HEADQUARTERS
1750 CLAIBORNE AVE.
SHREVEPORT, LA 71103
318.635.6471
FAX: 318.635.8901
WWW.LABLIND.COM
Scholarship Program Information, Eligibility, and Guidelines
Louisiana Association for the Blind (LAB) is a private, not-for-profit organization
established in Shreveport, LA in 1927. LAB's mission is to improve the quality of life
for people with blindness through training, services and employment.
Scholarship Information:
1. Scholarship funds originate from personal and corporate contributions.
2. Up to two $2,500 scholarships may be awarded.
3. Scholarships must be used during 2015-2016 academic year.
LAB Scholarship Selection Committee:
1. The LAB Scholarship Selection Committee will determine the scholarship
recipients based on scholastic achievement, overall grade point average
(grades 9-12 and/or post-secondary work) or GED scores, and involvement in
school activities and/or community services.
2. Only the Committee Chairman will see the applicant's name and identifying
information. All applicants will be number-coded for identification purposes.
3. The decisions of the Selection Committee are final. The scholarship recipient
will be notified by mail. All applicants will receive notice of the status of their
application.
Eligibility Criteria:
1. The applicant must be blind or legally blind, defined as “an individual whose
central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with
correcting lenses, or whose visual acuity if better than 20/200 is
accompanied by a limit to the field of vision in the better eye to such a
degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle no greater than 20
degrees.” The applicant must submit the form “Mandatory Eye Medical
Information” with his/her application packet.
LAB 2015 Scholarship Application Form Procedure
LAB Form #LVC-1
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HEADQUARTERS
1750 CLAIBORNE AVE.
SHREVEPORT, LA 71103
318.635.6471
FAX: 318.635.8901
WWW.LABLIND.COM
2. The applicant must be a candidate for a High School Diploma or GED
certificate by June 2015 from an accredited school located in northwest
Louisiana, or must be currently enrolled in a post-secondary 2- or 4-year
college, or technical school.
3. Applicant must present proof of acceptance to an accredited 2- or 4-year
college, or technical school.
4. The scholarship recipient must certify his/her continued eligibility for the
scholarship award, at the time the checks are endorsed to the accredited
college, university, technical, or other accredited post-secondary school.
5. Selection will be based on academic achievement and involvement in
school activities and/or community services.
6. Scholarship awards will also be considered for students pursuing an
advanced degree from an accredited college or university.
7. LAB employees are not eligible. However, family members of LAB employees
are eligible.
Application Procedure:
1. Submitting the application and supporting documents will qualify a student
to be considered for the LAB scholarship. Only one LAB scholarship may be
awarded to any person.
2. The application and supporting documents must be completed, signed, and
received at LAB's Claiborne Avenue (Shreveport) offices no later than close
of business on April 30, 2015. Incomplete, late or inaccurate applications will
not be accepted. An April 30, 2015, postmark is NOT acceptable; the
application must be physically received at LAB by the deadline.
3. All submitted materials will become the property of LAB and will be retained
for one full year, after which all applications and supporting documents will
be destroyed.
4. The scholarship must be used during the 2015-2016 school year.
LAB 2015 Scholarship Application Form Procedure
LAB Form #LVC-1
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HEADQUARTERS
1750 CLAIBORNE AVE.
SHREVEPORT, LA 71103
318.635.6471
FAX: 318.635.8901
WWW.LABLIND.COM
Mail or hand-deliver applications and supporting documents to:
Louisiana Association for the Blind
Attn: Scholarship Program
1750 Claiborne Avenue
Shreveport, LA 71103
Information Contact:
Ms. Libby Murphy
Vice President of Strategic Development
(318) 635-6471 ext. 235
lmurphy@lablind.com
LAB 2015 Scholarship Application Form Procedure
LAB Form #LVC-1
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