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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><h2>Accessible STEM lessons and lifelong connections.<o:p></o:p></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Join the NFB of Nevada on Saturday, August 24 at the Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>999 Pyramid Way, Sparks, NV 89431</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for our FREE NFB STEM2U program for students ages 8-12. Lunch and snacks will be provided.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Parents must register their child online to participate and receive a free COSI science kit. The deadline to register is Friday, August 16th. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>For more information contact Regina Mitchell at 725-277-1523 or </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4285F4'><a href="mailto:chefrdm@gmail.com">chefrdm@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>To register your child visit: </span><a href="http://nfb.org/stem2u"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4285F4'>nfb.org/stem2u</span></a></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Attend the National Federation of the Blind STEM2U program, a transformative day of discovery designed for blind youth. They will learn fundamental non-visual tools and techniques for science, technology, engineering, and math to boost their education and career aspirations.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This opportunity offers your child:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>• Blind role models</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>• Accessible experiments</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>• Hands-on skills instruction</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>In collaboration with the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), we will become astronomers through the study of astrophysics and engineering!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Join us to build models of the James Webb space telescope, learn about the Earth’s atmosphere, discover why the Webb was sent to space, and explore how it studies space.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>STEM can be accessible; let us show you how!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>