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<p class=MsoNormal>Blind Industries and Services of Maryland is pleased to
announce Independence 2010--a six-week residential summer program for blind and
low vision high school teens. The students of Independence 2010 will
participate in a fun, action packed comprehensive six-week program that will
focus on learning the nonvisual skills which are essential for teens to
successfully transition from high school to college or employment. Students of Independence
2010 will live in apartments supervised by adult blind mentors/instructors who
will incorporate budgeting, maintaining a home, preparing meals, doing laundry,
and shopping for groceries. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Independence – 2010 will include cane travel,
independent living skills, assistive technology, Braille, physical fitness,
philosophy class, career exploration, and several confidence building
activities including attending the 2010 National Convention of the National
Federation of the Blind in Dallas, Texas. In addition to learning the skills of
blindness, students will have fun learning from successful blind role models
and participate in exciting confidence building activities such as playing goalball,
attending a summer festival, watching movies under the stars, enjoying the
Inner Harbor and Little Italy to name just a few. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Who can apply: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Legally blind high school students who are entering into 10<sup>th</sup>,
11<sup>th</sup> , or 12<sup>th </sup> grades in the fall of 2010 and have
open cases with their state’s vocational rehabilitation agency or who
have an alternative funding source <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The dates of the program are June 20 – August 1, 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For more information or if you have any questions, please
email me at <a href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org">aphelps@bism.org</a> or call me
at 410-737-2642. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Warm regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"French Script MT"'>Amy
C. Phelps </span><span style='font-size:20.0pt'> </span><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Amy C. Phelps, CRC, NOMC<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Director of Rehabilitation Services <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Blind Industries and Services of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>3345 Washington Blvd<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Baltimore, MD 21227<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 410-737-2642<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mobile: 410-274-1647<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 410-737-2689<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Toll Free: 888-322-4567<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>E-mail: <a href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org"><span
style='color:blue'>aphelps@bism.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Web site: <a href="http://www.bism.org/"><span
style='color:blue'>www.bism.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>“A frog in a well, can
only see its piece of the sky” ~Unknown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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