Colorado Center for the Blind

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

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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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Happy Holidays! Thanks to All of You, Lives Change at the Colorado Center for the Blind

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Dan Burke

December 28, 2019

Caption: Cristian, Shyanne and Kelly stand in front of the medical vehicle at South Suburban Fire and Rescue Station #12 on December 16. They had just delivered a box of holiday cookies and treats baked by students to on-duty fire fighters. In turn, fire fighters showed students one of the trucks and the medical vehicle.…
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“How My Life Changed at the Colorado Center for the Blind” @CatchTheseWords

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Dan Burke

December 22, 2019

Editor’s Note: We introduced you to holly some months ago, when the weather was warmer and she was a relatively new student at the center. She comes from the United Kingdom and her drive to attend the Colorado Center for the Blind stems in part from the fact that, as she says “there aren’t any…
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“Incredible Days” Lead to Living the Lives We Want! #COGivesDay

by
Dan Burke

December 10, 2019

Maura visits the vendor area at the 2019 NFB of Colorado Convention. Maura finished high school last spring and plans to go on to college next year. Before she did that, however, she was determined to obtain the skills she needed to be independent as a blind person so that nothing could hold her back…
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