Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

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  • What Color Is Tuesday? Haylee’s Speech

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    Dan Burke

    Julie hugging Haylee and presenting the Bell - Big Smiles and warm hugs

    This is Haylee’s speech for our short-term public speaking class, given last fall before she graduated. Not only did we learn about synesthesia from Haylee, we also learned during the question-and-answer segment (not shown) from Tabea how she and her sister Sarah argued as children over things like what color Tuesday was. They both had…

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  • Joey’s Hollywood Ending

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    Dan Burke

    Joey grins as he rings his Bell of Freedom

    Joey wanted to return to the Center for a full training program ever since he came to a summer program as a teenager in 2005. Finally, his Dad put the question in his mind – was he ready to take care of himself if something happened to his parents? That’s when Joey went into action.…

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  • Warren’s First Month at CCB

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    Dan Burke

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  • I Came to My Future: Vicki

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    Dan Burke

    Vicki gives her Freedom Bell a vigorous ring

    “Vicki’s coming out of this ready to go,” observed Robert at Vicki’s graduation on Januray 8, “and the rest of you are going to have to work to keep up.” He was right about that. Vicki came with the intention of squeezing out every last drop of opportunity and learning. “This was a long time…

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  • Two Videos with Richie

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    Dan Burke

    Richie’s been at the Center in our Independence Training Program for a couple of months now. A former student in our summer youth program, he hit the ground running in January. Here are two videos . The first about his gift to Locks of Love. In the second, he’s on the slopes at Lake Eldora,…

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  • Shelby: Don’t hide Your Lamp Under a Duck’s Nest

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    Dan Burke

    a smiling young woman displays her brightly colored ceramic sculpture with a ray of light emerging from one duck's bill

    Monday afternoons our art class meets with our long-time teacher and friend Ann Cunningham to make tactile are pieces from stone, clay, paper or whatever creative fancy strives to take flight. Shelby will graduate next month, and she’s been a fixture in art class since last fall. Here she is `with her latest art project,…

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  • Alyssa’s Mini-meal

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    Dan Burke

    Alyssa recently finished her mini-meal. Let her tell you about it.

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  • A Visit from Mike’s Sister

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    Dan Burke

    a man and woman stand before the tactile image of the cCB logo in our lobby

    Nikita Reid was our special visitor at the Center today – all the way from Georgia. Her younger brother, Mike Parks-Reid was a student at the Center beginning with the 2013 Summer Program until the end of February 2014. That’s when Mike went home to resume medical treatment in Georgia. He passed away in June…

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  • Summer Youth Dates for 2016!

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    Dan Burke

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    Maybe you didn’t know this, but summer is pretty busy around the Colorado Center for the Blind … or maybe you’ve noticed. In case you didn’t know, each summer we run a number of distinct summer programs for youth, from Confidence Camp to College Prep, we have something to build skills an confidence from ages…

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  • Youth Updates & Upcoming Events

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    Dan Burke

    two adults sit at a table with several high school students

    The Colorado Center for the Blind Youth Programs have been busy in 2016.  Brent and others continue to make twice-monthly visits to the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind as part of our ongoing mentoring partnership with CSDB.  In January, We worked with 22 students combined in both the Bridges to Life Program…

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