July 2016 - Colorado Center for the Blind

July 31, 2016

A Send-off for Two Colleagues and Friends

Not only did we say good-bye to our 24 summer students in the past week, we also saw the departure of two friends and colleagues who’ve been with us for much of July. We’ve been excited to host Kimie Beverly as a student for the past three weeks. Kimie is President of the National Federation of the Blind of Nevada...

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July 29, 2016

Summer’s end 2016 …

If only the Beach Boys were right about “Endless Summer”! This summer is ending, but 24 students from Colorado and five other states as well as Mexico, there were some great moments. From Denver’s 16th Street Mall to rafting on Clear Creek, from cooking in the kitchen to rock climbing at Eldorado Canyon, from canoeing, work experience or campus visits,...

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July 22, 2016

Summer Jobs Wrapping Up

Hard to believe our summer programs are coming to an end. Today summer Earn & Learn students are finishing up their 40-hour internships across the Metro area. Not only do they gain valuable work experience – for some it’s their first paid job – but they travel independently to their job sites on foot and by public transportation. Jobs include...

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July 22, 2016

Knight’s No-choice Cafe: Warren’s Philly Mini-meal

It was a true taste of Philly when Warren served his Mini-meal for fifteen last month. HIGHLIGHTING the menu were Amorosa Kaiser Rolls flown direct from the bakery in Philly and iced Wawa coffee. And there were other touches, despite the No-choice ‘menu … ut we’ll let Warren and his guests tell you all about it:

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July 22, 2016

Seniors & @WEFitWellness – You Gotta Move!

This week Jessica Beecham led a workouq for our Tuesday morning Seniors group. It’s part of our partnership with WE Fit Wellness. To stay healthy, we gotta keep moving!

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July 21, 2016

Summer students take their shot with water rockets!

Saturday, July 16 was our Summer Science Seminar. With 24 summer youth we divided into three groups and rotated between three science activities. Martin strapped on the Go Pro and followed all three groups through their water rocket activity with Jamie Principato, a blind physics student who just finished her Associate’s degree at Arapahoe Community College in May. Jamie will...

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July 18, 2016

Summer Interns at @TheRightStepInc Braille the Saddle Bags

Christina, Keaton and Marie are working as interns for our long-time partners, The Right Step this summer. In fact, it’s Marie’s second year in our summer program and working at The Right Step. Their work includes cleaning stalls, cleaning old horse shoes to be reused, cleaning tack and taking care of the horses. This morning they cleaned tack and then...

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July 14, 2016

So Much to Keep Up With, Too Fun to Miss Any!

It’s a rocking week at the Center! After being away at the NFB Convention for two of our Tuesday gardening days, the Tech classes checked things out this week. Japanese eggplant was ready and everyone got a little excited about the peach tree we planted a couple of years ago. It’s the first year it’s big enough to really bear...

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July 12, 2016

Hitting the Wave: Summer Students Go Rafting

We’re back! The 2016 Convention of the National Federation of the Blind, which all staff and students in our Independence Training Program and our summer students attended in Orlando from June 30 to July 5. Everyone flew back last Wednesday. Summer students and staff had just one day to do laundry, get groceries in their apartments and rest a bit....

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Monthly Archive: July, 2016

A Send-off for Two Colleagues and Friends

Summer’s end 2016 …

Summer Jobs Wrapping Up

Knight’s No-choice Cafe: Warren’s Philly Mini-meal

Seniors & @WEFitWellness – You Gotta Move!

Summer students take their shot with water rockets!

Summer Interns at @TheRightStepInc Braille the Saddle Bags

So Much to Keep Up With, Too Fun to Miss Any!

Hitting the Wave: Summer Students Go Rafting