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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Federation Family and Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to everyone who donated and supported this year’s Scholarship Program. It was a great success! We brought in more money this year than in any of the other years I have been involved in the program, which has been about thirty years now - thirteen of them serving as chair. The following students received scholarships in the amounts shown. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Aleena Hamlin attending the University of Alabama. $3310<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Elijah Taylor attending Tri County Tech $2015<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Patrick Ordonez attending USC Aiken $1400 <o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Total funds raised and awarded: $6725<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>The following chapters, divisions, and individuals generously contributed to the 2024 NFB of SC Scholarship Program. We thank you all!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joann Reid<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At-Large Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marty McKenzie<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Seniors Division<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Charleston Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lee County Chapter <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sonia Timmons<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Andrew Adams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Carolyn Phillips<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Frank and Shelley Coppel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chesterfield chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lancaster Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Grand Strand Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Andreson chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Janice Smith<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Belvedere Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Columbia Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Greenville Chapter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Federation Center of the blind<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Vanda Pharmaceuticals<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Computer Science and Technology Division<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph>Smith-Borrero Consulting<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>We look forward to seeing how far the Scholarship Class of 2024 can go in the Federation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Shannon Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The greatest investment you can make in this world is kindness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>