Colorado Center for the Blind

We’re in NFB Convention Mode, Virtually! #NFB20

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Dan Burke

July 16, 2020

Every summer we pack ourselves up, staff, ITP students and summer students, and head out to the National Federation of the Blind convention, wherever that may be – Orlando, Dallas, Las Vegas. This year it was going to be in Houston. It often proves to be one of the most important learning experiences for our…
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Giving Back – A Tribute to Robert Dyson

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Dan Burke

July 2, 2020

By Julie Deden For the past 16 years when you called the Center, you would talk to Robert. His welcoming voice was the hallmark of the Center and our NFB office. Shortly after the first of the year, Robert let us know that he’d decided to move to Canon City to be close to his…
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It’s a new kind of graduation, and Charis is the first!

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Dan Burke

June 19, 2020

Today Charis is graduating from the center. Hers will be a unique graduation, with the actual Freedom Bell ceremony and the “love session” that typically follows being conducted on Zoom for social distancing purposes. No hug from Julie. Charis was just one week away from finishing her program when we closed the building in late…
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CCB’s 2020 Virtual Summer Sessions for Youth – Join Us!

by
Dan Burke

June 6, 2020

(Editor’s Note: We don’t blame you for wondering what is up with our summer programs for youth. The coronavirus and the subsequent shutdown orders put us into a scramble, affecting not only our youth programs, but seniors and the Independence Training Program, too. Here’s an announcement from our Youth Services Director Martin Becerra-Miranda that should…
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FAST on Pre-ETS: No, it’s not a “syndrome,” it’s Pre-Employment Transition Services! Join us Friday!

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Dan Burke

June 1, 2020

Who? Blind students of all ages and their families What? CCB’s bi-weekly FAST Zoom call When Friday, June 5, 2020 at 7:00 pm MDT Where? We will hold this meeting on the Zoom Meeting platform Join the Colorado Center for the Blind this upcoming Friday, June 5, 2020 at 7:00 pm MDT for our bi-weekly…
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Blindness training goals delayed by social distancing? Check out the new Breaking Blind Podcast

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Dan Burke

May 14, 2020

You know, this pandemic shutdown has been going on for a minute. Especially if you are a student at the Colorado Center for the Blind, or someone waiting to come, or someone newly blind and trying to figure out how to do the simplest things you used to do now that you’re blind, let alone…
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FAST and Zoom, Zoom and FAST: Our FAST Program for Blind Youth goes virtual This Friday!

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Dan Burke

April 22, 2020

Editor’s Note: Here’s some news from Youth Director Martin Becerra-Miranda. He’s been busy hosting lots of Zoom meetings for our staff and ITP students for the past month. But he’s also had time to think about what he wants to do with our FAST (Fun Skills Activities and Training) for youth, and maybe, just maybe,…
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Let the Blind Be Counted: Our How-to Video on Responding to the 2020 Census

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Dan Burke

April 6, 2020

Okay, we said we’d have a video on the 2020 Census for blind folks, and here it is!
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Be Counted: An Update in Light of COVID-19 #DoingMyPart

by
Dan Burke

March 30, 2020

(Editor’s Note: We will soon post a video demonstrating How blind folks can complete the 2020 Census, featuring our own Martin Becerra-Miranda and Dan Burke. It’s great YouTube viewing, but we don’t have a trailer. In the meantime then, we’re posting some of that information here to complement the video.) So, let’s talk about the…
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Kicking Off “40 Hands in Forty Days”

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Dan Burke

March 4, 2020

Donate Now We’re extremely excited to be one of 40 Colorado nonprofits to be part of the 2020 40 Hands in Forty Days effort this spring! From March 2 through April 10 (40 days), 40 nonprofits will take part in a unique fundraising effort. We may throw any number of fun ideas out to get…
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