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  • Thank You for Our Best Colorado Gives Day, EVER! #Gratitude

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    Dan Burke

    Give Where You Live - Colorado Gives Day December 7 2021

    This December 7 you surpassed previous years with your support for the Colorado Center for the Blind and our programs for blind people of all ages, making 2021 one of the best we’ve been lucky enough to experience on Colorado Gives Day. And we’ve been part of it from the very beginning. So, we are…

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  • Walking the Virtual Halls at CCB

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    Dan Burke

    A mostly black-and-white screen shot of the Zoom app, showing Breakout Rooms in Progress

    Moving out of your virtual classroom into the main “lobby,” you could very easily run into a classmate or another instructor, identifiable by their name in the participants list. Not by their video image, however, because of course class time, even remotely, is sleep shade time, too. Still, you might unmute yourself and exchange a…

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  • Grateful That Lives Change at the Colorado Center for the Blind #COGives

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    Dan Burke

    Seniors - Dee, Duncan, Diane, Anahit

    There’s a lot to be thankful for at the Colorado Center for the Blind. As many families like yours will do today as they gather around the table, our staff and students shared what we were thankful for at our CCB family’s Thanksgiving feast one week ago. Not surprisingly, we are all grateful for one…

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  • Turkeys and Ten Years of Colorado Gives Day #CoGivesDay

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    Dan Burke

    Emily with a golden-brown Turkey she just took out of the oven

    Colorado Gives Day 2019 is December 10, and it’s the tenth year of this highly successful program to encourage online giving to Colorado nonprofits like the Colorado Center for the Blind. And were proud that we’ve been a part of Colorado Gives Day from the very first! Sure, we’ll gratefully accept donations any day, any…

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  • FAST Scavenger Hunt: It’ll be a spooky good time… Or will it? Bwahahaha, come and find out for yourselves Oct. 10

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    Dan Burke

    FAST - (Fun Activities & Skills Training) logo

    2019 – 2020 FAST Program (Fun Activities & Skills Training) A Haunted Scavenger Hunt Can’t wait for Halloween to get here? Want something to do on a Friday night? Never been on a scavenger hunt? Well, come and join CCB for a Friday night of fun! We’ll have plenty of activities to test your problem…

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  • Happy New Year from the Colorado Center for the Blind!

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    Dan Burke

    Looking across a snow covered landscape at the Colorado Center for the Blind

    Yes, we got a little snow for the New Year, and a lot more cold! Temps dropped below zero in some places, but have been rising steadily since the ball dropped at midnight to start the New Year! Things are looking great for 2019, and we look forward to our students’ return on Friday, January…

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  • Ending the Year with a Holiday Party at CCB

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    Dan Burke

    Stephannie, Brett, Myra and Delfina wrap presents

    The Colorado Center for the Blind students, staff and seniors were deep into the holiday spirit for the final three weeks before the holiday break. We all wish the happiest of holidays to all in our CCB family! Even as this was being written, our Martial Arts teacher from ATA Karate Denver, Rachel, delivered a…

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  • #FAST Programs for Blind Youth: NFB of Denver’s Holiday Party for Youth Dec. 15

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    Dan Burke

    CCB Tree decorated with hand made ornaments and strings of popcorn and cranberries

    Ho! Ho! Ho! Don’t miss our Holiday Party on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Colorado Center for the Blind!  CCB’s FAST program is teaming up once again with the NFB of Denver Chapter for this event, which will include gift-wrapping for the kids, holiday arts and crafts, and a…

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  • How to get full, really and thankfully full on FAST Saturday!

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    Dan Burke

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    Saturday, November 10 was a full day – full of learning and, by about 1:30, we were all just full. Twenty-four came for our FAST (Fun Activities and Skills Training) Thanksgiving meal. A mix of blind youth, parents, teachers, staff and volunteers (and one little brother) made an early Thanksgiving meal, substituting chickens for a…

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  • 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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