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Gratitude for Pedro and the Octopus:

Recently this note of gratitude was sent to the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults:

Dear Patricia Maurer,

We received this book, and I gave it to my granddaughter at our October NFB walk-a-thon. Not only did she very much enjoy the book and its illustrations, but she was able to share it with other blind adults that day.

There was a sighted couple at the park there with their sighted daughter about seven. Shianne was reading the book and showed it to the girl who was fascinated with it. Shianne also took the book home to read to her little brothers. A great book all around!

Thank you so much for making it possible for my granddaughter to have a copy.

Sincerely,
Kathy Hurley

In Brief

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Career Launch @ Perkins:

Perkins School for the Blind developed Career Launch @ Perkins with one goal: help blind and visually impaired young adults successfully navigate the path to full-time professional work. 

The innovative job training, internship, and career services program is helping high school and college graduates, ages eighteen to twenty-nine, land their first career-track job. The curriculum is designed specifically to provide the hands-on training and experience necessary to build a sustainable career in professional fields where exceptional customer engagement is key to business success. 

Career Launch comprises an eight-week training program—focused on customer success skills, foundational working skills, and assistive technology—followed by a two-month internship in the Boston area, and then a year of support from Perkins-based career services team once the graduate returns to his/her hometown. 

Equipped with the latest skills and experience gained through working with a strong network of employer partners—some of the leading companies across industries such as healthcare, hospitality, telecom, retail, financial services, higher education and e-commerce—each graduate will leave Career Launch as a well-rounded problem-solver with transferable skills in many areas including sales and marketing, transaction management, recruiting, client services, and more. 

Perkins is currently accepting applications for the January 2020 session. To learn more, visit Perkins.org/CareerLaunch.

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