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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> elizabeth.sammons@ood.ohio.gov [mailto:elizabeth.sammons@ood.ohio.gov] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 31, 2018 11:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> Undisclosed recipients:<br><b>Subject:</b> Free opportunity/training camp, blind and Deaf/blind youth, late June<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Good morning, colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>*** <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Leader Dog’s Summer Experience Camp – Making Teens Unstoppable!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Application Deadline March 31!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information and to download an application, go to <a href="http://www.leaderdog.org/clients/programs/summer-experience-camp">www.leaderdog.org/clients/programs/summer-experience-camp</a> <<a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leaderdog.org%2Fclients%2Fprograms%2Fsummer-experience-camp&data=02%7C01%7Celizabeth.sammons%40ood.ohio.gov%7C46812639f18849ca7e5a08d568bbd913%7Cdce5f053ae2b4fd682ac1a98b86789a5%7C0%7C0%7C636530078370488917&sdata=Rst2uCEF3eiUGmIHb2i56gMCCZ8%2FjUDteOgJbdlzR40%3D&reserved=0">https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leaderdog.org%2Fclients%2Fprograms%2Fsummer-experience-camp&data=02%7C01%7Celizabeth.sammons%40ood.ohio.gov%7C46812639f18849ca7e5a08d568bbd913%7Cdce5f053ae2b4fd682ac1a98b86789a5%7C0%7C0%7C636530078370488917&sdata=Rst2uCEF3eiUGmIHb2i56gMCCZ8%2FjUDteOgJbdlzR40%3D&reserved=0</a>> or call the Leader Dogs for the Blind client services department at 888-777-5332.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Elizabeth L. Sammons<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program Administrator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tel. 614.438.1260<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.oodworks.com">www.oodworks.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>