Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Year: 2021

  • 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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  • Our Blindness Training Is Just the Beginning – Donate on Colorado Gives Day!

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    Dan Burke

    Leilani under the locust tree reaches arms to the sky during yoga on the lawn

    The blindness training we offer, and the confidence it builds in our blind students, is not an end, but a means. Ryan is an IT project manager. Erin is an insurance underwriter. Garrett is finishing law school, Charis is pursuing her degree in chemistry. Just this year, Evan’s internship at the Audio Information Network of…

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  • Our Staff Make the Difference: Donate on Tuesday, Colorado Gives Day!

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    Dan Burke

    Amanda W. working on the computer with Tech Instructor Brett Boyer

    It’s our job at the Colorado Center for the Blind to believe in our students, often well-before they begin to believe in themselves. “We see you struggle when you first come for training, ” Assistive Technology Instructor Brett Boyer often says, “but we also have the privilege of watching you grow … and it’s always…

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  • ‘I am not my blindness’: What the blind community wishes you knew – from USA TODAY

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    Dan Burke

    Erin talks to a group during Enrichment

    This article appeared in USA Today yesterday, November 17. It features our graduate Erin Daley, of whom we are naturally quite proud. In the article, Erin mentions that she loves to travel and will be visiting the Baltic countries. Well, she’s on her way right now! If you’re a sighted person, you likely have misconceptions…

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  • Challenging the Rock with Denver Climbing Co. #ChallengeRec

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    Dan Burke

    Gene seen from above as he nears the top. Clear Creek visible far below.

    Late this spring we determined to bring challenge recreation back for our students. We set it aside for over a year for reasons of social distancing, etc. First, We arranged to go whitewater rafting in Idaho Springs, where we’d gone for almost ten years, and it was great to be back on Clear Creek with…

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  • It’s Colorado Giving Season – Schedule a Donation for Dec. 7!

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    Dan Burke

    a senior woman navigates the hallway among other students with her instructor following

    Nothing tempers the desire of our students to find the tools and the belief in themselves that will sustain them in their quest to live lives of independence and success! And so, still cautious, still wearing masks indoors all day, the Colorado Center for the Blind carries on with the training and the programs that…

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  • First Prize in Parade!

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    Dan Burke

    A Young man joyfully shakes his tambourine among his friends

    The certificate has arrived! Of course, the winners of the 2021 Littleton Western Welcome Week Grand Parade were announced back in August, but now that we have that piece of paper we can’t help but crow a little! And so we won first prize in the Group/School category! Hooray! Was it the noisemakers? Was it…

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  • Parents’ Seminar Coming UP: FOLLOW THE IEP ROAD! Are you ready?

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    Dan Burke

    NFBCO Logo

    When: October 30th, 2:30 to 4:30 PM Where : Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows and everywhere 10345 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree, CO 80124 Dear Families and TVIs, Please join us for a discussion about the journeys you are taking with your children. This event will take place during the National Federation of the…

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  • Etiquette Day at CCB

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    Dan Burke

    Dan H gives a tip of his brown felt hat on Etiquette Day, the height of good manners

    It’s Etiquette Day in Home Management, and one of our newest students decided to dress up for the occasion. Sure, his attire is not strictly “black-tie” but definitely a cut or two above our normal business casual. For Etiquette Day our Home Management teachers, Delfina and Stefanie walk students through everything from proper place settings…

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  • CCB graduate wins blind division in Boston Marathon! @blackkidrunning

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    Dan Burke

    Chaz throwing elbow jabs at the pad in Martial Arts Class

    They love Chaz Davis in his hometown of Grafton, Mass. But we are just as proud of him here in Littleton, Colo. at the Colorado Center for the Blind! Chaz, a 2016 Paralympian in Rio and a 2017 graduate of CCB, won the Boston Marathon’s visually impaired division on October 11. It was the 125th…

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