Pizza, Pumpkin Pies, and Parents

Join us at the Colorado Center for the Blind for an afternoon of pizza, Thanksgiving dessert-making, and other fun activities (like eating the pies)!

What: blind young people, parents of blind children, and volunteer assistants from the community will have the opportunity to dine on some pizza, prepare desserts in the kitchen, and take part in some fun activities. The event will occur after the NFB of Denver Chapter meeting, which all are invited to attend starting at 10:00 a.m.

After a lunch of pizza to get ourselves fueled up for the afternoon’s activities, blind youth and family members will have the option of preparing and baking homemade apple crisp, pumpkin pie, or pecan pie. Attendees will learn some of the fundamentals of successfully working in the kitchen as a blind person. Everyone, blind or sighted, will be able to use learning shades while working in the kitchen to reinforce the understanding of non-visual techniques and concepts. It’s a great way for everyone in the family to learn some of the nonvisual tricks that thousands of blind adults use every day to live successful, independent lives!

For parents

Other parents are one of the most critical resources you can learn about, not to mention to learn from! Amira Lucas, the president of the Colorado Organization of Parents of Blind Children [COPBC], will hold a meeting for existing and prospective members during this event. If you are a parent of a blind child and are interested in receiving helpful resources, becoming more involved in the community, potentially joining/becoming more active in the organization, or just looking for other parents to talk to, we encourage you to RSVP for this fun, informative event!

*If you or your family member are in need of additional accommodations for participation in this event, please let us know when registering.

Thank you,

Chaz Davis, MSW

Director of Youth Services