<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND), Inc.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Buddy Program 2017:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-align: center; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Come to gain blindness skills, and leave with lifelong friends!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Apply today to the 2017 Buddy Program, a summer program for all blind/low vision students ages 9-13!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">When</b>: June 10, 2017-July 1, 2017!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Where</b>: BLIND, Inc.; 100 East 22nd St. Minneapolis Minnesota, 55404.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Application deadline:</b> April 15, 2017. </span></p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">What:</b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> “Buddies” will gain important blindness skills along with the empowering attitudes about blindness and exposure to the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) while exploring and experiencing the wonderful Twin Cities.</span></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Program</b>: Buddies will stay in the beautiful BLIND Inc. mansion, which once belonged to the Pillsbury family. They will learn Braille reading and writing, cane travel, adaptive technology, independent living skills, and much more! Buddies will also have the ability to craft new friendships with their blind/low vision peers that will last a lifetime! Buddies will have an educational and recreational experience with program counselors, most of whom are blind college students. Buddies will learn to prepare meals under </span><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">the supervision of the instructors. Buddies will also learn how to travel effectively using the award-winning Minneapolis public transit system! These skills will be beneficial for a lifetime! </span><span style="font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Other Activities:</b> Buddies will also participate in other activities around the Twin Cities. Activities may include: visiting the Mall of America, going to a water park, a petting zoo, paddle boating, indoor rock climbing, and many other fun activities! Buddies utilize the skills they are taught in the program while participating in these fun activities. </span></p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; min-height: 12px;" class=""><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">Cost</b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">: The Buddy Program costs $900.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">Contact Michell Gip, Youth Services Coordinator, at 612-872-0100, Ext. 231, or </span><a href="mailto:mgip@blindinc.org" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255);" class="">mgip@blindinc.org</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> for more information or an application.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">We accept payment plans, and some funding may be available for those in need.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">Contact us for more details! </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> </span></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Apply today to ensure your space in the 2017 Buddy Program!</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Information about our summer programs can also be found at <a href="https://www.blindinc.org/programs/summer/" class=""><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255);" class="">https://www.blindinc.org/programs/summer/</span></a> </span></p></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Michell Gip, MAT, NCUEB, NOMC</div><div class="">Youth Services Coordinator </div><div class="">Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND), Inc. </div><div class="">100 East 22nd St. </div><div class="">Minneapolis, MN. 55404 </div><div class="">Phone: 612-872-0100 ext. 231</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:mgip@blindinc.org" class="">mgip@blindinc.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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