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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is the final reminder about the NFBMD John T. McCraw Scholarship Application deadline, which is this Friday, April 15, 2022. Please share with anyone who might be eligible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><a name="_Hlk93169595"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>State Scholarship Program: The NFB of Maryland will award up to four scholarships of $4,000 each as part of the John T. McCraw Scholarship Program. NFBMD may award </span></b></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>a </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>scholarship to a former McCraw scholarship recipient. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Scholarships are </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>merit-based and </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>awarded based on academic achievement</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>,</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> community involvement</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>, and leadership</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Application materials must be submitted (online or postmarked) by 11:59PM on April 15, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To be eligible, applicants must:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Be legally blind in both eyes;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>reside in Maryland or be pursuing post-secondary studies at a school in Maryland;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>be age 18 prior to July 5, 2022;<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Be pursuing or planning to pursue a full-time</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> or part-time</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, post-secondary course of study in a degree program in the Fall of 2022</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'> and Spring of 2023 (priority will be given to full-time students)</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; and<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Attend the entire National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind in </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>New Orleans, Louisiana </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>from July 5 through 10, 2022 and the annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland in Towson, Maryland from November </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>11</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> – </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>13</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>, 2022 (scholarship finalists will receive convention </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>financial </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>assistance).<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li></ul><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To apply:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Submit an application using the online application system at </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'></span><a href="http://nfbmd.org/scholarship/apply"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>http://nfbmd.org/scholarship/apply</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>; or<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='color:black;margin-top:12.0pt;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Download, complete, and email or mail in a hard copy application form by visiting: </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'></span><a href="http://nfbmd.org/scholarship"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>http://nfbmd.org/scholarship</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk93169595'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please reach out to me with questions.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ronza<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ronza Othman, </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>President</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>443-426-4110<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>