Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Category: Cane Travel

  • It’s snowing in Littleton Today, & all our students, including our 5 new ones, made the trek to CCB! #ShareLittleton

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    Dan Burke

    A snow covered fox serves as a goose deterrent

    We expect no less. But it just goes to show that blind people are not afraid to travel in the snow, not even the new ones who come from such warmer states as South Carolina, Georgia and Arizona. Independence doesn’t depend on the weather! Pictured above is one of our hopeful goose-deterrants. We’re still holding…

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  • The First Week of Summer Means Lots of Firsts

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    Dan Burke

    Amber using a shovel in the garden for the 1st time with Annette and Barb

    No matter what the calendar says, it’s the first week of summer. The temps are in the 90s, the garden is being planted and summer staff are shadowing their ITP staff counterparts. Friday 25 teenagers (summer students) begin arriving and on Monday the elementary Confidence Camp kids start too. So here’s another first or two.…

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  • Belding Travels with Hockey Stick All the Way to the First U.S. #BlindHockey team #LivetheLifeYouWant @USAHockey

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    Dan Burke

    Daniel in full Hockey gear in action on the ice

      Since January, fans attending Colorado Avalanche games have been treated to between-periods video of the Try Blind Hockey Day on January 17. Over 50 blind Coloradans went out on the ice that day, some for the first time, others with a stick in their hand for the first time. Fans are impressed by the…

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  • Cupcakes and Support Drops

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    Dan Burke

    Rebecca beams a smile as she holds up a box of her Birthday cupcakes

    Rebecca’s birthday was Tuesday and she received a special birthday delivery from her mom. It was surely especially welcome since Rebecca has been at CCB for about a month. But really, what mom could forget her daughter’s birthday? The entire center was excited about Rebecca’s birthday. Naturally we sang “Happy Birthday” at announcements, along with…

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  • What You Carry in Your Soul & a Trip to the Wood Shop: A Visit from Alum Cathy @Kudlick

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    Dan Burke

    Cathy, Julie and Anahit smiling across the table at a local restaurant

    It has been nearly 18 years since Catherine Kudlick first arrived in Littleton as a student at CCB, but the lessons of her training have endured, as she told staff and students in Philosophy Class last Thursday. Cathy’s blindness is due to Nystagmus and she had never used a cane before she came for training.…

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  • Your White Cane Can Take You Very Far: A Travel Note from Libby at Antelope Canyon Arizona

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    Dan Burke

    Libby with her cane exploring the wind and water whipped canyon walls at Antalope Canyon Arizona

    Editor’s Note: Libby graduated from the Center this fall. She recently sent us this photo following a tour to this beautiful spot in her home state, a Navajo Tribal Park. It’s a great testament to how far a blind person can go with a white cane. Sounds like a great trip Libby! . I got…

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  • CCB Alum @vi_poonam Guest on @bbcworldservice “The Conversation” w/ @KimChakanetsa

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    Dan Burke

    Smiling Poonam rining her bell

    In this part of the world, the BBC’s World Service can be heard during normal sleeping hours on one of our public radio stations. This week our volunteer photographer/videographer Mike Thompson had the BBC World Service on while falling back to sleep in the wee hours when he heard a familiar voice and a familiar…

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  • A Stroll through the Corn Maze

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    Dan Burke

    CCB Staff and Students at the Corn Maze 2017

    Students and staff took a Friday afternoon to visit the Chatfield Farms Corn Maze. Martin took his GoPro along and brought back this footage. It was “Structured Discovery” at its most fun!

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  • A little about CCB at #NFBCO17 – @nfbco

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    Dan Burke

    Ryan at the podium with Julie and Scott to the right at NFBCO17

    Everyone – staff and students – were in Fort Collins last weekend for the 63rd Convention of National Federation of the Blind of Colorado. For some, it was their first convention, while others were very involved in a number of activities and divisions. Above these three recent alums were at the podium at different moments.…

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  • Pie-day Friday

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    Dan Burke

    Adia, Melissa and Tyler (with 2 thumbs up) showing off their pies

    There are always firsts at the Colorado Center for the Blind. For example, today Casey, a relatively new student, went on his first independent route to Romancing the Bean. Sure, he’d been there before, but not traveling on his own. And that’s what makes it a first. Adia has been at the center since August,…

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