[Nfbf-l] FW: Hadley Launches New Blinded Veterans Initiative

[Jody W. Ianuzzi]

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From: The Hadley School for the Blind [mailto:mailinglist at hadley.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:02 PM
To: jody at thewhitehats.com
Subject: Hadley Launches New Blinded Veterans Initiative

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Blinded Veterans Initiative. 

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are an estimated
158,300 legally blind veterans and 700,000 veterans with low vision. In
addition, approximately 7,000 veterans become newly blind or visually
impaired each year from non-combat related causes. Compounding the problem
is that approximately 70 percent of working age Americans who are blind or
visually impaired are unemployed or underemployed.

In response, Hadley's Blinded Veterans Initiative will educate and inspire
blind or visually impaired veterans to pursue their personal and
professional goals and help support their families. Veterans coming to
Hadley as a result of this new initiative will be able to enroll in any of
100+ distance education courses. Core subject matters emphasized through
this new initiative include business and entrepreneurship, technology,
independent living skills, adjustment to blindness and braille literacy.

The program is tuition-free for all visually impaired veterans and their
family members, thanks to the support of Goldman Sachs Gives, a
donor-advised fund. The gift was made at the recommendation of John Willian,
a managing director at Goldman Sachs and Winnetka native whose family has
shown a legacy of support for the Hadley School.
 
For more information about this new initiative, or to enroll, please visit:
www.hadley.edu/veterans
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any blinded veterans who would benefit from Hadley's distance education
courses, please forward this message.  

 

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