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<a name="OLE_LINK3"></a>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
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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>
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<div align="center"><b>Application Process Begins<br><br>
Scholarships for Blind Performing Arts Majors<br><br>
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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>
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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>
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"Finalists," says Scholarship Coordinator Lisa Ostrow, from the
Boston area, "will be contacted for a teleconference interview with
the Scholarship Committee."<br><br>
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"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>
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To contact Scholarship Coordinator Lisa Ostrow, send an e-mail
to:<br><br>
<a href="mailto:scholarships@padnfb.org">scholarships@padnfb.org</a><br>
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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 blind.<br><br>
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