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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dandrews@visi.com
href="mailto:dandrews@visi.com">David Andrews</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:40 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Nfbnet-members-list] Fwd: BISM Independence
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<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><BR>Greetings all,<BR>Ø Are
you proficient in the basic skills of blindness?<BR>Ø Are you ready to
inspire confidence in our youth through enjoyable activities such as sailing,
attending an O’s game, ballroom dance, and other adventures?<BR>Ø
Are you adventurous and willing to blaze a trail with our young energetic
explorers in happening territory like Baltimore, New York City and Washington,
DC?<BR>Ø Are you ready to spend a summer passing on this awesome
knowledge and high expectations to some of our willing young
friends?<BR> <BR>We at Blind Industries and Services of Maryland (BISM)
cordially invite you to apply to become one of our summer staff in our 8-week
<B>Independence 2012</B> high school program or our all-new 3-week
<B>Independence “101” </B>middle school program! The dates of the
programs are June 5 – August 15, 2012 and July 14 – August 15, 2012,
respectively. As a member of our dynamic staff, you will have an opportunity
to provide daily class instruction to youth in one or more of the areas of
cane travel, Braille, computer/technology, independent living (Home Ec.), and
daily seminar class. As an instructor, you will also live in apartments
with students and provide guidance/teaching in cooking, cleaning, grocery
shopping, money management, and doing laundry, while having lots of fun.
Finally, in addition to the many exciting confidence-building activities we
have planned throughout the summer, students in our <B>Independence 2012</B>
program will also attend the national convention of the National Federation of
the Blind in Dallas, Texas where they will meet successful blind people from
around the world, learn what’s happening on the national level, attend the
National Association of Blind Students Seminar, learn self-advocacy, check-out
the latest access technology, and attend a wide array of blindness related
seminars. <BR>We are very excited about what’s in store for our programs
this summer! If you are interested in being an empowering force in
Independence 2012 or 101 please complete and sign the attached application of
your interest and return to Amy Phelps, 3345 Washington Blvd., Baltimore, MD
21227, fax to 410-737-2689, or email <A
href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org">aphelps@bism.org</A>. For further inquiry
and assistance, please contact Dezman Jackson at 410-737-2676 or <A
href="mailto:djackson@bism.org">djackson@bism.org</A>.
<BR> <BR> <BR>Best regards,<BR> <BR>Dezman Jackson, NOMC,
NCLB<BR> <BR>Follow us: Facebook – Bism YouthPrograms <BR>Twitter
@BISM_Youth<BR> <BR>Help sponsor our youth program activities <A
href="https://npo.networkforgood.org/Donate/Donate.aspx?npoSubscriptionId=1003647">Donate</A>
<BR> <BR>Blind Industries and Services of Maryland<BR>3345 Washington
Blvd<BR>Baltimore, MD 21227<BR>Phone: 410-737-2676<BR>Mobile:
251-689-4623<BR>Fax: 410-737-2689<BR>Toll Free: 888-322-4567<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:djackson@bism.org">djackson@bism.org</A><BR> <BR>“Our
independence comes from within. A slave can have keen eyesight, excellent
mobility, and superb reading skillsand still be a slave. We are achieving
freedom and independence in the only way that really countsin rising
self-respect, growing self-confidence, and the will and the ability to make
choices.”<BR>--Dr. Kenneth Jernigan<BR> <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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