<div dir="auto">Please share this information with parents with qualifying children.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">National Federation of the Blind</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:bell@nfb.org">bell@nfb.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 1:09 PM<br>Subject: Applications Open! Summer Program for Blind & Low-Vision Children<br>To: Dorothy Griffin <<a href="mailto:dgriffin@nfbga.org">dgriffin@nfbga.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<h1><span style="font-size:24pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attend 2022 NFB BELL<sup>®</sup> Academy: Applications Now Open!</span></span></h1>
<h2><span style="font-size:18pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Enhance Braille and Nonvisual Skills with Us</span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The National Federation of the Blind is offering in-person and in-home opportunities! Our in-person programs across the nation and our NFB BELL Academy In-Home Edition will help prepare blind and low-vision children to grow into confident and independent blind people by enhancing their education. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The NFB BELL Academy In-Home Edition program will take place July 18-August 5, 2022 and the current in-person program cities include: </span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Littleton, Colorado</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rathdrum, Idaho</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chicago, Illinois</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Springfield, Illinois</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ruston, Louisiana</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">St. Louis, Missouri</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kansas City, Missouri</span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">More in-person programs coming soon!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Receive Braille and other fun materials for lessons. Connect with experienced teachers. Build relationships with other blind students and mentors.</span></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:18pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About NFB BELL</span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">NFB BELL Academy, an annual summer program, is appropriate for blind and low-vision children, ages four to twelve, who:</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Do not receive enough Braille and nonvisual skills instruction in school</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Could benefit from more Braille exposure over the summer</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Would enjoy connecting with blind role models</span></span></li>
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<h2><span style="font-size:18pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Apply Today</span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Take advantage of this opportunity for your child to connect with blind role models.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Limited space is available. Learn more and apply now!</span></span></p>
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<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/msv5/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/open?qid=6822927" /></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dorothy Griffin - President <div>National Federation of the Blind of Georgia</div><div><a href="mailto:dgriffin@nfbga.org" target="_blank">dgriffin@nfbga.org</a></div><div>770-374-4832</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><span>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span></p></div><div><span><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>