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Current Events For August 2008 | Jun 12 / 08 -
Aug 15 / 08 | Detroit Summer Youth Program, June 12 - August 15, 2008
...focuses on activities for transitioning after high school graduation into postsecondary education or employment. This is a collaborative venture between the Michigan Commission for the Blind, Detroit Public Schools, and Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA).
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Aug 15 / 08 | MCB Business Enterprise Program Summer Employment, June 16 - August 15, 2008
This is an eight-week food service and vending internship in MCB's Business Enterprise Program for blind and visually impaired youth ages 15-22. Participants work 20-30 hours per week at $7.15 per hour through June 30, and $7.40 per hour beginning July 1. The June 16 through August 15 timeline is flexible.
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Aug 22 / 08 | Summer Employmnet Excursion (SEE), June 20 - August 22, 2008
This is an eight-week program that provides blind and visually impaired students with the opportunity to explore career possibilities, develop resumes, work with mentors in the community who have disabilities, discuss adult daily living skills, improve socialization skills, job-shadow, and gain valuable work experience. This program is sponsored by the Michigan Commission for the Blind and the Genesee Intermediate School District.
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Aug 15 / 08 | MCB 2008 College Preparatory Program at Western Michigan University, June 26 to August 15, 2008
MCB's College Prep program is a summer program designed to provide blind and visually impaired high school juniors and seniors (as well as anyone else who would like to pursue college training, but has not done so as a person who is blind or visually impaired), with an opportunity for a college experience prior to becoming full-time students. Students will live on the campus of Western Michigan University for the Summer II semester (June 26 through August 15) and take one college class for college credit along with a host of other classes and activities designed by MCB.
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Aug 10 / 08 | 12th Annual DeafBlind Workshop, DeSales Conference Center, Brooklyn, MI, August 7-10, 2008
Pre-registration is required. For more information, please contact Dee Robertson or Cindy Caldwell in the Lansing Michigan Commission for the Blind office.
| | Aug 19 / 08 | MCB Service Delivery Design Team Meeting, Lansing, August 19, 2008
The Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) Service Delivery Design Team works to improve delivery of quality MCB services.
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Aug 21 / 08 | Career Club, August 19-21, 2008
This program is for blind and visually impaired youth in Eaton and Ingham counties. Participants will explore careers, learn about their individual strengths and interests, work on team-building skills, develop a career plan, discuss work skills and ethics, practice interviewing, complete a job application, develop job-seeking skills, and have fun. This program is sponsored by the Michigan Commission for the Blind, Eaton and Ingham intermediate school districts, and Peckham, Inc.
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Aug 29 / 08 | MCB Mini Adjustment Program in Farmington Hills August 24-29, 2008
Separate from the on-site MCB Training Center courses in Kalamazoo, the week-long Mini Adjustment Programs are provided by MCB Training Center staff at various locations around the state. MCB'S Mini Adjustment Programs provide an introduction to skills of blindness and services provided by MCB and other organizations. For more information, contact Bonnie Betz, MCB, at 269-337-3858.
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