<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">NFB BELL Academy<sup>®</sup>:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The National Federation of the Blind is offering three virtual programs of the NFB BELL Academy this summer to prepare blind and low-vision children to grow into confident and independent blind people by enhancing their education. Options are available for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students for the following dates:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Session 1 - <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://17" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="17" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);">June 7-18, 2021</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Session 2 - <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://18" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="18" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);">July 19-30, 2021</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Session 3 - <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://19" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="19" style="color: currentcolor; text-decoration-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.38);">August 9-20, 2021</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Receive Braille and other fun materials for lessons. Connect with experienced teachers. Build relationships with other blind students and mentors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">NFB BELL Academy, an annual summer program, is appropriate for blind and low-vision children, ages 4-12, who:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">do not receive enough Braille and nonvisual skills instruction in school<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">could benefit from more Braille exposure over the summer<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">would enjoy connecting with blind role models<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">While the program is typically in person across the country, we are excited to offer it virtually in 2021. Application: </span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=20039&qid=4906090"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: blue;">English application</span></a></p><br><div dir="ltr">Denise Valkema, President <span style="font-size: 13pt;">National Federation of the Blind of Florida </span><div>(305)972-8529<br><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">president@nfbflorida.org</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">www.nfbflorida.org</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Follow us @nfbflorida</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">You can live the life you want.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</span></div></div></body></html>