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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>From the desk of NFB of PA President Lynn Heitz.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Received from Denice Brown, Member, NFB Scholarship Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Please read and share with all that might be interested, including high school seniors and those attending postsecondary education.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><img width=534 height=194 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D5F6E7.BCAA18C0" alt="2014 NFB Logo Black - Rect"></span><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>2020 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM</span></b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>for blind high school seniors through grad school students</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:10.7pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Program Begins: November 1, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:10.7pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Deadline</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>: Midnight, EST,</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <b>March 31, 2020</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:36.0pt'>$12,000 Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> “The Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> <i>and</i></span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>1 scholarship</span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>for</span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>$10,000</span></b><b><span style='font-size:28.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>2 scholarships for $8,000 each<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> 4 scholarships for $5,000 each <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> 22 scholarships for $3,000 each<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>PLUS other gifts to our thirty scholarship finalists!</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>ARE YOU A LEGALLY BLIND HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR OR COLLEGE STUDENT?</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Go to</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'>: </span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'> </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.nfb.org/scholarships">www.nfb.org/scholarships</a></span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:76.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-59.85pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:10.7pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:45.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-45.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To apply:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> During the five-month open period, read the rules and the Submission Checklist, c</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>omplete the official 2020 Scholarship Application Form (online or in print), supply all required documents, and request and complete an interview by an NFB affiliate president. Read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for more information.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:27.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:25.9pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:27.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:17.1pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Questions? </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact the</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> NFB Scholarship Program; Chairperson Cayte Mendez<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-right:27.8pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>E-mail: <span class=MsoHyperlink><a href="mailto:Scholarships@nfb.org">Scholarships@nfb.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:27.8pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:76.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-59.85pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Office: (410) 659 -9314, ext. 2415, (8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>