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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'>January 21, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'>Dear Friends:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'>The National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico (NFBNM) is once again offering a scholarship for a first-time attendee parent and their blind child to attend the 2019 national convention of the National Federation of the Blind. This year’s convention will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'>This scholarship will enable a blind child and at least one of his/her parents to attend the national convention of the National Federation of the Blind, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'>July 7-12, 2019. The scholarship will help to cover the cost of hotel, convention registration, banquet tickets, and some meal costs for each parent/child.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'>Applicants must submit a letter of interest by March 1, 2019. The letter of interest should introduce the parent and child, describe how the family found the NFBNM and how this has effected the family. It should describe how attending the National Federation of the Blind convention would benefit both the parent and the child. We also invite and strongly encourage that the interested parent and child attend our state convention, so that they would have an idea as to what to expect from the national experience. Our state convention will be held April 4-7, 2019 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Spa, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'> Letter should be sent to Caroline Benavidez, Scholarship Chairman, by e-mail at <a href="mailto:CRounds1@msn.com">CRounds1@msn.com</a> or by mail to 520 Mayfair Place SW, Albuquerque, NM 87121. Please include your contact information, phone number, email address and mailing address. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'>Scholarship winners will be chosen by a committee, and the winner will be contacted no later than March 31, 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'>If you have any questions concerning the scholarship award, you may call Caroline Benavidez or send email to CRounds1@msn.com.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bahnschrift","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=192 height=54 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D4B59C.8B686FB0" alt="Adelmos signature 001"></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Tonia Trapp, secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>nfbnewmexicosecretary@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>www.nfbnm.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Live the life you want.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>