Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

  • Delfina Leads Her Class in the Turkey Dance

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    Dan Burke

    Delfina Leads Her Class in the Turkey Dance

    It’s a tradition! Each year, our Home Management instructors take students through weeks of preparation for our annual Thanksgiving feast. This year the feast was held on November 21, and all four of the classes roasted a turkey for the big meal. But it’s also become a tradition for Delfina, our longest-tenured Home Management instructor,…

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  • Celebrating Seniors and Duncan Larsen

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    Dan Burke

    Celebrating Seniors and Duncan Larsen

    Make a Colorado Gives donation that celebrates Duncan Larsen and our blind seniors! Duncan Larsen’s commitment to instilling confidence in all blind people goes back to her earliest professional years in Nebraska. She was one of our founders in 1988 after moving to Colorado. In fact, Duncan was the cane travel instructor on that storied…

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  • Challenge and Success at the Colorado Center for the Blind

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    Dan Burke

    Challenge and Success at the Colorado Center for the Blind

    The snow is just about melted in the Denver area, but here’s a photo from last Thursday, just as the big storm was moving in. Travel Instructor Ernesto Lucca with his student Megan are coming back to the Center after a class on the snowy sidewalks of the city. Megan is definitely doing things she…

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  • Colorado Gives Treat, No Trick on November 1!

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    Dan Burke

    Colorado Gives Treat, No Trick on November 1!

    Dafina came as a fashionable angel on Halloween. Everyone wearing a costume was asked to describe theirs at morning announcements. Not shown are Daffina’s gold ballet slippers. Greetings! It’s no trick. Colorado Gives Day is December 10, with all donations for Colorado Gives Day eligible for a share of the $1 Million Incentive Fund from…

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  • Singing to Diane for her 92nd Birthday at Tuesday’s Senior Meeting

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    Dan Burke

    Singing to Diane for her 92nd Birthday at Tuesday’s Senior Meeting

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  • CCB is ready for #NFB24! June 28 2024 Social Media Message

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    Dan Burke

    CCB is ready for #NFB24! June 28 2024 Social Media Message

    We’re on our way to Orlando for the 2024 National Federation of the Blind Convention, July 3-8, and we can’t wait! So, at Friday morning’s 8:00 AM announcements, we decided to send this message out to everyone. See you in Orlando at #NFB24!

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  • Director Recognized by Board for 25 years of Service

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    Dan Burke

    Director Recognized by Board for 25 years of Service

    On May 16, CCB staff and members of the Board of Directors kicked off this year’s Board Retreat with dinner at the Center. At the dinner, Board Chair Gary Wunder presented a plaque to Executive Director Julie Deden on behalf of the Board recognizing Julie’s 25 years in that role.

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  • Summer Programs at the Colorado Center for the Blind

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    Dan Burke

    Summer Programs at the Colorado Center for the Blind

    This summer the Colorado Center for the blind will again offer its No Limits to Learning program for blind teens. In addition to the 4-week program we offered in 2023, we will also offer a 7-week program that will include attending the National Federation of the Blind convention in Orlando. We believe blind people can…

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  • A big thank-you to the Daniels Fund

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    Dan Burke

    A big thank-you to the Daniels Fund

    CCB received a generous grant from the Daniels Fund, and we were delighted to attend the reception on January 10. Left to right are Anne Rigley, Director of Older Blind Programs, Jennifer Stevens, Grant Writer, and Julie Deden Executive Director. The best is good enough for me. — Bill Daniels. Off we went on the…

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  • Thank You for Your Support in 2023!

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    Dan Burke

    Thank You for Your Support in 2023!

    (Editor’s Note:  Executive Director Julie Deden sent The letter below to the 117 donors to the Colorado Center for the Blind on Colorado Gives Day. That number doesn’t count the twenty or so students, staff, and especially seniors who contributed cash totaling $284. Nor would it include all of our supporters who give in ways…

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