Dan Burke, Author at Colorado Center for the Blind

Kimberley’s Retirement Party Brings Surprise Guests

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Dan Burke

January 13, 2017

Kimberley was indeed surprised when Tom and Linda Anderson showed up at the Center today all the way from Kansas. They’re in town for her retirement party tonight. It was a little tricky keekping it a secret … Tom and Linda’s coming, not the party. Many of Kimberley McCutcheon’s Face Book Friends will already know…
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It’s Going on! Jackson’s Mini-meal for Fifteen

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Dan Burke

January 12, 2017

Planning, preparing and serving a three-recipe meal to 15 people is no small matter. Jackson admits at one point he was getting nervous, but he tried to treat the process as a “regular day in class”. He definitely had it going on with his mini-meal!
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Summer Students Spoof Their Summer Counselors

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Dan Burke

January 6, 2017

Unheard of, we know. But our 2016 summer students gained so much confidence they decided to spoof their summer counselors and Brent in an imagined staff meeting. Shockingly accurate … https://youtu.be/VYMA8RXTOvo
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First Day Back: 2017 Is Underway!

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Dan Burke

January 3, 2017

Classes started today for 2017, and on top of that it’s Tuesday – meaning that Seniors came in to the Center as well! After two weeks off folks were pretty happy to be back in spite of a bit of cold weather! Here is a collection of sights and sounds from the day, and here’s…
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Happy New Year! Here’s to all of our 2017 students taking charge with confidence!

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Dan Burke

January 1, 2017

In 2016 31 CCB students received their Freedom Bell – the symbol that they completed all the requirements to graduate from the Center. As we start classes again on Tuesday, January 3, let’s wish our students of 2017 the same success and the confidence to take charge with self-reliance so that they can live the…
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A Holiday Gift from the 2016 CCB Choir

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Dan Burke

December 23, 2016

This year our CCB Choir formed itself in about a week under the direction of student Julie McGinnity, then went caroling at the Littleton Light Rail Station, outside Romancing the Bean Coffee shop. The next day they gave a performance at the Seniors’ Holiday Party. Mostly students, but with a couple of staff voices as…
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#BreakingBlind: How a Blind Person Makes Fudge, @WEFitwellness @MBassmaster

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Dan Burke

December 21, 2016

What could be more fitting on the shortest day of the year than a video about making fudge? Here’s Maureen with another Breaking Blind video with a holiday theme!
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#Breaking Blind: How a Blind Person Makes Sugar Scrub, @WEFitwellness @MBassmaster

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Dan Burke

December 20, 2016

Here’s the first of a couple of holiday videos from our own Maureen’s Breaking Blind channel. Because … well, there might still be a few people who haven’t run across it yet!
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Reblog: Grafton’s Chaz Davis has a surprising finish

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Dan Burke

December 19, 2016

Editor’s Note: We thought this hometown article about our student Chaz and his American record in his first-ever marathon last month well worth the read. Needless to say, we’re excited for him and proud of his achievements! By John Conceison It’s always fine when a competitor thrives during an Olympic year. For Grafton’s Chaz Davis,…
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Do Your Final Shopping at smile.amazon.com & Support Us

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Dan Burke

December 19, 2016

Only a few days and hours to shop online, so why not make your holiday gift-giving go a little further still? Amazon’s Smile program donates 0.5 percent of your purchase amount to the charity of your choice, and that could be the Colorado Center for the Blind. Just go to smile.amazon.com and select CCB as…
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