[NFBOH-Cleveland] FW: Free opportunity/training camp, blind and Deaf/blind youth, late June

[Suzanne Turner]

From: elizabeth.sammons at ood.ohio.gov [mailto:elizabeth.sammons at ood.ohio.gov]

Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11:12 AM
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Free opportunity/training camp, blind and Deaf/blind youth, late
June

 

 

Good morning, colleagues,

 

I want to  open this exciting opportunity with each of you and please, share
as appropriate. FYI Leader Dogs is also the only US program that I know of
many of whose trainers are fluent in ASL, so if there are Deaf/blind youth
who may wish to apply, encourage them.

 

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Leader Dog's Summer Experience Camp - Making Teens Unstoppable!

 

 

 

Application Deadline March 31!

 

 

 

Summer Experience Camp is a week of outdoor fun, friendship and skill
building. The program combines activities like rock wall climbing and tandem
biking with leadership building exercises and things exclusively Leader
Dog-GPS training and spending time with Leader Dogs in training. The
combination helps increase independent travel skills, interpersonal skills
and leadership skills.

 

The free program is for boys and girls ages 16 and 17 who are legally blind.
Leader Dog covers all costs including airfare to Michigan-and everyone
receives a free HumanWare Trekker Breeze+ GPS device. The 2018 camp dates
are June 23-June 30. Applications are due by March 31, 2018.

 

For more information and to download an application, go to
www.leaderdog.org/clients/programs/summer-experience-camp
<http://www.leaderdog.org/clients/programs/summer-experience-camp>
<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leaderd
og.org%2Fclients%2Fprograms%2Fsummer-experience-camp
<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leaderd
og.org%2Fclients%2Fprograms%2Fsummer-experience-camp&data=02%7C01%7Celizabet
h.sammons%40ood.ohio.gov%7C46812639f18849ca7e5a08d568bbd913%7Cdce5f053ae2b4f
d682ac1a98b86789a5%7C0%7C0%7C636530078370488917&sdata=Rst2uCEF3eiUGmIHb2i56g
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&data=02%7C01%7Celizabeth.sammons%40ood.ohio.gov%7C46812639f18849ca7e5a08d56
8bbd913%7Cdce5f053ae2b4fd682ac1a98b86789a5%7C0%7C0%7C636530078370488917&sdat
a=Rst2uCEF3eiUGmIHb2i56gMCCZ8%2FjUDteOgJbdlzR40%3D&reserved=0>  or call the
Leader Dogs for the Blind client services department at 888-777-5332.

 

 

Elizabeth L. Sammons

Program Administrator

Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities

Tel. 614.438.1260

www.oodworks.com <http://www.oodworks.com>  

 

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