Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Month: August 2018

  • “No End in Sight”, CCB Student Podcast launches: https://bit.ly/2ORWE0x

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    Dan Burke

    No End in Sight

    It could be called a convergence. A handful of students who want to talk about their blindness, what they are learning at the Colorado Center for the Blind, how they are learning about being blind and proud – and how they’ve learned from their teachers, but especially one another, to laugh at themselves when they…

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  • Chaz wraps up summer of giving back

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    Dan Burke

    Julie and Chaz laughing. Julie gives Chaz a hug as she presents his card.

    Julie presents Chaz Davis a Thank You Card during Morning Announcements This is Chaz Davis’ final week as a Social Work Intern at the Center, and Director Julie Deden marked the occasion with a short ceremony and presentation of a thank-you card, followed by cookies. “I joined the blind community four years ago, though not…

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  • Everybody Loves the #WesternWelcomeWeek Parade! #ShareLittleton

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    Dan Burke

    Kirk marching with CCB at the Western Welcom Week Parade

    Staff and students of the Colorado Center for the Blind, as well as members of the NFB of Denver Chapter once again marched in the Littleton Western Welcome Week Parade on August 18. From Eileen, 92, to our favorite toddlers, Mason and Jackson with their parents, and all five of the Batron kids it was…

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  • No power, no phone, nobody present on Friday, August 24: Construction to shut us down for the day

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    Dan Burke

    A smiling Julie holds a piece of broken red brick as she stands in front of a wall of black-and-white photos.

    That’s right, as part of our parking lot construction project, power will be cut to the building on Friday, August 24 so that the new, entirely underground electricity cables can be linked up to the building and Xcel Energy’s trunk line. That means more than just no lights, which isn’t a big deal to us…

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  • Eric Duffy tells his story in Philosophy class

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    Dan Burke

    He was in the neighborhood, so he stopped by for a visit. Eric Duffy, a long-time member of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), spoke to our Philosophy class recently when he came to visit the Center. Duffy, who was visiting his brother and family in Colorado Springs, previously served as the President of…

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