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It is cold outside, so it is time to start thinking about summer fun and
Blind Industries and Services of Maryland Independence 2011! <br>
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Last year Independence 2010 was a great success and this year it is going
to be even better. <br>
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Independence 2011 is a seven-week residential program where blind and low
vision youth entering into the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades in the fall of
2011 will have the opportunity to learn the nonvisual skills of blindness
from successful blind instructors. We will return to the campus of Towson
University, where students will live in apartments with their blind adult
instructors/mentors and learn how to manage their own apartment, cook,
clean, grocery shop, manage money, wash clothes, to name just a few
things. Not only will students of the seven-week residential program
learn the skills of blindness through classes such as cane travel,
Braille, computer/technology, and independent living (Home Ec.) but they
are going to be able to gain that much needed resume builder – paid
employment. With these economic times, who doesn’t need a little extra
spending money? Students will have the opportunity to work a total of
30-40 hours in the community during the last two weeks of the program.
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Independence 2011 is going to attend the national convention of the
National Federation of the Blind in Orlando, FL and participate in the
National Federation of the Blind Youth Slam and we can’t forget spend a
day having fun in Disney World. Then, there are the times that we explore
Baltimore, Towson, visit our Nation’s capital, attend an O’s game, go
swimming, check out a movie or two and we can’t forget those evenings of
playing cards until the wee hours of morning.<br>
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Sound fun!?! You better believe it! <br>
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Dates: June 19 – August 5, 2011<br>
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For information about Independence 2011 please email me at
<a href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org">aphelps@bism.org</a> or call
410-737-2642. <br>
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Warm regards, <br>
<br>
Amy C. Phelps <br>
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Amy C. Phelps, CRC, NOMC<br>
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Check out information about our summer youth program:
<a href="http://bism.org/r_youth_TEMP_2.cfm">Independence 2011</a> <br>
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Blind Industries and Services of Maryland<br>
3345 Washington Blvd<br>
Baltimore, MD 21227<br>
Phone: 410-737-2642<br>
Mobile: 410-274-1647<br>
Fax: 410-737-2689<br>
Toll Free: 888-322-4567<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org">aphelps@bism.org</a><br>
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<b>"...given proper training and opportunity, the average blind
person can do the average job in the average place of business and do it
as well as his or her sighted neighbor..." Freedom for the Blind,
James H. Omvig<br>
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