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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> I am resending this in case anyone missed it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Robert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Nfbnet-members-list [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Walker, Carlton via Nfbnet-members-list<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 05, 2016 10:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Nfbnet-members-list] NFB BELL Academy applications are live!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <br>Greetings,<br> <br>We are pleased to announce that the 2016 NFB BELL Academy student applications are now live!<br> <br>Here is the link to the English application: <a href="https://nfb.org/bell-summer-program-form">https://nfb.org/bell-summer-program-form</a>. <br>The link to the Spanish application is on the English application page, and can be accessed directly at: <a href="https://nfb.org/node/2672?lang=es">https://nfb.org/node/2672?lang=es</a>. <br> <br>This is the link to the English permission and release forms: <a href="https://nfb.org/bell-permission-and-release-forms">https://nfb.org/bell-permission-and-release-forms</a>. <br>The link to the Spanish permission and release forms is on the English permission and release forms page, and can be accessed directly at: <a href="https://nfb.org/node/2686">https://nfb.org/node/2686</a>. <br> <br> <br> <br>Please note that the application process for NFB BELL Academy contains several steps:<br> <br>1. Fill out the NFB BELL Academy application at: <a href="https://nfb.org/bell-summer-program-form">https://nfb.org/bell-summer-program-form</a>, <br>2. After you submit the application, you will receive a confirmation email. That confirmation email will direct you to fill out the permission and release forms at: <a href="https://nfb.org/bell-permission-and-release-forms">https://nfb.org/bell-permission-and-release-forms</a>. <br>3. After you complete the permission and release forms, you will receive another confirmation email. This second confirmation mail will contain your answers to the permission and release forms. <br>4. Print out this second confirmation email, and sign and date it at the bottom of the last page.<br>5. Send the signed confirmation email to your NFB BELL Academy state coordinator, listed on the email.<br> <br>Please feel free to share this information with any family or friends of potential NFB BELL Academy students. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns at 410-659-9314, extension 2225 or via email at <a href="mailto:cwalker@nfb.org">cwalker@nfb.org</a>. <br> <br>Braille rocks, and BELLs ring!<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Carlton Anne Cook Walker, J.D., M.B.A., M.Ed.<br>National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute<br>Manager of Braille Education Programs<br>200 East Wells Street<br>Baltimore, MD 21230<br>(410) 659-9314, extension 2225<br><a href="mailto:CWalker@nfb.org">CWalker@nfb.org</a><br> <br>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<br> <br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>