Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

  • An Adventure Under the Pool

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    Dan Burke

    An Adventure Under the Pool

      No, you won’t be singing any Disney song when you go under the pool. It’s dirty and dark and forgotten … Except by Travel Instructor David Nietfeld, who today took the Philosophy class on an historical tour of the Center, which was formerly a YMCA. Since part of the student body was off at…

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  • Why, Wood Ducks Don’t Quack!

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    Dan Burke

    Why, Wood Ducks Don’t Quack!

    What were we thinking? Well, we encountered wood ducks this week in our Birding by Ear class when we strolled over to the pond at Sterne Park. Sure, there were the standard mallards with their easily recognizable quacking, but that other sound – that rising note – was that really a duck? yes, it’s a…

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  • Courtney and Suzie Are March’s Students of the Month

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    Dan Burke

    Courtney and Suzie Are March’s Students of the Month

    Courtney and Suzie are our March Students of the Month for March, selected by Center staff. Courtney was forced to take a leave to attend to family business in New Jersy, but was determined to return and earn her Bell of Freedom. She returned after several months and is on her way again, an indication…

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  • Last week was a big one for drops

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    Dan Burke

    Last week was a big one for drops

    Last week was busy with drops and support drops. The “Drop”, or independent drop is one of the two final requirements of our cane travel instruction. Ryan and Trevor both completed theirs last week, having been dropped somewhere in the Denver Metro area and permitted one question on their trip back to the Center. The…

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  • CCB Says “Farewell and Thanks!” to Walmart’s Neighborhood Market

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    Dan Burke

    CCB Says “Farewell and Thanks!” to Walmart’s Neighborhood Market

    Over the past six months or so, news that Walmart was closing a number of its Neighborhood Markets in the Denver Metro area resulted in a sigh of relief for us at the Colorado Center for the Blind. Each time, the store near our student apartments at S. Lowell Blvd and W. Bowles Ave. wasn’t…

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  • Shout out to @RiceCCL Volunteers!

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    Dan Burke

    Shout out to @RiceCCL Volunteers!

    Here’s a shout out to this year’s crew from Rice University in Houston who came to work as volunteers on March 16 and 17. They spend an “Alternative Spring Break” volunteering, first at Winter Park with the NSCD adaptive ski program, and then in Littleton. No, no skiing. At the Center they helped move and…

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  • Making Connections – It Was Really Big

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    Dan Burke

    Making Connections – It Was Really Big

    Wow! Nearly 150 were on hand Friday, March 10 for our first Making Connections that Work for You Seminar. It really worked! Thanks to all that attended! We especially want to thank our keynote speaker, Alexandra Hall, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Director of the Division of Labor Standards and Statistics and Chief Economist.…

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  • A Bustling Day in the Gym

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    Dan Burke

    A Bustling Day in the Gym

    Okay, Tuesdays can get a little wild anyway, what with Seniors coming and filling up our large conference room all morning. You gotta believe us – we love having them! But meanwhile, down in the gym … We had both Martial arts and Archery happening all at once. The wildest imaginations might hve the martial…

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  • Bullseye with Blind Archery: #LivetheLifeYouWant @NSCD

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    Dan Burke

    Bullseye with Blind Archery: #LivetheLifeYouWant @NSCD

    Zen and the Art of Archery was a popular book in the 1970s among a certain crowd in which martial arts practitioners became adept at hitting the bullseye while blindfolded. What does that mean? Who really knows, other than it was the era of the “Kung Fu” TV series. Nonetheless, our partners at NSCD arranged…

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  • Making the most of the first day of Spring: A day of grilling

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    Dan Burke

    Making the most of the first day of Spring: A day of grilling

    The first day of Spring and temps in the 70s, and what would you do? Our Home Management planned wisely to make the most of the beautiful weather today, and all classes worked outside on the grills. Now that’s a life skill!

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