Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Author: Dan Burke

  • CCB’s Message of Support for Blind Ukrainians #BlindwithU

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    Dan Burke

    staff and students at CCB recording our own audio contribution for the We're With You concert

    On Saturday, April 16, 2022 an international Internet radio concert of 110 mostly blind artists contributed to the World Blind Union’s Ukrainian Unity Fund. More than $85,000 was raised to provide aid to blind Ukrainians displaced or otherwise adversely affected by the current warfare in their homeland. The Colorado Center for the Blind, along with…

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  • No Virtual Sharks

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    Dan Burke

    Fourth-grader Jax removes the shark liver, which looks a bit like bunny ears.

    Some things just don’t translate to the virtual. (Okay, after nearly two years with Zoom in our lives in a big way, we can say that a lot of things don’t really translate well.) Let’s put our annual shark dissection for blind and low vision students high on that list. And we’re not talking about…

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  • Turning the Tables: CCB Role Reversal Day 2022

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    Dan Burke

    A standing woman gestures to the room of seated fellow students as she talks

    Students from every continent and every epoch imagine, even if only idly, of someday, somehow turning the tables on their teachers. Likely they don’t realize until they have done it, that their teachers also may see such a reversal as an opportunity to return the torment. That’s partly the story of Role Reversal Day 2022,…

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  • Colorado Center for the Blind 2022 Summer Youth Programs

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    Dan Burke

    A raft of summer youth lets out a yell as they dive into a churning hole of white water on Clear Creek.

    Build skills and gain confidence! Program Description  This 3-week residential  program will provide each student with the tools that they need to move forward in high school, college or on a job. You will: Live in an apartment with a counselor and a roommate.Learn from competent blind adults who use blindness skills daily.Plan, shop and…

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  • 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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