<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; text-align: center; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-size: 1.5em;">National Federation of the Blind of California</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; text-align: center; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-size: 1.5em;">Pathfinder Chapter of Los Angeles</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; text-align: center; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> </span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; text-align: center; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-size: 1.5em;">Apply for your scholarship now!</span></span></p><p class="s3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; text-align: center; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s2" style="line-height: 14.4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-size: 1.5em;">The application period begins Wednesday, May 31, 2023 and ends Monday, July 31, 2023.</span></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">the NFBC Pathfinder Chapter of Los Angeles is proud to announce that it will be awarding one five-hundred-dollar scholarship </span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">to a qualified blind or legally blind student residing in the Los Angeles County area and who meets the criteria as shown below </span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Applications are available now!! </span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">Students interested in being considered as the winner of this scholarship award must request the application no later than </span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">Monday, </span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">July 31, 2023</span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">. Please</span><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;"> returned the completed attached application </span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">via email to: </span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">Arietta Woods, Chairperson of the Scholarship Committee at</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">arietta@earthlink.net</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">no later than</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">Thursday, August 31, 2023 11:59Pm, Pacific Standard Time. </span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s5" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-weight: bold;">Please put “2023 scholarship application” on the subject line.</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">****We can accept DOC, DOCX, RTF, and PDF files. We do not accept faxes. ***</span></p><p class="s7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s6" style="line-height: 19.200001px; font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 28.799999px; font-size: 1.5em;">Funding Guidelines and Criteria </span></span></p><p class="s7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s8" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Guidelines: </span></span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Only one $500 scholarship will be awarded to a qualified blind or legally blind student who meets the following criteria:</span></p><p class="s10" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.28; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s9" style="line-height: 16.799999px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Calibri Light"; color: rgb(47, 84, 150);"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="line-height: 25.200001px; font-size: 1.5em;">Criteria</span></span></p><div class="s12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s11" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Symbol; min-width: 0px;">• </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">must be at least 17 years old at date of application submission, </span></div><div class="s12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s11" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Symbol; min-width: 0px;">• </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">must have received a high school diploma or the equivalent from a U.S. school,</span></div><div class="s12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s11" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Symbol; min-width: 0px;">• </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">must be a citizen or resident of the United States, </span></div><div class="s12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s11" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Symbol; min-width: 0px;">• </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">must reside in the Los Angeles County area, </span></div><div class="s12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s11" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Symbol; min-width: 0px;">• </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">must have successfully completed a minimum of one full</span></div><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">year of full-time postsecondary education on or before December 31, 2022,</span></p><div class="s12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s11" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Symbol; min-width: 0px;">• </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">must be currently enrolled in full-time undergraduate studies at the sophomore year level or higher (or graduate level) at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school in the United States, </span></div><div class="s12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s11" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Symbol; min-width: 0px;">• </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Must be seeking to obtain an associate’s or bachelor’s degree or above, </span></div><div class="s12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s11" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Symbol; min-width: 0px;">• </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">must show attendance at a college/university/vocational institute in the United States during the 2023-2024 academic year, and </span></div><div class="s12" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 18px;"><span class="s11" style="line-height: 21.6px; font-family: Symbol; min-width: 0px;">• </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">2.5.</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"></span></div><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">A copy of </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">your</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;"> most recent transcript will be required. </span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Note: We will accept copies of your transcript; however, we will not be able to return documents we receive. All students must supply a copy of any post</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">secondary transcripts for current and past colleges. You or your school or an online transcript service may email a transcript directly to the contact person</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">shown above or you may upload a copy to your online application.</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">The scholarship committee of the NFBC Pathfinder Chapter of Los Angeles, after making the decision as to who will be the scholarship award recipient for 20</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">23</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, will notify the individual of his/her selection by October </span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">17</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">, 202</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">3</span><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">.</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="s4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0.6; font-size: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 21.6px;">Arietta Woods, Scholarship Chair, NFBCA Pathfinder Chapter of Los Angeles</span></p><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 18px;">arietta@earthlink.net </span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>