[Oabs] Scholarships! A request from the committee

[Darian Smith]

additionally, is this the type of thing that might go in the Updates that the communication  committee of NABS? typically  
> On May 5, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Kaiti Shelton <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We can try twitter-Emily, if you get a minute and can tweet about it
> with a link to the web site where the form can be downloaded that
> would be great.  Our base there is still small, but it's worth a shot.
> If you just point them to www.nfbohio.org that should be good, it's
> pretty straightforward from there.
> 
> I'm  probably going to send one more reminder in a few days to the
> NABS list and others, but first I am going to scout a few people out
> on other lists.  Perhaps a personal approach might work.
> 
> On 5/6/15, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I don’t know if there are any folks of interest on the community service
>> division list and FB Page, but feel free to  hit those up.
>> Twitter even?
>>  let me know how I can be of assistance! best of luck and keep up the great
>> work!
>> 
>>> On May 5, 2015, at 9:42 PM, Kaiti Shelton via Oabs <oabs at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, all,
>>> 
>>> I have two requests that I hope Deborah won't mind me making as a
>>> member of the scholarship committee.  The first and most important one
>>> is to please, please, please help spread the word about our
>>> scholarship program to other students you may know who could benefit.
>>> The scholarship program is one of the most powerful recruitment tools
>>> the NFB has in its arsenal, and by extension OABS as the target
>>> audience is around the age our division caters to.  The second request
>>> is to please fill out any applications and send them to Deborah if you
>>> are planning on applying.  As I am a member of the committee I am
>>> qualified to provide interviews, but we are less than 2 weeks away
>>> from the deadline and have, believe it or not, 1 application that I am
>>> aware of.  I checked with Deborah fairly recently and that was still
>>> the case, so unless she or other committee members have interviewed in
>>> the past week or so that is all we've got.
>>> 
>>> I've been a social media fiend on NABS, the Parents of Blind Children
>>> of Ohio Facebook Group, and any other place I can think of sending out
>>> reminders and scouting out potential applicants.  Though that is my
>>> job as a member of the committee, a nudge from a familiar face can be
>>> very helpful for students you may know about and I don't.  If you'd
>>> rather send names and/or contact information for potential applicants
>>> my way that is fine, too, but let's do what we can to bring new
>>> members into the Federation and show them what we're about.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Kaiti Shelton
>>> University of Dayton 2016.
>>> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
>>> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
>>> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma
>>> 
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> 
> -- 
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton 2016.
> Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
> President, Ohio Association of Blind Students
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma