Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Category: Independence Training Program

  • Not Exactly Winding the Year Down

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    Dan Burke

    A group of CCB students pose around a cart with six large trays of goodies to give out

    We’re in our final week – final days, really – of the 2016 year at the Colorado Center for the Blind. It’s not exactly like winding down, but more like an all-cylinders-open surge for the finish line. Alejandro went on a support drop yesterday, and is cooking a big meal tomorrow. Ryan served his mini-meal…

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  • We’re Excited – Thanks for a Successful #COGivesDay 2016!

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    Dan Burke

    Cloe leaping from a paddle board during Confidence Camp

    Our 2016 Colorado Gives Day was our most successful ever, and we want to thank all of our friends and new acquaintances who helped make it so! In all, we received $15,230 via the online Colorado Gives web site, and all of that counts toward a share of the $1 million Incentive Fund offered by…

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  • Decorating for the Holidays 2016

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    Dan Burke

    Chris K. and Delfina high fiving in front of the tree

    We’re nine days into December and, not all that surprisingly, 9 is the temperature this morning. Robert routinely interrupts class with overhead PA announcements, requesting some student or staff member to please stop by his desk on a break. This is a sure sign that there’s a Secret Santa something or other waiting for the…

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  • It’s Starting to Feel a Lot Like a Deep Freeze

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    Dan Burke

    Martin and Lynne walking in the snow. You can see the steam from Martin's breathing

    We had a little bit of snow this morning, but not enough to keep us at home. Snow is just a part of everyday life and for our students, learning to travel in all weather means feeling confident about traveling to their jobs someday. But it was cold, and will be colder tomorrow!

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  • Kneading bread and philosophy together: Support us on #COGivesDay

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    Dan Burke

    Tabea kneads dough with both hands

    Philosophy bakes no bread. Philosopher Bertrand Russell said that. But a wise man we know once pointed out that no bread is baked without philosophy. Tabea graduated from CCB in 2016 and has gone on to graduate school. She knows that our belief in our blind students is the yeast that leavens the bread of…

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  • We’re on the Move! Support Us on #COGivesDay!

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    Dan Burke

    Vika and Martin walk along a shaded sidewalk toward Littleton Downtown Station

    Like Martin and Vika, blind people from five to ninety-five are on the move every day at the Colorado Center for the Blind! Please support us tomorrow on #COGivesDay December 6!  

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  • It’s All About That Pie: Crable’s Mini-meal

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    Dan Burke

    “I cook all the time now that I’ve been here as a student,” Chris says in this mini-meal video. He took his first shot at baking a pie – three pies actually, sour cream apple pies. He graduates next week! “Crable” is his CCB nickname.

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  • Friday’s Fish Flaying

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    Dan Burke

    Two sets of blue gloved hands exploring a shark from either side of the table

    Okay, it wasn’t that gruesome! But it was the 11th year that Professor Terry Harrison has led a shark dissection at the Colorado Center for the Blind. The idea was, and still is, to give blind youth a chance to get really hands-on with science. In this case, anatomy. Every year, Professor Harrison arrives about…

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  • Perez’s Mini-meal & the Mushroom Thief

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    Dan Burke

    The kitchens at CCB are just a few steps away from the lobby where Robert mans the front desk and management offices are located. Because our students are constantly cooking up amazing things in the kitchens, the odors filling the lobby area are sometimes maddenly wonderful. That was certainly the case a few weeks ago…

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  • Belted Kingfisher, Orange Belts and Yoga’s Doggie Down: A Typical Tuesday at CCB

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    Dan Burke

    Allie Blanca C.G Dan andMike walkingaround the pond at Sterne Park during Birding Class

    So this is how Tuesday goes at CCB sometimes. First thing this morning Alie Mays came for our “Birdying by Ear” class. Seven of us reviewed recordings of local bird songs, then walked over to Sterne Park, where we heard mallards, doves, goldfinches and of course Canada geese. Today’s mascot was the belted kingfisher, an…

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