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Provides scholarships to graduating seniors who are pursuing further education post high school and are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
* Provides a college scholarship to students that impact their community, especially concerning delimiting racism.

* Offers information and referral on programs and services for the blind and visually impaired.
* Provides legislative advocacy on laws affecting blind persons.
* Offers college scholarships to blind and visually impaired students.
* Provides legislative and governmental monitoring.
* Holds annual conference featuring a large trade show of the latest high- and low-tech gadgets for blind and visually impaired people.

* Publishes monthly magazine, "The ACB Braille Forum," in braille, large print, on digital cartridge, via email, podcast, and download.

* Has an Internet radio station, ACB Media (https://www.acbmedia.org), which offers ten channels of music, talk, and entertainment.

* ACB's Community Events offer a wide variety of topics, from education to technology training, cooking and social events, braille classes, games, yoga, and much more. Visit https://www.acb.org/acb-community-events to learn more.

* ACB's Audio Description Project (https://www.acb.org/audio-description-project) maintains a list of audio-described movies, broadcast TV, DVDs, performing arts, museums, and national parks on their website. The project also offers two Audio Description Institutes each year, where people can learn how to become audio describers.


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Scholarships
Grants, scholarships and awards come from several sources, including the college, New York State and the Federal government. Other sources include funding from corporations, unions, trust funds, religious and fraternal organizations, and other associations. Grants, scholarships and awards do not have to be paid back. You should always explore the "free money" opportunities available to you before taking out a student loan.

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Scholarships
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is a fraternal society which offers community services, scholarships, youth and veterans services. Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Thursday . Call for more information.

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Community Groups and Government / Administrative Offices
Youth Development
Provides scholarships for dependents of those killed or permanently disabled in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The University is committed to meeting the full financial need of these students. Contact the University for further information.

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Student Financial Aid
Educational Grants
Provides financial assistance for children and parents who want to participate in specialized programs to improve communication and independence, and need help. Also provides college scholarship deaf students who want to attend college.
Provides an informal source of information and support for East End business and professional women. Offers monthly dinner meetings from September to June with guest speakers. Produces newsletters, membership directory and brochure. Offers members scholarships and a Teen Scholarship competition for high school senior girls.

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Women
Business Networking Groups
Offers scholarships to any SUNY institutions to cover tuition, room/board, fees, books, supplies and transportation for 4-5 academic years of full-time undergraduate study. Call or visit website for further information.

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Educational Grants
Student Financial Aid
Tuition Assistance
Scholarships
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is a fraternal Society which offers community services, scholarships, youth and veterans services. Call for additional information.

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Fraternal Orders
Community Groups and Government / Administrative Offices
Scholarships
Youth Development
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is a fraternal society which offers community services, scholarships, youth and veterans services. Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month at 7:30pm, except July and August 4th Wendesday only.

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Scholarships
Community Groups and Government / Administrative Offices
Fraternal Orders
Youth Development
Helps foster, encourage and promote the improvement of the condition of all veterans and their families. Offers two scholarships annually. Speakers Bureau available upon request. Meeting held at Brookhaven Parks Office, 286 Hawkins Road, Centereach NY 11720, the 4th Friday of each month at 8pm. Call for more information.

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Families of Military Personnel / Veterans
Information and Referral
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services
Specialized Information and Referral
Veterans
Speakers / Speakers Bureaus
Vietnam Era Veterans
Scholarships
Scholarship Awards are made in two areas: academic and enrichment. Academic and enrichment scholarships awarded to support eligible youth. Community service grants are made to youth-serving agencies and schools that are mentoring a group of 7th-12th grade youth on a community service project. A Youth Advisory Board, led by teen volunteers from Long Island schools, works with United Way to review all applications and make scholarship award recommendations.

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Youth Community Service Programs
Educational Grants
Scholarships
Volunteer Opportunities
Scholarships for private secondary school or college/university for children who lost a parent in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Awards will be based on individual need, scholastic abilities and community/civic involvement on a case-by-case basis. Call for further information.

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Educational Grants
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Scholarships
Organization provides educational scholarships and promotes local businesses.
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is a fraternal society which offers community services, scholarships, youth and verterans services. Meetings held the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 7:30pm. Call for information.

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Youth Development
Scholarships
Fraternal Orders
Community Groups and Government / Administrative Offices
Coordinates scholarship funds created to assist families of people killed or permanently disabled in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Each fund has its own policies and requirements, including 2 or 4 year colleges, vocational schools, undergraduate or graduate study, etc. GO TO WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS AND OF INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

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Student Financial Aid
Educational Grants
Provides assistance for higher education, as well as mental and physical health care to children who lost one or both parents in the fight against terrorism in the US Military. Call or visit website for further information.

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Student Financial Aid
Students
Scholarships
Encourages the creation and appreciation of the visual arts. Activities include monthly meetings with demonstrations, lectures, critiques, morning sketch groups, workshops in various media, exhibits, newsletters, and other events, many which are geared toward raising funds for the Scholarship Fund. Call for more information.

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Painting / Drawing Exhibits
Art Galleries / Exhibits
Students
Arts and Crafts Instruction
Scholarships
Provides five scholarships for dependents of the firefighters, police officers, port authority officers and emergency medical services personnel who lost their lives responding to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. The scholarships will provide full tuition, room and board at New York University

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Student Financial Aid
Educational Grants
Students
Tuition Assistance
Scholarships
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is a fraternal society which offers community services, scholarships, youth and veterans services. Call for additional information.

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Youth Development
Scholarships
Fraternal Orders
Community Groups and Government / Administrative Offices
Provides scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, and law to students who are spouses, partners, sons and daughters of any victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. In addition, current students who lost a parent or a spouse or partner in the attacks will be eligible. Call for further information.

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Student Financial Aid
Scholarships
Tuition Assistance
Educational Grants
Students
*Offers tutoring scholarships to families of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Information on lupus and support for patients
* Offers information and referral on programs and services for the blind and visually impaired.* Provides legislative advocacy on laws affecting blind persons.* Offers college scholarships to blind and visually impaired students. Must be legally blind in both eyes.* Provides legislative and governmental monitoring.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Legislative Advocacy
Scholarships