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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>From the desk of NFBNJ President Joe Ruffalo.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Received from Pamela Gaston, NJCBVI.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.6pt'>Please share this information and encourage students or individuals planning to continue their education to apply. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.6pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>2018 NFB & NFBNJ Scholarship Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind believes in investing in the future by supporting the college education of deserving legally blind students. Our state and national scholarship programs are the most generous in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>When a national scholarship application is completed and forwarded to the committee, the applicant has the opportunity to win a national and or a state scholarship. Complete one application and you can win two scholarships! To learn more about the NFB National Scholarship and to download an application form, please visit </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="http://www.nfb.org/scholarships" target="_blank"><span style='color:#24890D'>www.nfb.org/scholarships</span></a><span style='color:black'>. Deadline for national scholarship applications is March 31st.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>When a national scholarship is completed and forwarded to the committee, the applicant has the opportunity to win a national and or a state scholarship.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Complete one application and you can win two scholarships!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>NFB Scholarship Program:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>We are accepting scholarship applications from November 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018. This annual program offers thirty scholarships worth from $3,000 to $12,000 to eligible students, from high school seniors beginning their freshman year in the fall semester of 2017, up through graduate students working on their PhD degrees. Go to <a href="http://www.nfb.org/scholarships">www.nfb.org/scholarships</a> for complete rules and requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>---<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>2018 NJCBVI Scholarship Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The Board of Trustees of The New Jersey Commission for the Blind & Visually Impaired </span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>(CBVI) is now accepting applications for the awarding of five scholarships to individuals who are blind, vision impaired or deaf-blind.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>To be eligible, applicants of any age must be registered to receive services from the CBVI and be a consumer soon-to-be enrolled in an institution of higher learning, which includes a 2 or 4-year college, community college, trade school, business school, graduate school or any accredited higher education institution. The Scholarship Committee will review every application and select the awardees. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Information on the scholarships to be awarded and the application instructions can be found at the CBVI web site: <a href="http://www.cbvi.nj.gov/scholarships.html">www.cbvi.nj.gov/scholarships.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Completed applications, including the submission of all required supporting documentation, must be submitted to: <b>The NJCBVI Scholarship Committee, 153 Halsey St. 6<sup>th</sup> Floor, Newark, NJ 07101- 47017, or E-mailed to: </b><a href="mailto:CBVI.Scholarship@dhs.state.nj.us"><b>CBVI.Scholarship@dhs.state.nj.us</b></a><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></b></span><b>by March 21, 2018.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Forwarded by:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script"'>Brian A. Mackey<br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br>Brian A. Mackey<br>Owner, Mackey Enterprises, LLC<br>Treasurer & Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey<br>Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Nevada, & Illinois<br>Member, National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Blind Users Innovating & Leading Design (BUILD) Team<br>609-680-8488<br></span><a href="mailto:Bmackey88@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>Bmackey88@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br></span><a href="http://www.mackeyenterprisesllc.com/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>www.mackeyenterprisesllc.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br>“Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make those dreams come true”<br> <i>-Vince Papale<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>