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- 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.
- Provides emergency financial assistance for: Rent. Utilities. Medical bills. Car Repairs. * Offers scholarships to Webster High School seniors.* Offers summer camp scholarships to children in Webster families who qualify.* Offers food support to families experiencing food insecurity through the meal center program.
- Provides information on programs that can reduce student loan payments available from the Department of Education.
- Loan forgiveness programs available for debtors working in certain professions of public service, non-profit agencies.
- Awards scholarships to veterans/active military, their sons, daughters or grand-children. A son, daughter or grandchild of a deceased veteran is also eligible. Awarded on the basis of academic excellence and financial need, the scholarships go to deserving high school seniors, high school JROTC students, and veterans pursuing a higher education.
