[Nfbf-l] Fw: [Nfbnet-master-list] National FederationoftheBlindAnnounces Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards

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How did you guess?  Just kidding.  Talk to you soon.

Mark Tardif
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FederationoftheBlindAnnounces Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards

> Thanks Mark. Sure you lost mine, I bet you just didn't like one of my 
> posts
> to you and you just threw it out! LOL! Your friend, KH
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Tardif" <markspark at bellsouth.net>
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> Kirk, I'll have to give it to you on list, since I lost your email address
> as well.  It is markspark at bellsouth.net.  There it is.
>
> Mark Tardif
> Welcome to my planet
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> From: "Kirk" <kvharmon54 at gmail.com>
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>> Mark, would you resend me your email address off line? I have lost yours
>> and
>> others and would like to replace it. Thanks my friend, Kirk
>>
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>> Mark Tardif
>> Welcome to my planet
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>> <JFreeh at nfb.org>
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>> Subject: [Nfbnet-master-list] National Federation of the Blind Announces
>> Dr.
>> Jacob Bolotin Awards
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>>>
>>>
>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> CONTACT:
>>>
>>> Chris Danielsen
>>>
>>> Director of Public Relations
>>>
>>> National Federation of the Blind
>>>
>>> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>>>
>>> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>>>
>>> cdanielsen at nfb.org
>>>
>>>
>>> National Federation of the Blind Announces Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000 in 2011
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Baltimore, Maryland (November 17, 2010): The National Federation of the
>>> Blind today announced that applications are now being accepted for the
>>> 2011 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.  Following the example set by Dr. Jacob Bolotin, previous
>>> winners of the award granted in his name represent the finest efforts
>>> being made today by and on behalf of blind people throughout the United
>>> States."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Recipients of the 2011 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards will be determined by 
>>> the
>>> Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Committee of the National Federation of the
>>> Blind.
>>> Applications are due by March 31, 2011.  Individuals or organizations 
>>> are
>>> encouraged to apply on behalf of themselves or others.  The award
>>> recipients will be announced at the 2011 National Federation of the 
>>> Blind
>>> Convention in Orlando.  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
>>> <http://www.bluepointbooks.com/>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
>>> <http://www.nfb.org/>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:
>>> <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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