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  • The Blind History Lady Talks to the Tuesday Seniors

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    Dan Burke

    The Blind History Lady Talks to the Tuesday Seniors

    This morning, the Tuesday Seniors group hosted The Blind History Lady, a.k.a. Peggy Chong. Chong, a long-time member of the National Federation of the Blind, recently retired to Aurora from New Mexico with her husband, Curtis. For a number of years she has researched stories and records of blind Americans, some as far back as…

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  • Meanwhile, down in the gym, a dozen blind students were dissecting dog sharks! @ArapahoeCC

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    Dan Burke

    Meanwhile, down in the gym, a dozen blind students were dissecting dog sharks! @ArapahoeCC

    These Denver high school students, Deya and Alma were two of the dozen middle school to college prep students who experienced all the sensory data of a spiny dog shark when they opened one up today at the Center. Well, except for taste. Thanks again to Arapahoe Community College’s Biology Professor Terry Harrison for leading…

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  • Spanish-language Seniors Group Meets 3rd Friday of Each Month… That’s Tomorrow!

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    Dan Burke

    Spanish-language Seniors Group Meets 3rd Friday of Each Month… That’s Tomorrow!

    ¿Habla Español? ¿Es una persona mayor? Ven al grupo de apollo los invidentes al Centro de Colorado Colorado Para Personas Invidentes. That’s right, we’ve started a seniors’ group for Spanish-speakers who are losing vision, have lost vision or are blind. It meets on the third Friday of each month from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. at…

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  • We’re open today, and sharks are on for tomorrow! The #BombCyclone has blown on by!

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    Dan Burke

    We’re open today, and sharks are on for tomorrow! The #BombCyclone has blown on by!

    It was a relatively calm morning after yesterday’s Bomb Cyclone, with 8 to 12 inches of snow and extreme winds blowing the flakes sideways and into drifts. Admittedly we had to skate our way into the Center before eight this morning, climbing over ice boulders thrown onto the sidewalk along Prince Street by snowplows, but…

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  • Storm coming, Center Closed Wednesday, March 13

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    Dan Burke

    Storm coming, Center Closed Wednesday, March 13

    Storm coming. If you’re lying in bed checking Face Book this morning, wondering what else is closing in advance of today’s predicted blizzard conditions, count the Colorado Center for the Blind as another of the closures. I mean, if the Arapahoe Sheriff’s Dept. is closing, who are we! We well remember the big April storm…

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  • Still Thick as Thieves, These CCB Alumni Reunite, Tell Their Stories & Offer Wise Counsel to Students

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    Dan Burke

    Still Thick as Thieves, These CCB Alumni Reunite, Tell Their Stories & Offer Wise Counsel to Students

    Let there be no doubt – students at the Colorado Center for the Blind form lifelong friendships. Monday, three such friends reunited at the center Kathy Kudlick, Bill Lundgren and Anahit LaBarre. They are shown above standing in front of our tactile CCB logo, left to right, Anahit, Kathy, Bill and Director Julie Deden All…

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  • Who has snow blowers on their roof? McGeorge Mountain terrace Apartments does!

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    Dan Burke

    Who has snow blowers on their roof? McGeorge Mountain terrace Apartments does!

    Okay, we haven’t been talking about this much, because it’s kind of stressful. But on January 11 the roof of the McGeorge Mountain Terrace Apartments began to leak. The leaks were massive, and the insurance adjuster traced them back to hail damage that would have occurred last summer. Water damaged the ceiling in all 12…

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  • Thanks to @RepDianaDeGette for meeting with @nfbco during #NFBinDC, shown here with our 2 high school students!

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    Dan Burke

    Thanks to @RepDianaDeGette for meeting with @nfbco during #NFBinDC, shown here with our 2 high school students!

    It was a busy time In Washington, DC that week of January 28. Okay, that’s an understatement. Congresswoman Diana DeGette was called down to the House floor for a vote just as we were getting off the elevator. (We know this because a bell rings in the House office buildings calling members to the floor,…

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  • Here’s news about the 2 high school students who submitted successful essays to attend #NFBinDC with @nfbco:

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    Dan Burke

    Here’s news about the 2 high school students who submitted successful essays to attend #NFBinDC with @nfbco:

    Editor’s Note: In the fall we invited blind Colorado high school students to apply for our first-ever scholarship to attend the National Federation of the Blind‘s annual Washington Seminar. Students were asked to submit an essay telling us why they wanted to go, and we selected two students to come with us. In fact, that’s…

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  • Announcing Our 2019 Summer Youth Programs

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    Dan Burke

    Announcing Our 2019 Summer Youth Programs

    For 2019, we’ll offer our long-standing summer youth programs, including Confidence Camp/BELL and our 8-week residential program for high school and college-aged youth. But we’ll also offer shorter-term and more focused “modules”, describe below. For more information on our 2019 Summer Youth Programs, contact Martin Becerra-Miranda at 303-778-1130, ext. 2223, or mbecerra@cocenter.org. Confidence Camp/BELL Academy…

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