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  • This Is Positive Blindness Training at Work!

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    Dan Burke

    This Is Positive Blindness Training at Work!

    As we come to you for support for Colorado Gives Day on Dec. 6, we want to share with you some of our excitement and pride in the growth and accomplishments of our students this past year. Blindness finds us in different ways and at different times of our lives. But what all of our…

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  • We’re thankful for each other.

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    Dan Burke

    We’re thankful for each other.

    And we are thankful for your support on Colorado Gives Day, Tuesday, Dec. 6! The Colorado Center for the Blind is a training center and community of blind and low vision people proudly affiliated with the National Federation of the Blind. We believe blind people can do anything. Every day, we encourage and challenge each student—and…

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  • Happy Thanksgiving 2022!

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    Dan Burke

    Happy Thanksgiving 2022!

    Three of our volunteer student servers yesterday. From left to Right, Rhonda, Shirley, and Aaron serve up the cranberry sauces, the sweet potato dishes, and the green bean casserole, respectively. This is the end of the line (except for the dessert table), so by this time there’s precious little real estate on our plates! It…

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  • Colorado Gives Day is 4 Weeks Away!

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    Dan Burke

    Colorado Gives Day is 4 Weeks Away!

    Vaughn Skiing at Eldora with his Ignite ski guide It’s Colorado’s biggest online giving event of each year, and just about our biggest fund-raising event too! It’s on the news, in your email box – just about everywhere. But just so you don’t forget, you can go online at https://www.coloradogives.org/donate/CoCenter and schedule a donation to roll over…

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  • Celebrating founder Diane McGeorge’s 90th birthday!

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    Dan Burke

    Celebrating founder Diane McGeorge’s 90th birthday!

    Diane told the crowd that she’s decided 90 isn’t enough, and she plans to make 100 years.Okay, we’ll start planning that party now! Yes, it’s the 90th birthday of our founder, Diane McGeorge. “Don’t ever give up!” That was the advice Diane gave to students and everyone else at a celebration of her 90th birthday…

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  • DAR Donates Tactile Stars and Stripes

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    Dan Burke

    DAR Donates Tactile Stars and Stripes

    Julie Deden shows us the Tactile Flag presented to CCB by the Mt. Rosa Chapter of the DAR. Shown with her, from left to right, are DAR members Marsha, Sally, Julie, and Kathryn. We were excited to welcome three members of the Mount Rosa Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) on Tuesday,…

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  • Blindness adds Another layer to Privilege Walk

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    Dan Burke

    Blindness adds Another layer to Privilege Walk

    A while back, the Philosophy class met in the gym and student Jamila Lane led us through a “Privilege Walk.” Jamila, from Atlanta, previously participated in Privilege Walks in both her undergraduate and graduate studies, but it was her first time leading one. “Disability added a very interesting layer to it,” she said, “because everyone…

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  • Thank You, Littleton! Joy and Pride at Western Welcome Week 2022

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    Dan Burke

    Thank You, Littleton! Joy and Pride at Western Welcome Week 2022

    Makhai proudly wears No. 43, our Western Welcome Week Parade number for this year, and led the way for us down the parade route on Littleton Blvd and Main St. He didn’t manage to spare his voice, however, as he led chants and cheers. He was already going hoarse by the time we turned off…

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  • CCB’s Message of Support for Blind Ukrainians #BlindwithU

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    Dan Burke

    CCB’s Message of Support for Blind Ukrainians #BlindwithU

    On Saturday, April 16, 2022 an international Internet radio concert of 110 mostly blind artists contributed to the World Blind Union’s Ukrainian Unity Fund. More than $85,000 was raised to provide aid to blind Ukrainians displaced or otherwise adversely affected by the current warfare in their homeland. The Colorado Center for the Blind, along with…

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  • No Virtual Sharks

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    Dan Burke

    No Virtual Sharks

    Some things just don’t translate to the virtual. (Okay, after nearly two years with Zoom in our lives in a big way, we can say that a lot of things don’t really translate well.) Let’s put our annual shark dissection for blind and low vision students high on that list. And we’re not talking about…

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