For the Center’s alums, current students, staff, volunteers and Littleton community members, our 25th Anniversary Celebration was a big deal. Here are some articles about the event that appeared in the local media.
Colorado Center for the Blind celebrates turning 25
By Jennifer Smith
From the Littleton Independent
Just like any businessman starting his workday, Mark Riccobono headed out the door Sept. 13 and hopped in his car.
The he put on his sleep shades, started the engine and took off down the street.
Riccobono, executive director of the Jernigan Institute at the National Federation of the Blind, was in town to help the Colorado Center for the Blind celebrate its 25th birthday by offering rides in a vehicle designed to give blind people the ability to drive.
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Colorado Center for the Blind in Littleton celebrates 25 years
By Karen Groves
From the Denver Post YourHub
LITTLETON —Julie Deden remembers when the Colorado Center for the Blind, founded in 1988, was originally on South Broadway, then on South Acoma, in Denver.
That was before it outgrew its space and moved to Littleton in 2000 to expand its youth and senior programs.
The center celebrated the center’s 25th anniversary Sept. 13-14 at 2233 W. Shepperd Ave.
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Littleton-based center marks silver anniversary
By Peter Jones
“I don’t drive every day,” Mark Riccobono says as he slowly makes a right turn from West Shepperd Avenue in Littleton.