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[mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>David Andrews<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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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><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Independence 2012</span></b> high school program or
our all-new 3-week <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Independence
“101” </span></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><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Independence 2012</span></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>
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Twitter @BISM_Youth<br>
<br>
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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>
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