Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

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  • J.D. Named Editor of the “Colorado Fire Fighter”

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    Dan Burke

    J.D. with his cane in front of a Large Colorado Mountain Scene

    Last Monday our student J.D. couldn’t wait to report his big news. “Good news isn’t as good if you can’t tell someone,” he said at morning announcements. He went on to tell us that he had been named Editor of the Colorado Fire Fighter, the newsletter of the Colorado State Fire Fighters Association (CSFFA). His…

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  • What is the Colorado Center for the Blind All About? #COGivesDay17

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    Dan Burke

    Text - What is the Colorado Center for the Blind All About? CCB Street sign and ColoradoGives 2017 Logo

    We put this video together especially to link from our Colorado Gives Day page this year for those who might not have heard of us or know exactly what we’re about. Colorado Gives Day is December 5, and donations received that day online receive a share of an incentive fund, as well as being subject…

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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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  • Watch CCB Indoor Skydiving @iFLYDenver featured last night on @CBSDenver!

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    Dan Burke

    Leon Free Flying the I Fly Denver Wind Tunnel

    I-Fly Denver invited us over on Monday to take flight and learn about the science around wind tunnels and things like force and resistance. There was math involved, just saying. then we got to experience push and pull full-body, so to speak. Here’s a story from CBS Denver Channel 4 last night: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/11/13/students-center-for-blind-skydiving/ Thanks to…

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  • Mark your calendars or schedule a gift now -Dec. 5 is Colorado Gives Day! #cogivesday

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    Dan Burke

    Colorado Gives Day Logo 2017

    That’s right – it’s here again! Colorado Gives Day is December 5, just a month away! So, if you’re considering a holiday gift to the Colorado Center for the Blind to help us offer training and programs so that blind people can “Take Charge with Confidence”, why not on Colorado Gives Day? CGD is Colorado’s…

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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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  • Snow Already!

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    Dan Burke

    David K. walks through the snow on a winter morning

    If you’re on the Front Range of Colorado this post won’t surprise you, because you drove/walked/bussed in a steadily-falling snow this morning. But let’s admit it – this 3 to 5 inches of snow is a bit early this year, just think of all those trees whose leaves have yet to drop! Tonight will be…

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  • How many ways can the blind enjoy #Eclipse2017? #ShareLittleton

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    Dan Burke

    A Large group of CCB staff and students outside observing the eclipse. Some are wearing eclipse glasses while they listen to a live audio description

    Quite a few, it turns out. Staff and students held an Eclipse Party to celebrate and enjoy the 92 percent coverage of the sun today. Students in Home Management prepared a black bean salsa and cookies to start things off about 10:30 this morning as we took time to learn a little more about the…

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  • Celebrating Our Senior Programs in New Video!

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    Dan Burke

    We’re proud of our senior programs and how they have changed the lives of seniors who have lost vision and the people who love them. We’re excited about how those programs continue to grow – from the residential Seniors in Charge (twice a year), to four support groups (one in Spanish), to ever-expanding opportunities to…

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  • NF Challenge Olympic Day 2017

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    Dan Burke

    CCB Summer students Mary and Cheyene get on the tandem bikes with EyeCycle Volunteers while Christina waits her turn

    There wasn’t time to sit still till lunch was served, but none were inclined to do so at Saturday’s #NFChallenge Olympic Day 2017. There were just too many things to try out – beep baseball demonstration with the Colorado Storm, judo and power-lifting, goal ball and tandem bicycling with Eye-Cycle! Everybody got to take a…

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