Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

Category: Independence Training Program

  • 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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  • Penny’s Bell: You Encouraged Me & Wouldn’t Give Up on Me

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    Dan Burke

    a woman rings her freedom bell, smiling broadly

    Penny received the first Freedom Bell awarded in 2016 on January 7. The first thing she did after ringing it loud and proud was to thank her husband Rick. “You encouraged me and you wouldn’t give up on me,” she said after serving her grad meal to 60 guests, which included other family members and…

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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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  • “I built something inside myself”

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    Dan Burke

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    Editor’s Note: Shirley graduated in August of 2014, and made this video before she left. While she was here, she obviously made a trip or two to Savory Spice on W. Main in Littleton. https://youtu.be/0Q0RamJUOt  

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  • Salem: The Confidence to Succeed

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    Dan Burke

    Young woman in sleepshades pours a sauce into a hotel pan

    Salem worked for two years to be able to come for training at the Center. She loves Braille, and more than once praised her Mom for insisting that her daughter be taught Braille when she became blind in middle school. After high school and a stint in college however, Salem began to realize that she…

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  • Jerad Goes Paleo, Goes to College

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    Dan Burke

    It was “paleo man’s” turn on December 3. That refers to his diet and his grad meal, for the record. “was that a great meal?” exclaimed Kimberley, who presented Jerad with his Freedom Bell. “I want to thank you for kicking my behind every day of my program,” Jerad told his instructors. For their part,…

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  • The Gentleman from Missouri

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    Dan Burke

    Curtis was the perfect gentleman as always during the love session at his graduation. He simply said “Thank you” with a grin, and continued to soak up all the praise and affection heaped on him by his fellow students and instructors. The praise is easy to understand. He cooked a great meal – feeding the…

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  • Ahimsa’s Celebration

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    Dan Burke

    student showing lettering "Life the life you want!"

    It was definitely a day to celebrate when Ahimsa graduated on November 12, 2015, and she was more than ready! She came away from her training with a positive sense of herself as a blind person and the satisfaction of knowing that she pushed herself through many barriers to reach this day. Her extraordinary laugh…

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