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  • Happy 75th Birthday NFB!

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    Dan Burke

    A smiling man and woman stand on each side of a bronze plaque with print and Braille visible. Both hold long white canes.

    The national Federation of the Blind turns 75 today! The NFB was formed in 1940 to bring the collective voice of the blind into being. Blind people in 1940 had little chance to be employed in meaningful jobs or to attend college. Some did, and in a number of states the blind had organized. On…

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  • Shark Dissection Day This Friday!

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    Dan Burke

    teacher and student bend over a dog shark

    For most of us, the run up to the Thanksgiving holiday doesn’t conjure thoughts of sharks, but it does here at the Colorado Center for the Blind. That’s because for nearly a decade, Arapahoe Community College’s Biology Professor Terry Harrison has been conducting his shark dissection here with blind kids from around the Denver Metro…

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  • “Shared Visions” – A Collaboration with ACC’s Dept. of Art & Design

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    Dan Burke

    Six people work their clay on pottery wheels

    For nearly two decades, Colorado artist Ann Cunningham has been teaching art classes at the Colorado Center for the Blind. Initially drawn to us because she was curious about how blind people experience art (such as the stone carvings she produces), she has become one of North America’s leading teachers, advocates and innovators with respect…

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  • A Magical Evening

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    Dan Burke

    Three people stand at the front of a dimly-lit gym

    It was a magical evening. May 15 marked the end to a long career at the Colorado Center for the Blind for Tom Anderson. More than 150 people came to send Tom and Linda off to Kansas after 27 years teaching Braille – and several other duties. We fed them, and gave the tribute to…

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  • CCB & MasterDrive Partner Again to Give Blind Students Driving Experience

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    Dan Burke

    For immediate release: Contact: Dan Burke, Public Relations Specialist 303.778.1130 dburke@cocenter.org Englewood, CO – Focusing exclusively on the kinesthetic aspects of driving, students and staff from the Colorado Center for the Blind will get the feel of the skid pad on the MasterDrive campus here on Wednesday, May 27. Denver-area high school students will be…

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  • Some Final Party Particulars

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    Dan Burke

    Tom Anderson reading Braille with a student

    Just a few weeks away from May 15 and Tom Anderson’s retirement party!  The response is exciting – we’ve received more than 70 RSVPs already! Here are some more details about the party and some info for those who won’t be able to attend: When:  5 p.m. May 15 Where: Colorado Center for the Blind…

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  • The Oscars and Partnering with Comcast on X1 Access

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    Dan Burke

    Comcast Logo

    When Comcast’s Mary Spillane called earlier this month to ask if we would work with them to test and improve the Talking Guide for the X1 cable box, we were naturally excited. Comcast gave us an X1 box with a year of cable service – and a new TV – so we could use, evaluate…

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  • Braille Challenge at CCB February 5

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    Dan Burke

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    (Editor’s Note: We are delighted to be partnering with the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind on this year’s Braille Challenge, a nationwide competition sponsored by the Braille Institute. It’s the first time that a test site has been located in the Denver Metro area. Below is the press release.) We’re all going…

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  • Our Colorado Gives Day 2014 Results

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    Dan Burke

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    Thanks to 67 generous donors we raised $12,901 online on December 9, and received another $520 in checks and cash, bringing our total to $13,421! In addition, the online figure makes us eligible for a small portion of the $1 million incentive fund put up by FirstBank and Community First Foundation. A total of $26.2…

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  • A Little More About Cafe Americana

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    Dan Burke

    (Mosaic, our 2014 fund-raising event, will be held from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, September 5 here at the Center. We’re especially excited out our main musical guests, Café Americana, and we want you to be excited too! Here’s a bit more about them, and don’t forget to buy your tickets using the link…

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