Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

  • 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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  • The #Braille Blizzard Challenge in Littleton!

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    Dan Burke

    The #Braille Blizzard Challenge in Littleton!

    We hosted the Braille Challenge today, referred to as the “Braille Blizzard Challenge” by the seven Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB) staff members who drove north  in the storm, sometimes at 25 MPH or slower.  It was also slow going for participants, teachers and parents who came from as far away…

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  • It’s snowing in Littleton Today, & all our students, including our 5 new ones, made the trek to CCB! #ShareLittleton

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    Dan Burke

    It’s snowing in Littleton Today, & all our students, including our 5 new ones, made the trek to CCB! #ShareLittleton

    We expect no less. But it just goes to show that blind people are not afraid to travel in the snow, not even the new ones who come from such warmer states as South Carolina, Georgia and Arizona. Independence doesn’t depend on the weather! Pictured above is one of our hopeful goose-deterrants. We’re still holding…

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  • Happy New Year from the Colorado Center for the Blind!

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    Dan Burke

    Happy New Year from the Colorado Center for the Blind!

    Yes, we got a little snow for the New Year, and a lot more cold! Temps dropped below zero in some places, but have been rising steadily since the ball dropped at midnight to start the New Year! Things are looking great for 2019, and we look forward to our students’ return on Friday, January…

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  • Ending the Year with a Holiday Party at CCB

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    Dan Burke

    Ending the Year with a Holiday Party at CCB

    The Colorado Center for the Blind students, staff and seniors were deep into the holiday spirit for the final three weeks before the holiday break. We all wish the happiest of holidays to all in our CCB family! Even as this was being written, our Martial Arts teacher from ATA Karate Denver, Rachel, delivered a…

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  • Our New Senior Team Has Its First Meeting

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    Dan Burke

    Our New Senior Team Has Its First Meeting

    There was excitement in the Senior Resource Room this morning as Senior Services Director Duncan Larsen met with a reconstituted Senior Team. Joining her and Anahit LaBarre were Carina Orozco and Chris Parsons, who are filling the two positions left open by the departures of Chris Kinney and Wayne Marshall earlier this fall. Both women…

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  • It’s #ColoradoGivesDay! Please make a donation to CCB!

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    Dan Burke

    It’s #ColoradoGivesDay! Please make a donation to CCB!

    These are the faces of just a few who have benefitted from previous Colorado Gives Day donations. They range from ages 5 and up and their circumstances are all a bit different, but all have gained the skills and the confidence to “Take Charge with Self-reliance!” This year our Confidence Camp for Kids (CC4K) had…

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  • Our Elf Encourages you to Make a Recurring #COGivesday18 Donation!

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    Dan Burke

    Our Elf Encourages you to Make a Recurring #COGivesday18 Donation!

    Our elf encourages you to give a gift that lasts all year for Colorado Gives Day – set up a recurring monthly donation. It’s less pain for you and more gain for our students in their pursuit of independence and self-reliance! And by setting up a recurring donation on Dec. 4, the whole year’s total…

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  • Thankful for the Colorado Center for the Blind!

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    Dan Burke

    Thankful for the Colorado Center for the Blind!

    This year, Susan says she’s thankful for her husband as always, but also for the Colorado Center for the Blind.  She’s been attending Senior support groups at the Center twice a week for only a month. “My rock” is how she describes her husband and his support for her.  “When I get home, he’s going…

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