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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Please share with any patrons who might qualify: Michigan candidates in grades 7-12 who are blind/visually impaired are welcome to submit an essay. </span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please read this message from Jereme Vanden Heuvel, LIO’s Camp Consultant:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Introducing the 3rd Annual Space Camp Essay Contest! Complete an essay and submit it to MDE-LIO by
<u>April 30, 2018</u> to be in the running for an all-expense paid trip to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center! Michigan candidates in grades 7-12 who are blind/visually impaired are welcome to submit an essay. One male and
one female candidate will be chosen for the camp. A MDE-LIO staff will be escorting and chaperoning the winning candidates throughout their stay at Space Camp. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Follow this <a href="https://mdelio.org/news/2018-mde-lio-space-camp-essay-contest-now-open">
link</a> (<a href="https://mdelio.org/news/2018-mde-lio-space-camp-essay-contest-now-open">https://mdelio.org/news/2018-mde-lio-space-camp-essay-contest-now-open</a>) to learn more about the contest and about 2018 Space Camp!”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Brenda Mahoney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Education Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">MDE-Low Incidence Outreach<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">888-760-2206 or 517-373-2887<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Please note: My office hours are 7:00-5:30, Monday – Thursday.<o:p></o:p></p>
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