Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Author: Dan Burke

  • Vika: If I can cook for 64, I can cook for my family someday

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    Dan Burke

    Vika receiving her bell

    On April 6 it was Vika’s turn to ring her Bell of Freedom. She cooked a meal of barbecued chicken, potato wedges that used 30 pounds of spuds, and peach cobbler. When Julie asked if if she’d ever done any cooking before coming to the Center, she said no. “My parents were afraid I would…

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  • Peter: This is your journey to make

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    Dan Burke

    two isntructors awrd the bell to the student

    Peter culminated his amazing journey on April 1 with his grad meal and the Bell of Freedom he worked so hard to earn. “It was suggested that I come here 20 years ago,” Peter toldus. “I didn’t because I didn’t believe I was blind.” Indeed, Peter came from Brooklyn as one of our more mature…

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  • Marcus’s Speed Bag Project

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    Dan Burke

    Marcus has made plenty of things in wood shop, before and after coming to the Center. So when it came time to do a final project, he chose something for the Center. By the way, it’s used almost every day.

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  • Tabea: I didn’t know I would grow in the ways that I have

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    Dan Burke

    Tabea grins as she holds her bell of freedom

      Tabea’s time in the spotlight came on March 12 when her travel instructor David Nietfeld presented her with her Bell of Freedom. “When Tabea first got here her sister Sarah was finishing up,” David said. “For a while it was kind of the Meyer Show. Some might have been tempted to wonder how Tabea…

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  • Warren’s First Month at CCB

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    Dan Burke

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  • Poetry in Philosophy Class

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    Dan Burke

    Josie Mills

    Thanks to Josie Mills, chair of the Arapahoe Community College’s English Department. She came to philosophy class today to discuss John Milton’s poem, “On His Blindness.” Though almost everyone was new to this poem, there were a lot of very thoughtful responses. Maybe the best part of class for many, judging by the hush in…

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  • Vicki: New House for Her Dog Bella

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    Dan Burke

    Vicki uses a cordless drill to screw a large trianguler peice onto a frame for her dog house woodshop project

    All ITP students take wood shop and home maintenance at the Center, and building a project is a graduation requirement. Vicki will tell you about hers:

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  • Vika’s Monster Route: It’ll Turn Your Hair Blue!

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    Dan Burke

    Vika showing her nails

    As students near the end of their program, they must plan and execute a “Monster Route.” Listen to Vika talk about hers. She graduates in a week!

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  • Marcus: Flourishing as an Independent Blind Person

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    Dan Burke

    Marcus receives his bell

    “I knew you would flourish here,” Julie Deden said to Marcus at his bell ceremony on February 5. “When you came down from Montana for a tour with your Dad, you were so interested and excited about everything.” Marcus worked as a journeyman electrician in Montana before becoming blind two years ago. He operated his…

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  • Daniel: To Be the Best Blind Guy You Can Be

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    Dan Burke

    Daniel smiles and rings his bell

    “You really raised the bar,” Julie Deden said of Daniel’s graduation meal on March 4. “I think this is the biggest grad meal we’ve ever had.” She didn’t mean just the number of guests Daniel served – there were 80 in all – but because he cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner for those 80 guests.…

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