<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Good day fellow Federationists;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Are you a blind student in Texas?</div><div class="">Do you want to be an agent of change for blind and disabled Americans?</div><div class="">Do you want to inform our national legislators about issues that directly affect the lives and capabilities of blind people?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If the answer is yes, the Texas Association of Blind Students Washington seminar scholarship is the opportunity for you. The National Federation of the Blind Washington Seminar will take place from January 29 to February 1 in Washington D.C. The scholarship winner will be awarded $500 to use toward seminar expenses.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To apply, please write an essay, 500 words or fewer, discussing three key issues directly affecting blind people that Congress can change. Please send your essay to myself at <a href="mailto:hstaley@nfbtx.org" class="">hstaley@nfbtx.org</a> or Johnathan Franks at <a href="mailto:jfranks@nfbtx.org" class="">jfranks@nfbtx.org</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Preference will be given to students who have never attended Washington Seminar.</div><div class="">All submissions must be sent in by December 1 at 11:59 P.M.</div><div class="">No late submissions will be accepted.</div><div class="">Winners will be contacted by email.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Together with love, hope and determination, we are transforming the dreams of blind students into reality!</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Harry Staley<br class="">President</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Texas Association of Blind Students</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">National Federation of the Blind</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">San Antonio<br class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">330-718-1876<br class=""><a href="mailto:Hstaley@nfbtx.org" class="">Hstaley@nfbtx.org</a></div>
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