<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Robert Stigile, Second Vice-President<div>National Federation of the Blind of California</div><div>President San Fernando Valley Chapter</div><div>818-381-9568</div><div>Kn6uvd</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Arrietta Woods via California-Presidents <california-presidents@nfbnet.org><br><b>Date:</b> July 17, 2023 at 8:58:21 PM PDT<br><b>To:</b> Private List for Leaders of the NFB of California <california-presidents@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> arietta@earthlink.net<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[California-Presidents] Pathfinder Chapter of Los Angeles 2023 Scholarship Announcement</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Private List for Leaders of the NFB of California <california-presidents@nfbnet.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">National Federation of the Blind of California</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pathfinder Chapter of Los Angeles</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Pathfinder Chapter of Los Angeles scholarship committee wants to award $500 to a deserving blind/low vision college student in the Los Angeles County.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Apply for your scholarship now! </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The deadline date, July 31<sup>st,</sup> to request the scholarship application packet is quickly approaching. See the details below.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The application period began Wednesday, May 31, 2023 and will end Monday, July 31, 2023.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">the NFBC Pathfinder Chapter of Los Angeles is proud to announce that it will be awarding one five-hundred-dollar scholarship <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">to a qualified blind or legally blind student residing in the Los Angeles County area and who meets the criteria as shown below <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Applications are available now!! <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b>Students interested in being considered as the winner of this scholarship award must request the application no later than Monday, July 31, 2023. Please returned the completed attached application </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b>via email to: </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b>Arietta Woods, Chairperson of the Scholarship Committee at</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b><a href="mailto:arietta@earthlink.net">arietta@earthlink.net</a></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b>no later than</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b>Thursday, August 31, 2023 11:59Pm, Pacific Standard Time. </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><b>Please put “2023 scholarship application” on the subject line.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">****We can accept DOC, DOCX, RTF, and PDF files. We do not accept faxes. ***<o:p></o:p></p><h1 style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:8.0pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;break-after: avoid"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#2F5496;font-weight:normal">Funding Guidelines and Criteria </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2 style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:6.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;break-after: avoid"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#2F5496;font-weight:normal">Guidelines: </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Only one $500 scholarship will be awarded to a qualified blind or legally blind student who meets the following criteria:<o:p></o:p></p><h2 style="mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:13.65pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;break-after: avoid"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;font-weight:normal">Criteria</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2F5496;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span>must be at least 17 years old at date of application submission, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span>must have received a high school diploma or the equivalent from a U.S. school,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span>must be a citizen or resident of the United States, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span>must reside in the Los Angeles County area, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span>must have successfully completed a minimum of one full<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">year of full-time postsecondary education on or before December 31, 2022,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span>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, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span>Must be seeking to obtain an associate’s or bachelor’s degree or above, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span>must show attendance at a college/university/vocational institute in the United States during the 2023-2024 academic year, and <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in;mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span>must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">A copy of your most recent transcript will be required. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">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<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">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<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">shown above or you may upload a copy to your online application.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">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 2023, will notify the individual of his/her selection by October 17, 2023.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto">Arietta Woods, Scholarship Chair, NFBCA Pathfinder Chapter of Los Angeles<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:5.5pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><a href="mailto:arietta@earthlink.net">arietta@earthlink.net</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"> <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Rochelle Houston,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">National Federation of the Blind of California<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">President, Pathfinder Chapter Los Angeles<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:rhouston58@gmail.com">rhouston58@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">323 807-0300<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nations blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>California-Presidents mailing list</span><br><span>California-Presidents@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/california-presidents_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for California-Presidents:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/california-presidents_nfbnet.org/rstigile%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>