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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">June 27, 2011<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1" class=MsoNormal align=center><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Seedlings Braille Books for Children’s Rose Project<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ideograph-numeric; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">We are very pleased to announce that Seedlings' Rose Project received a grant from Delta Kappa Gamma which will allow us to continue to provide<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Every year we have requests from new students and/or students that have recently been diagnosed as visually impaired. The Rose Project allows us to continue to fill a need in their lives so they can continue to grow and learn and become independent and successful individuals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization based in Livonia dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy by providing high quality children’s literature in braille. For more information on the Rose Project, or to request an article, please visit </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><A href="http://www.seedlings.org/rose.php" target=_blank><SPAN class=yshortcuts><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.seedlings.org/rose.php</FONT></SPAN></A> or contact us at (800) 777-8552.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>800-777-8552 x307</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial>seedlink3@ameritech.net</FONT></P>
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