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  • Shared Visions 2023: It’s open till Dec. 5 @ArapahoeCC

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    Dan Burke

    a young black woman holding a white cane reads the Braille title on the wall beside a tactile piece

    Bella reads the accessible Braille sign at the 2023 Shared Visions exhibit. We know that blind people can do anything, and that includes creating and enjoying art. It just needs to be tactilely accessible to us. Since 2014, we’ve partnered with Arapahoe Community Colloege’s Dept. of Art and Design in an art show that does…

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  • From Handshakes to Headway

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    Dan Burke

    Business handshake

    The Colorado Center for the Blind is presenting a dynamic career and college seminar on September 28. We’re sure to have something for everyone, whether you are looking for information about jobs and careers, planning for education and opportunities, or seeking inspiration from the journeys of successful blind people. But the deadline to register is…

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  • A Thank-you Following the NFB Convention @nfb_voice

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    Dan Burke

    a smiling dark-haired young woman reaches for the mixing board, a laptop display shows the Colorado Center for the Blind logo on a Zoom screen

    Michelle runs the sound board for the NFB of Denver Chapter meeting. Editor’s Note: As we do each year, staff and students at the Colorado Center for the Blind attended the National Federation of the Blind convention during the first week of July. Forty of us traveled to Houston where we joined over 2300 fellow…

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  • Turning the Tables: CCB Role Reversal Day 2022

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    Dan Burke

    A standing woman gestures to the room of seated fellow students as she talks

    Students from every continent and every epoch imagine, even if only idly, of someday, somehow turning the tables on their teachers. Likely they don’t realize until they have done it, that their teachers also may see such a reversal as an opportunity to return the torment. That’s partly the story of Role Reversal Day 2022,…

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  • Thank You for Our Best Colorado Gives Day, EVER! #Gratitude

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    Dan Burke

    Give Where You Live - Colorado Gives Day December 7 2021

    This December 7 you surpassed previous years with your support for the Colorado Center for the Blind and our programs for blind people of all ages, making 2021 one of the best we’ve been lucky enough to experience on Colorado Gives Day. And we’ve been part of it from the very beginning. So, we are…

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  • First Prize in Parade!

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    Dan Burke

    A Young man joyfully shakes his tambourine among his friends

    The certificate has arrived! Of course, the winners of the 2021 Littleton Western Welcome Week Grand Parade were announced back in August, but now that we have that piece of paper we can’t help but crow a little! And so we won first prize in the Group/School category! Hooray! Was it the noisemakers? Was it…

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  • Parents’ Seminar Coming UP: FOLLOW THE IEP ROAD! Are you ready?

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    Dan Burke

    NFBCO Logo

    When: October 30th, 2:30 to 4:30 PM Where : Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows and everywhere 10345 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree, CO 80124 Dear Families and TVIs, Please join us for a discussion about the journeys you are taking with your children. This event will take place during the National Federation of the…

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  • Big Thanks for Big Success of May 14 Vaccine Clinic

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    Dan Burke

    Two women in the 15 minute waiting tent on vaccination day

    Last Friday’s vaccination clinic here at the center was a huge success, and we want to give a huge shout-out to our partners, Vive Family Wellness, St. Benedict’s Health and Healing Ministry, and the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition for helping us make it possible for 29 people to get their first Moderna shot on May 14.…

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  • Center Hosts Walk-in Vaccine Clinic Friday, May 14

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    Dan Burke

    COVID-19 Vaccine Viles

    Announcing … Colorado Center for the Blind Walk-in Vaccine Clinic When: This Friday, May 14, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Where: Colorado Center for the Blind (in the parking lot)2233 West Shepperd AveLittleton, CO 80120 We are excited to host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic with our partners for those 18 and older this…

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  • From the Director: Determination, Challenge, Creativity and Resolve #ColoradoGives

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    Dan Burke

    Colorado Gives Day Logo 12.8.20

    Dear CCB Friends and Family – All of us at the Colorado Center for the Blind hope that each of you had a nice Thanksgiving. The year of 2020 has brought a great deal of determination, challenge, creativity and resolve to us at CCB. The determination came from the staff who are dedicated and committed…

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