<html><body dir="auto" role="textbox" aria-label="Message Body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s5" style="margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s4" style="line-height: 33.599998px; font-size: 28px; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold;">National Federation of the Blind </span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 33.599998px; font-size: 28px; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold;"><br></span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 33.599998px; font-size: 28px; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold;">202</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 33.599998px; font-size: 28px; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold;">3</span><span class="s4" style="line-height: 33.599998px; font-size: 28px; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold;"> Scholarship Program</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s6" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;"><br></span></span><span class="s6" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Blind and low-vision high school seniors through grad school students, apply today!</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s7" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Application Opens: December 1, 202</span></span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">2</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s7" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Deadline: Midnight, eastern, March 31, 202</span></span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">3</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">$8,000 Awards & More</span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s7" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">PLUS</span></span><span class="s7" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;"> more gifts and opportunities to our thirty scholarship finalists!</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Apply Today! </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Suzanne%20Shaffer/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/TU2APHCM/nfb.org/scholarships"><span class="s9" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">nfb.org/scholarships</span></span></a></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; text-align: center; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s11" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.2; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s10" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(31, 78, 121);">How to Apply</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s12" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">During the f</span></span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">our</span></span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">-month open period, read the rules and the Submission Checklist, complete the official Scholarship Application Form (online or in print), supply all required documents, and request and complete an interview by an NFB affiliate president. Read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for more information.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s12" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Questions? Contact the NFB Scholarship Program; Chairperson </span></span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Cayte</span></span><span class="s12" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;"> Mendez</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s12" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Email: </span></span><a href="file:///C:/Users/Suzanne%20Shaffer/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/INetCache/Content.Outlook/TU2APHCM/Scholarships@nfb.org"><span class="s9" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Scholarships@nfb.org</span></span></a></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21.6px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18px;"><span class="s12" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Office: 410-659-9314, ext. 2415, (8 a.m. - 5 p.m. ET)</span></span></p></body></html>