Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

  • Oh, the sweet summer scent of sunscreen wafting through the lobby! #ConfidenceCamp17

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    Dan Burke

    Oh, the sweet summer scent of sunscreen wafting through the lobby! #ConfidenceCamp17

    Swimming, paddling, rock climbing – every afternoon there’s something fun going on at Confidence Camp. In the morning – the learning looks just as fun! Learning to use the microwave, making lunch … and always traveling with white canes and taking the light rail and the bus somewhere fun … like horseback riding today!

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  • Shout out to our five skydiving students!

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    Dan Burke

    Shout out to our five skydiving students!

    That’s right, five of our students stepped out into the atmosphere last Saturday with Mile High Skydiving in Longmont. Bill, a long-time CCB volunteer and driver for the expedition, made a jump as well. The students organized this themselves made the plans and recruited the volunteers. So, here’s to Shane, Zack and Zach, Ashley, Lindsey…

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  • CCB gets perfect score, Students & Board get to know one another

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    Dan Burke

    CCB gets perfect score, Students & Board get to know one another

    The Colorado Center for the Blind received word in May that we had been recertified by the National Blindness Certification Board for another three years, and that we received the first-ever score of 100 percent following the onsite review. That news was reported last week to the CCB Board of Directors! Our distinguished Board of…

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  • They’re coming today, the #CCBSummer17 students! 2016tells what’s ins store:

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    Dan Burke

    They’re coming today, the #CCBSummer17 students! 2016tells what’s ins store:

    That’s right, Summer 2017 students are all arriving today by planes, … well automobiles at least. Their counselors have been here for nearly two weeks, getting classrooms and apartments ready, creating lesson plans and getting in touch with the students – even finding out what them might like for dinner tonight! It’s the start of…

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  • There’s a Commotion in the Lobby, and It’s #ConfidenceCamp17!

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    Dan Burke

    There’s a Commotion in the Lobby, and It’s #ConfidenceCamp17!

    By 9 Monday morning the commotion in the lobby was reaching a crescendo. Fifteen Confidence Campers were arriving for the first of three weeks of learning blindness skills, having fun and yes – becoming more confident as small blind people! The commotion arose from parents dropping the campers off, connecting or reconnecting with their teachers…

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  • Congrats to David D – he made it back from his support drop!

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    Dan Burke

    Congrats to David D – he made it back from his support drop!

    David id it – he completed his Support Drop today with his Travel Instructor Daniel! Congrats David!

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  • May 2017 CCB Students of the Month

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    Dan Burke

    May 2017 CCB Students of the Month

    Dugan (left) and Ceci (right) were chosen by CCB staff to be May’s Students of the Month. Each received a $5 gift card to Romancing the Bean, the nearby coffee shop at the Littleton Downtown Station. Dugan is from St. Louis, and was recognized for the hard work and determination he has shown in his…

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  • Read a CCB Alum’s Contribution to the NY Times #Disability Series

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    Dan Burke

    Read a CCB Alum’s Contribution to the NY Times #Disability Series

    We want to call your attention to this excellent article by Catherine Kudlick, a 2000 CCB grad, The Price of Disability Denial It was published in the New york Times on May 24 as part of its Disability series. The Times says: “Disability is a weekly series of essays, art and opinion by and about…

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  • Planting a Memorial Rose

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    Dan Burke

    Planting a Memorial Rose

    Delma Taylor and her husband Ed have been attending our Senior Program for longer than anyone. Delma was the one who’d lost her sight, and Ed came for support and to give it as well. A few years ago Ed’s sight failed too, and they kept coming. Ed passed away in April and, the day…

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  • Zukes, Cukes, Pumpkins & Peas: 1st Garden Planting!

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    Dan Burke

    Zukes, Cukes, Pumpkins & Peas: 1st Garden Planting!

    It’s still too chilly for tender basil and eggplant and jalepeños, not to mention tomatoes and tomatillosand thyme, but it was a great morning to plant seeds in our Legacy Garden with Arapahoe County’s Master Gardeners! So that’s what happened – Jen and Carina’s 1st hour Braille classes went out first, followed by Tech classes…

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