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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><span style='color:#1F497D'>For an application packet please
email me at <a href="mailto:Independence2010@bism.org">Independence2010@bism.org</a>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Warm regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Amy C. Phelps </span><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Amy C. Phelps, CRC, NOMC</span><span style='font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Director of Rehabilitation Services <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Blind Industries and Services of Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>3345 Washington Blvd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Baltimore, MD 21227<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Phone: 410-737-2642<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Mobile: 410-274-1647<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Fax: 410-737-2689<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Toll Free: 888-322-4567<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org"><span
style='color:blue'>aphelps@bism.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>Web site: <a href="http://www.bism.org/"><span
style='color:blue'>www.bism.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:windowtext'>“A frog in a well, can only see its piece of the
sky” ~Unknown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
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