Readers Are Leaders program. Contact us with your questions at:BRL360@nfb.org or 410-659-9314, extension 2418.<br id="ecxFontBreak"></font></font><br><br>
<font color="#5f497a" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><strong>Trudy L. Pickrel</strong></font><br><strong><font color="#5f497a" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS">Maryland Parents of Blind Children </font></strong><br><font color="#5f497a" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><strong><a href="http://www.mdparentsofblindchildren.org" target="_blank">www.mdparentsofblindchildren.org</a></strong><a href="http://www.mdparentsofblindchildren.org" target="_blank"></a></font><a href="http://www.mdparentsofblindchildren.org" target="_blank"></a><br> <br><strong><font color="#5f497a" size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"></font></strong> <br><BR> </div></body>
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