Month: December 2019

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Happy Holidays! Thanks to All of You, Lives Change at the Colorado Center for the Blind

Three young students stand in front of a medical vehicle, all wearing Santa hats
Caption: Cristian, Shyanne and Kelly stand in front of the medical vehicle at South Suburban Fire and Rescue Station #12 on December 16. They had just delivered a box of holiday cookies and treats baked by students to on-duty fire fighters. In turn, fire fighters showed students one of the trucks and the medical vehicle. The three students assisted in delivering treats to Littleton Police, where they met Chief Doug Stephens, as well as other officials. It is an annual tradition, our way of thanking the community that is the home of the Colorado center for the Blind.

We’re celebrating the holidays, and we hope you are too! Yes, our programs change lives, class by class, day by day, week by week. Thanks to all of you who donated to our programs this year, we continue to be able to provide our students with the essential tools they […]

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“How My Life Changed at the Colorado Center for the Blind” @CatchTheseWords

Holly headed out from the Center with her cane

Editor’s Note: We introduced you to holly some months ago, when the weather was warmer and she was a relatively new student at the center. She comes from the United Kingdom and her drive to attend the Colorado Center for the Blind stems in part from the fact that, as […]

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General Colorado Center Information Home Management Independence Training Program

“Incredible Days” Lead to Living the Lives We Want! #COGivesDay

A young woman holding a white cane faces us as she talks to a vendor.
Maura visits the vendor area at the 2019 NFB of Colorado Convention.

Maura finished high school last spring and plans to go on to college next year. Before she did that, however, she was determined to obtain the skills she needed to be independent as a blind person so that nothing could hold her back in college, or beyond. We’ll let Maura […]

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A salute to Our Graduates #COGivesDay

Paul headed out from the Center with his cane

Executive Director Julie Deden wrote this salute to the final five students graduating from the Colorado Center for the Blind in 2019. Colorado Gives Day is this Tuesday, December 10, and as we do each year at this time, we are asking for your financial support for our programs at […]

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A Fountain of Challenge and Success: Founders Honored in Baltimore McGeorge Living Room! #cogives

A brown-haired woman stands beside the fountain, its reddish-brown mountain peak rises above her.
Executive Director Julie Deden stands beside the fountain in the McGeorge Living Room at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Baltimore, dedicated Dec. 5, 2019.

On a recent visit to the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, Center Director Julie Deden and I were able to preview the new McGeorge Living Room at the NFB’s headquarters. It is a comfortable, couch-bestrewn space with a fireplace in the center of the room. From one corner […]