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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
chapter-presidents-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:chapter-presidents-bounces@nfbnet.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>D.W. Hill (by
way of David Andrews<dandrews@visi.com>)<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December
06, 2009 12:01 AM<BR><B>To:</B> david.andrews@nfbnet.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Chapter-presidents] PAD, NFB scholarship Now Available<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><A
name=OLE_LINK6></A><BR><A name=OLE_LINK3></A>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE<BR><BR> <BR><BR>CONTACT<BR><BR>Dennis Sumlin,
President<BR><BR>Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the
Blind<BR><BR>(917) 903-5650<BR><BR><A
href="mailto:dholston@nyc.rr.com">dholston@nyc.rr.com</A> <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.padnfb.org/"
eudora="autourl">www.padnfb.org<BR><BR></A> <BR><BR>
<DIV align=center><B>Application Process Begins<BR><BR>Scholarships for Blind
Performing Arts Majors<BR><BR></B></DIV> <BR><BR>New York, NY (November 21,
2009): The non-profit Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the
Blind (PAD, NFB) is currently taking applications for its Mary Anne Parks
Performing Arts Scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded at the NFB's annual
convention July 3-8, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. The winner will receive $1,000 and
an all-expense-paid trip to the convention. The scholarship is open to legally
blind students (high school seniors through graduate school). Applicants must
either be currently majoring in or planning to major in some form of the
performing arts in the fall of 2010. The deadline is March 31, 2010.
Applications are available to download at: <A
href="http://www.padnfb.org/">www.padnfb.org</A><BR><BR> <BR><BR>Applicants
will be judged on their performing arts achievements and excellence, performing
arts-related aspirations and goals, academic excellence and community service
endeavors.<BR><BR> <BR><BR>"Finalists," says Scholarship Coordinator Lisa
Ostrow, from the Boston area, "will be contacted for a teleconference interview
with the Scholarship Committee."<BR><BR> <BR><BR>"The Mary Anne Parks
Performing Arts Scholarship," says PAD's President Dennis H.R. Sumlin "was
created in memory of our late secretary, Mary Anne Parks, of Atlanta, Georgia.
Mary Anne was a master's candidate and a dynamic leader who held several offices
in the NFB. She died at age 30 in August of 2007 on her way to do volunteer
teaching for Hands on Atlanta, when a car struck the van in which she was
riding."<BR><BR> <BR><BR>To contact Scholarship Coordinator Lisa Ostrow,
send an e-mail to:<BR><BR><A
href="mailto:scholarships@padnfb.org">scholarships@padnfb.org</A><BR><BR> <BR><BR>
<DIV align=center>###<BR><BR></DIV>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. <BR><BR>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<BR><BR>Blind Jernigan Institute, the first
research and training center in the United States for the blind led by the
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