<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt =
"uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s =
"uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z = "#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html =
"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q =
"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc =
"http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" XMLNS:D = "DAV:" XMLNS:Repl =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2 =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda =
"http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds =
"http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd =
"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec =
"http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi =
"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi =
"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver =
"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels =
"http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp =
"http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl =
"http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl =
"http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService"
XMLNS:Z = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st = ""><HEAD>
<META content="Layers 011" name="Microsoft Theme 2.00">
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16981" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE>@font-face {
font-family: Cambria Math;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Calibri;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Comic Sans MS;
}
@font-face {
font-family: Georgia;
}
@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; }
P.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"
}
LI.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"
}
DIV.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"
}
H1 {
FONT-SIZE: 16pt; MARGIN: 24pt 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 1 Char"
}
H2 {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGIN: 10pt 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 2 Char"
}
H3 {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; MARGIN: 10pt 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 3 Char"
}
H4 {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; MARGIN: 10pt 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 4 Char"
}
H5 {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 13pt; MARGIN: 10pt 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 5 Char"
}
H6 {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; MARGIN: 10pt 0in 0pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 6 Char"
}
A:link {
COLOR: #330099; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlink {
COLOR: #330099; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99
}
A:visited {
COLOR: #999999; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {
COLOR: #999999; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99
}
SPAN.EmailStyle17 {
COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-style-type: personal-compose
}
SPAN.Heading1Char {
FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Georgia","serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 1"; mso-style-name: "Heading 1 Char"
}
SPAN.Heading2Char {
COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Georgia","serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 2"; mso-style-name: "Heading 2 Char"
}
SPAN.Heading3Char {
COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Georgia","serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 3"; mso-style-name: "Heading 3 Char"
}
SPAN.Heading4Char {
COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Georgia","serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 4"; mso-style-name: "Heading 4 Char"
}
SPAN.Heading5Char {
COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Georgia","serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 5"; mso-style-name: "Heading 5 Char"
}
SPAN.Heading6Char {
COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Georgia","serif"; mso-style-priority: 9; mso-style-link: "Heading 6"; mso-style-name: "Heading 6 Char"
}
.MsoChpDefault {
mso-style-type: export-only
}
DIV.Section1 {
page: Section1
}
</STYLE>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></HEAD>
<BODY lang=EN-US vLink=#999999 link=#330099 bgColor=white
background=cid:F62C82923DD34D5E8B13DC4F45FF74B9@user5e73dc805b>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>fyi</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>jw</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dr. J. Webster Smith<BR>President National
Federation of the Blind of Ohio<BR>P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458<BR>Phone
Number - 740-592-6326 <BR>"Changing What it Means to be Blind"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=aphelps@BISM.org href="mailto:aphelps@BISM.org">Amy Phelps</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=jwsmithnfb@verizon.net
href="mailto:jwsmithnfb@verizon.net">jwsmithnfb@verizon.net</A> ; <A
title=cconley@fuse.net href="mailto:cconley@fuse.net">cconley@fuse.net</A> ; <A
title=blindchildren@verizon.net
href="mailto:blindchildren@verizon.net">blindchildren@verizon.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:31 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Independence 2010!</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><IMG class=shape style="DISPLAY: none; WIDTH: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px"
height=0 src="cid:F62C82923DD34D5E8B13DC4F45FF74B9@user5e73dc805b" width=0
v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" v:src="cid:image001.gif@01CACB60.28792F50"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" o:targetscreensize="800,600">
<v:fill src="cid:image001.gif@01CACB60.28792F50" o:title="laybkgnd" type="frame" />
</v:background></xml><![endif]-->
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Who can apply: <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Legally blind high school students who are entering into
10<SUP>th</SUP>, 11<SUP>th</SUP> , or 12<SUP>th </SUP> grades in the fall
of 2010 and have open cases with their state’s vocational rehabilitation agency
or who have an alternative funding source <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The dates of the program are June 20 – August 1, 2010 and the
application packets are attached. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>For more information or if you have any questions, please
email me at <A href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org">aphelps@bism.org</A> or call me at
410-737-2642. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Warm
regards, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Amy C.
Phelps </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Amy C.
Phelps, CRC, NOMC</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Director
of Rehabilitation Services <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Blind
Industries and Services of Maryland<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">3345
Washington Blvd<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Baltimore,
MD 21227<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Phone:
410-737-2642<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Mobile:
410-274-1647<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Fax:
410-737-2689<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Toll
Free: 888-322-4567<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">E-mail:
<A href="mailto:aphelps@bism.org"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">aphelps@bism.org</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Web
site: <A href="http://www.bism.org/"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">www.bism.org</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">“A frog
in a well, can only see its piece of the sky” ~Unknown<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Confidentiality
Note: </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">The
information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and
protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended
recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to
the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination,
distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you
have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by
replying to the message and deleting it from your computer.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>