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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>
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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>Independence 2012</b> high school program or our all-new 3-week
<b>Independence “101” </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>Independence 2012</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>
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Best regards,<br>
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Dezman Jackson, NOMC, NCLB<br>
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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>
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“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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