[nabs-l] FW: [Mdpobc] Fwd: NFB TO AWARD 30 SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2013

[Chris Nusbaum]

FYI:

 

From: Mdpobc [mailto:mdpobc-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Trudy Pickrel
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 4:37 PM
To: MDPOBC
Subject: [Mdpobc] Fwd: NFB TO AWARD 30 SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2013

 



Trudy L Pickrel

President MD Parents Blind Children

 


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From: "Rovig, Lorraine" <LRovig at nfb.org>
Date: February 14, 2013, 2:33:11 PM EST
To: "tlpickrel at hotmail.com" <tlpickrel at hotmail.com>
Cc: "State President, Maryland" <melissa at riccobono.us>
Subject: NFB TO AWARD 30 SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2013

Please help us pass the word…

 

 

The National Federation of the Blind  is now accepting applications to our national scholarship program from freshmen beginning college this fall on up through graduate students. The 30 scholarships range in value from $3,000 up to $12,000, and include a trip to Orlando this July for the world’s largest convention for the blind.  To learn more and to apply, please visit www.nfb.org/scholarships.  Applications must be received by March 31, 2013. Membership is not required.

 

A one-page flyer on this national program is attached. 

 

Please pass this scholarship information on to eligible students, counselors, teachers, parents, college disability offices, libraries for the blind, your group’s listserv, offices for assessing equipment for the blind or visually impaired, radio reading services, the state announcement section of NFB-NEWSLINE®, and any other outlet you think of that will help blind students discover this program.

 

Email: scholarships at nfb.org

Website: www.nfb.org/scholarships 

 

 

 

Cordially,

 

Lorraine Rovig, Assistant to Patti Chang, Esq.

Chairperson, NFB Scholarship Committee

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, MD 21230 

Office:  (410) 659-9314, x2415 

E-mail:  scholarships at nfb.org 

Website:  www.nfb.org/scholarships

 

P. S.: The application period for the NFB Scholarship Program for 2013 ends March 31, 2013.  

 

To help us help blind students, text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund via your phone bill anytime.

 

 

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