New Fashion Design Scholarship from NAAFA

March 26, 2010 - PRLog -- Oakland, CA – In the hopes of encouraging fashion design students to focus their efforts on designing clothing for the plus size figure, NAAFA is offering a new Plus-Size Fashion Design Scholarship to be awarded at their 2010 Convention being held at the Westin San Francisco Hotel in Millbrae, California, August 5-9, 2010.
 
Students currently enrolled in an accredited Fashion Design School are eligible to apply for the NAAFA Plus-Size Fashion Design Scholarship.  Designers interested in being considered for this scholarship can find complete details and an application at: http://www.naafaonline.com/convention2010/schedule/scholarship.html  

Application deadline is June 1, 2010.
 
Founded in 1969, NAAFA is a non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for fat people. NAAFA works to eliminate discrimination based on body size and provide fat people with the tools for self-empowerment through public education, advocacy, and member support.
 
On the web:  http://www.naafa.org
           
For more information contact:
Peggy Howell, Public Relations Director, NAAFA
email:  naafa_pr@yahoo.com   phone:  (707)246-6116

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Founded in 1969, NAAFA is a non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to ending size discrimination. Our goal is for people of size to be accepted with dignity and equality and will pursue this goal through advocacy, public education, and support.