One $1500 Scholarship will be granted as an appropriately qualified legally blind student is selected. The winner will be sponsored to attend both our spring State Convention in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, March 20th through 22nd and our July 2nd through 9th 2009 National Convention in Detroit, Michigan. You will receive your monetary award at the beginning of your fall semester, 2009.

During each Convention our Scholarship winner will be able to exchange information and ideas with blind students, successful blind professionals, Federal officials, members of Congress, and manufacturers of new technology.

Transportation, hotel accommodations, and meals for both the week long National Convention and the three day State Convention will be provided by the National Federation of the Blind of Wisconsin. As a requirement of the Scholarship award, the winner will attend and participate at each Convention in its entirety.

Applicants will be evaluated for their academic excellence, personal achievements, and community service. To apply for the Scholarship, please complete the application form and provide the following information:

1. Describe yourself detailing your strengths, personal challenges, goals, and ways of working with your blindness. How will a Scholarship help you?

2. Please submit two (2) letters of recommendation.

3. Provide official transcripts reflecting all course work completed after high school. Include high school transcripts if you have not finished a year of post secondary courses. Please do not Xerox or fax transcripts.

Mail your application and attachments, postmarked no later than February 19th, 2009, to Cheryl Orgas, Scholarship Coordinator, 4222 N. Maryland Ave., Shorewood, WI. 53211. Prospective qualified candidates will be contacted to schedule a telephone interview. Applications and attachments will not be returned.

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