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<DIV>Greetings to all!</DIV>
<DIV>Final notice.</DIV>
<DIV>Expand your thoughts.</DIV>
<DIV>Expand your expectations.</DIV>
<DIV>Expand your experiences!</DIV>
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<DIV>See below.</DIV>
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<DIV>We care. We share. We grow. We make a difference<BR>Joe Ruffalo,
President
<BR>National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey <BR>973 743
0075<BR>nfbnj1@verizon.net<BR><A
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<DIV>ATTENTION BLIND AND LOW-VISION STUDENTS!</DIV>
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<DIV>Are you or do you know a blind or low-vision teen who wants to spend
their</DIV>
<DIV>summer learning, meeting new people, and having a great adventure? Join
the</DIV>
<DIV>National Federation of the Blind at our NFB EQ program. NFB EQ is
a</DIV>
<DIV>jam-packed week of fun and learning. </DIV>
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<DIV>Participants spend each day engaged in activities designed to
strengthen</DIV>
<DIV>their knowledge of engineering as well as their problem-solving
abilities.</DIV>
<DIV>In the evenings, participants hang out with the 29 other teen
participants</DIV>
<DIV>while exploring the local community and participating in various</DIV>
<DIV>recreational activities. Throughout the week, participants will forge
new</DIV>
<DIV>friendships while increasing their engineering knowledge,
problem-solving</DIV>
<DIV>abilities, self-confidence, and independence. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>TO LEARN MORE AND TO APPLY, VISIT <A
href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10741&qid=2196852">https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10741&qid=2196852</A>
[1]. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>THE SPECS </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>WHO: 30 blind and low-vision teens currently enrolled in grades 9-12 in
the</DIV>
<DIV>United States. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>WHAT: A weeklong summer engineering program for blind and low-vision
teens.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>WHEN: Participants will travel to Baltimore on July 29 and they will
travel</DIV>
<DIV>back home on August 4. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>WHERE: The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in</DIV>
<DIV>Baltimore, Maryland. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>WHY: To meet new people, learn new things, and have an exciting
adventure!
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<DIV>HOW: APPLY NOW! [2] APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MAY 1, 2018. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>HOW MUCH: There is no registration fee for this program. Visit
our</DIV>
<DIV>frequently asked questions web page for more details:</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10742&qid=2196852">https://nfb.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=10742&qid=2196852</A>
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<DIV>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</DIV>
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<DIV> * To be eligible to apply students must: be
enrolled in grades 9-12</DIV>
<DIV>during the 2017-2018 school year in a school (public, private,
charter,</DIV>
<DIV>residential, or home school) in the United States, be blind or
have</DIV>
<DIV>low-vision, and be available to attend the entire program.</DIV>
<DIV> * Participant's transportation to and from the
program will be arranged</DIV>
<DIV>by the National Federation of the Blind. Students will travel to
Baltimore</DIV>
<DIV>on Sunday and will travel home on the following Saturday.</DIV>
<DIV> * This is a residential program; students will
stay in dormitories at the</DIV>
<DIV>National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute and all meals will
be</DIV>
<DIV>provided.</DIV>
<DIV> * In the evenings, after the conclusion of the
instructional day,</DIV>
<DIV>students will be engaged in various social and recreational
activities.</DIV>
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<DIV>WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT EQ?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"NFB EQ gave me more confidence to keep doing what I want--no one can
stop</DIV>
<DIV>me! The program opened my eyes to even more options in the field
[of</DIV>
<DIV>engineering] and it gave me some confidence that I can do some
mechanical</DIV>
<DIV>stuff that I didn't think I could do before." - Michael, Texas </DIV>
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<DIV>"At the program, I learned that there is accessible equipment--I can
use</DIV>
<DIV>equipment that is close to what sighted people use, like Braille rulers
and</DIV>
<DIV>click rules. At school the tools for measuring in science aren't
always</DIV>
<DIV>accessible to me." - Lilly, Alaska </DIV>
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<DIV>"I increased my drawing skills at NFB EQ. The tactile drawing board
helped</DIV>
<DIV>me, because I could feel what I drew. Visualizations also have
gotten</DIV>
<DIV>easier [going from drawing to model to prototype]. In engineering, you
have</DIV>
<DIV>to picture an idea in your mind and then draw it before you can build
it.</DIV>
<DIV>When you draw it, you can really see how it's going to come together."
-</DIV>
<DIV>Trey, Kentucky </DIV>
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<DIV>"I am amazed at how the people involved in organizing this program
made</DIV>
<DIV>everything so easy for us. From organizing logistics to making sure
the</DIV>
<DIV>schedule was running smoothly for the students--the whole event was
very</DIV>
<DIV>successful. The staff's warmth and attention to detail really eased my
mind</DIV>
<DIV>and made me feel good about leaving my son at the program for the
week."
-</DIV>
<DIV>Mark (father), North Carolina </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>"I was looking for a rigorous, highly academic science program
that</DIV>
<DIV>promoted and modeled independence and the National Federation of the
Blind</DIV>
<DIV>was offering everything I was looking for. Still, I was hesitant. What
if</DIV>
<DIV>it wasn't a good use of my students' resources, or what if they
weren't</DIV>
<DIV>safe? My fears were unwarranted, from start to finish. NFB made the
health,</DIV>
<DIV>safety, academic rigor, social experiences, and general well-being of
our</DIV>
<DIV>students paramount. Every detail was professionally planned and
handled,</DIV>
<DIV>ensuring that every moment, for every student, was as meaningful as
it</DIV>
<DIV>could possibly be." - Laura (teacher of the visually impaired),
Kentucky
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<DIV>QUESTIONS?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Send them to:</DIV>
<DIV>STEM@nfb.org</DIV>
<DIV>(410) 659-9314, extension 2418</DIV>
<DIV>National Federation of the Blind</DIV>
<DIV>200 East Wells Street</DIV>
<DIV>Baltimore, Maryland 21230 </DIV>
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<DIV>_This material is based upon work supported by the National
Science</DIV>
<DIV>Foundation under Grant No. 1712887. Any opinions, findings, and
conclusions</DIV>
<DIV>or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the
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