Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

  • Before Departing, One Last Meal & Secret Santas Revealed #ShareLittleton

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    Dan Burke

    Here we are with a white Christmas in Colorado when it was looking pretty dusty and dry. Naturally, the Center closed for the holidays, but we finished up in the spirit last Tuesday. Our traditions involve a breakfast together, provided by the GraceFull Cafe in downtown Littleton consisting of very large and very delicious breakfast…

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  • Meet the Volunteers Who Give Time to Our Programs

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    Dan Burke

    Meet the Volunteers Who Give Time to Our Programs

    The holidays are a time of giving, and our volunteers at CCB give a lot of their time to drive, read and other necessary tasks at the center. We invited them to a lunch in October, but let’s also acknowledge all they give at this time of giving and sharing.

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  • Sixty Attend Senior Holiday Party 2017 #ShareLittleton

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    Dan Burke

    Sixty Attend Senior Holiday Party 2017 #ShareLittleton

    Last Friday’s Senior Holiday Party brought together members of all three of our weekly Seniors groups that meet at the Center – Tuesday, Thursday and Friday – along with sighted and unsighted spouses (insider’s joke), and both old and new friends. There were adult children and grandchildren There. was plenty of food, lots of laughs…

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  • Tuesday’s Seniors Prepare for Senior Holiday Party on Dec 15 #sharelittleton

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    Dan Burke

    Tuesday’s Seniors Prepare for Senior Holiday Party on Dec 15 #sharelittleton

    Friday, December 15 is the annual senior Holiday Party at the Colorado Center for the Blind, and the Tuesday group got into the kitchen this week to bake cookies for the event. Among the cookie corps was CCB founder and Chair of our Board of Directors, Diane McGeorge. Also our Volunteer Extraordinaire, Diane is often…

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  • One Whole Day for Holiday Art & Ornaments #sharelittleton

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    Dan Burke

    One Whole Day for Holiday Art & Ornaments #sharelittleton

    Tuesday is art day anyway, but this week it was art day all day long. Every student and staff member worked in the art room with Ann Cunningham and Jenny Callahan making ornaments, holiday cards or what ever else suited their fancy. Without a doubt , everyone enjoyed the break from regular classes and the…

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  • Eagle Scout Project Enhances Art Room

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    Dan Burke

    Eagle Scout Project Enhances Art Room

    With many students and the results of their projects, supplies ranging from clay to wax to stone and of course the tools to work with each, an art room can quickly succumb to forces best summed up in the statement: “All things tend toward disorder.” This may be a paraphrase and we certainly don’t recall…

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  • The Freedom Bells Keep Ringing: Thanks for #COGivesDay Donations!

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    Dan Burke

    The Freedom Bells Keep Ringing: Thanks for #COGivesDay Donations!

    And students keep right on ringing their Freedom Bells this week and next, and on into the New Year! Thanks to the 69 individuals who gave online on Colorado Gives Day, December 5, as well as the two dozen or more who brought in checks or cash. We especially want to recognize the Tuesday morning…

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  • A Last Look at CCB Thanksgiving 2017

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    Dan Burke

    A Last Look at CCB Thanksgiving 2017

    Starting with a little turkey structured discovery right up to the point where we start stuffing our faces, when the videographer puts away his camera to get in line. Even journalism has its natural limits.

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  • Ring that Freedom Bell on #COGives Day!

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    Dan Burke

    Ring that Freedom Bell on #COGives Day!

    Each student who meets all the requirements for graduation from the Colorado Center for the Blind earns a Freedom Bell. Ringing that bell symbolizes that they are free to pursue the lives they want, free from dependence and lack of blindness skills, ready to challenge society’s low expectations with “Confidence and Self-reliance”. It’s a very…

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  • Check out the BBC video on Poonam

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    Dan Burke

    Check out the BBC video on Poonam

    Our alum Poonam Vaidya of Bangalore was recently part of a BBC World Service radio episode of “The Conversation.” She spoke about blindness with another guest, a blind attorney from Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia. Shortly afterward, the BBC posted this short video of Poonam. Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/bbcworldservice/videos/1779617258724059/

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