[Nfbsatx] Fw: [Blindtlk] BISM Announces Independence 2010

james sofka jamessofka at att.net
Thu Apr 1 00:22:49 UTC 2010


Hi, all.
For your information.
Jim Sofka.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Gilliam" <MikeG at salighthouse.org>
To: "james sofka" <jamessofka at att.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] BISM Announces Independence 2010


> Thanks.  Sounds like a really neat approach.  I'll ask the CEO about  it 
> next time I see him.
>
> Sent from Mike's iPhone
>
> On Mar 30, 2010, at 8:38 PM, "james sofka" <jamessofka at att.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi, all.
>> For your information.
>> Jim Sofka.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Phelps (by way of David 
>> Andrews<dandrews at visi.com>)" <aphelps at BISM.org>
>> To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:02 PM
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] BISM Announces Independence 2010
>>
>>
>>
>> Blind Industries and Services of Maryland is
>> pleased to announce Independence 2010--a six-week
>> residential summer program for blind and low
>> vision high school teens. The students of
>> Independence 2010 will participate in a fun,
>> action packed comprehensive six-week program that
>> will focus on learning the nonvisual skills which
>> are essential for teens to successfully
>> transition from high school to college or
>> employment. Students of Independence 2010 will
>> live in apartments supervised by adult blind
>> mentors/instructors who will incorporate
>> budgeting, maintaining a home, preparing meals,
>> doing laundry, and shopping for groceries.
>>
>> Independence 2010 will include cane travel,
>> independent living skills, assistive technology,
>> Braille, physical fitness, philosophy class,
>> career exploration, and several confidence
>> building activities including attending the 2010
>> National Convention of the National Federation of
>> the Blind in Dallas, Texas. In addition to
>> learning the skills of blindness, students will
>> have fun learning from successful blind role
>> models and participate in exciting confidence
>> building activities such as playing goalball,
>> attending a summer festival, watching movies
>> under the stars, enjoying the Inner Harbor and
>> Little Italy to name just a few.
>>
>> Who can apply:
>> Legally blind high school students who are
>> entering into 10th, 11th , or 12th grades in the
>> fall of 2010 and have open cases with their
>> state's vocational rehabilitation agency or who
>> have an alternative funding source
>>
>> The dates of the program are June 20 - August 1, 2010
>>
>> For more information, application packet, or if
>> you have any questions, please email me at
>> <mailto:aphelps at bism.org>aphelps at bism.org or call me at 410-737-2642.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Amy C. Phelps
>>
>> Amy C. Phelps, CRC, NOMC
>> Director of Rehabilitation Services
>>
>> Blind Industries and Services of Maryland
>> 3345 Washington Blvd
>> Baltimore, MD 21227
>> Phone: 410-737-2642
>> Mobile: 410-274-1647
>> Fax: 410-737-2689
>> Toll Free: 888-322-4567
>> E-mail: <mailto:aphelps at bism.org>aphelps at bism.org
>>
>> Join us for a fun filled evening of Bull, Bull,
>> and more Bull at the
>> <http://bism.org/2010EmailPromo/BullRoast_Final.htm>Blind
>> Industries and Services of Maryland Bull and Oyster Roast
>>
>> Find out more about our summer program for blind
>> and low vision high school students
>> <http://bism.org/r_youth_TEMP_2.cfm>Independence 2010!
>>
>> "A frog in a well, can only see its piece of the sky" ~Unknown
>>
>>
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