[Nfb-seniors] Nfb-seniors Digest, Vol 14, Issue 3

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Then let the certified able blind have free high speed Internet service for
communication and self education. At least advocate for it. hg pink

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>   1. National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,    000 in 2009
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> Subject: [Nfb-seniors] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> CONTACT:
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> Chris Danielsen
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> Director of Public Relations
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> National Federation of the Blind
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> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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> National Federation of the Blind Announces Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards
>
> National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000 in 2009
>
> Baltimore, Maryland (January 7, 2009): The National Federation of the
> Blind today announced that applications are now being accepted for
> the 2009 Dr. Jacob
> Bolotin Award Program.  Each year the National Federation of the
> Blind presents cash awards to individuals and organizations that have
> made outstanding
> contributions toward achieving the full integration of the blind into
> society on a basis of equality.
>
> Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a blind physician who lived and practiced in
> Chicago in the early twentieth century.  He was widely known and
> respected in Chicago
> and throughout the Midwest during his career, which spanned the
> period from 1912 until his untimely death at the age of thirty-six in
> 1924.  He was particularly
> recognized for his expertise on diseases of the heart and
> lungs.  Bolotin used his many public speaking engagements to advocate
> for the employment of the
> blind and their full integration into society.
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
> said: "Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a pioneer who overcame low expectations
> and discrimination
> to become a renowned member of the medical profession without the
> benefit of the support services and civil rights protections
> available to blind people
> today.  He was also a fierce advocate for greater opportunity for the
> blind in his time, and doubtless would have been a leader in the
> organized blind
> movement had he lived to see it come into being.  The Jacob Bolotin
> Award Program celebrates his pioneering spirit by recognizing and
> supporting outstanding
> programs, technologies, and individual efforts that promote
> independence and opportunity for blind Americans."
>
> Recipients of the 2009 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards will be determined by
> the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Committee of the National Federation of
> the Blind.  Online
> applications are due by April 15, 2009.  Individuals or organizations
> are encouraged to apply on behalf of themselves or others.  The award
> recipients
> will be announced at the 2009 National Federation of the Blind
> Convention in Detroit.  A total of $50,000 will be distributed to the
> award recipients.
>
> The Jacob Bolotin Award Program is funded through the generosity of
> Dr. Bolotin's nephew and niece, Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman.   In
> addition to establishing
> the Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman Trust to endow the awards, the late
> Mrs. Pearlman also wrote The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin
> Story.   The book has
> been published by Blue Point Books and can be ordered directly from
> the publisher at
> www.bluepointbooks.com
> .  Proceeds from book sales will also benefit the award program.  For
> more information or to fill out the online application, please visit
> www.nfb.org.
>
> ###
>
> About the National Federation of the Blind
>
> With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind
> is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind
> people in the United
> States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy,
> education, research, technology, and programs encouraging
> independence and self-confidence.
> It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of
> the nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National
> Federation of the
> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in
> the United States for the blind led by the blind.  Please visit our Web
> site:
> www.nfb.org.
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-- 
Dr. Heinz-Guenther Pink
Advocate and program evaluator for the blind, deaf and handicapped.
Member: NFB Communication Council
and ATRC Advisory Council of the State
Member of Senator Chun Oakland's Deaf-Blind Task Force.
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