Colorado Center for the Blind

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

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Dan Burke

November 14, 2017

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

November 4, 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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“I rang my Freedom Bell (again)!” Serena has a new job!

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Dan Burke

October 19, 2017

Editor’s Note: What follows is an e-mail Director Julie Deden received from Serena, a recent graduate of our Independence Training Program (ITP).Serena is the fifth ITP grad to find employment in the last month or so. It’s the best kind of news! We print the message with her permission. * * * Hi Julie, I…
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Snow Already!

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Dan Burke

October 9, 2017

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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Celebrating Our Senior Programs in New Video!

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Dan Burke

June 30, 2017

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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Fitness & Sports Tomorrow for #NFChallenge #OlympicDay2017! @WEFitwellness @USABA

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Dan Burke

June 23, 2017

It’s happening here tomorrow starting at 10 a.m. Thanks to our partners at WE Fit Wellness and United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA). Contributing will be Eye-Cycle, Achilles Denver and members of the Colorad Storm Beep Baseball team. And at lunch there wil be a keynote address from current CCB studentChaz Davis, a member…
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May 2017 CCB Students of the Month

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Dan Burke

June 1, 2017

Dugan (left) and Ceci (right) were chosen by CCB staff to be May’s Students of the Month. Each received a $5 gift card to Romancing the Bean, the nearby coffee shop at the Littleton Downtown Station. Dugan is from St. Louis, and was recognized for the hard work and determination he has shown in his…
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Read a CCB Alum’s Contribution to the NY Times #Disability Series

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Dan Burke

June 1, 2017

We want to call your attention to this excellent article by Catherine Kudlick, a 2000 CCB grad, The Price of Disability Denial It was published in the New york Times on May 24 as part of its Disability series. The Times says: “Disability is a weekly series of essays, art and opinion by and about…
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Students Fan Out over Metro Denver on Annual Scavenger Hunt

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Dan Burke

May 22, 2017

While Center staff hold an educational and planning day, students are excused from classes, though not from learning. No, it’s the annual scavenger hunt that CCB alums will recall. Students are divided up into groups and given a list of 30 items they must find or produce today, and bring to the Center tomorrow. Items…
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“I cant’ believe I did it!” Congrats to Serena on Completing her Drop Today!

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Dan Burke

May 16, 2017

Confidence
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