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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_Hlk69076907">2023 Scholarship Announcement<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'>Spring Break is upon us! That means it is time to launch the 2023 NFB of SC Scholarship Program. <span style='color:#44546A'>The state convention will be August 18-20, 2023. The application deadline is at 11:59 p.m. June 20, 2023. That means all components of the scholarship application must be received by this deadline. As in recent years, the committee will select the top three applicants, and they will be notified approximately one month prior to the state convention. The updated scholarship application can now be completed online at </span></span><a href="http://www.nfbofsc.org"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'>www.nfbofsc.org</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'><span style='color:#44546A'>. Please also remember that the scholarship program operates on donations exclusively. If you or your chapter would like to contribute a scholarship or make a donation to the Dorothy Barksdale Metro Fund, please get in touch with both me, Shannon Cook, (</span></span><a href="mailto:coffeequeensc1@sc.rr.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'>coffeequeensc1@sc.rr.com</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'><span style='color:#44546A'> or (803) 605-4250) and Valerie Warrington, NFB of SC Treasurer at vwarrington@att.net. Also, please help us get the word out about the program. If you or someone you know is in school full time, please encourage them to apply for a scholarship! Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'>Shannon Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk69076907'>Scholarship Committee Chairman</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Shannon Cook<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Member, National Federation of the Blind of South Carolina<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The greatest investment you can make in this world is kindness.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>