Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

  • CCB’s Message of Support for Blind Ukrainians #BlindwithU

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    Dan Burke

    CCB’s Message of Support for Blind Ukrainians #BlindwithU

    On Saturday, April 16, 2022 an international Internet radio concert of 110 mostly blind artists contributed to the World Blind Union’s Ukrainian Unity Fund. More than $85,000 was raised to provide aid to blind Ukrainians displaced or otherwise adversely affected by the current warfare in their homeland. The Colorado Center for the Blind, along with…

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  • No Virtual Sharks

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    Dan Burke

    No Virtual Sharks

    Some things just don’t translate to the virtual. (Okay, after nearly two years with Zoom in our lives in a big way, we can say that a lot of things don’t really translate well.) Let’s put our annual shark dissection for blind and low vision students high on that list. And we’re not talking about…

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  • Turning the Tables: CCB Role Reversal Day 2022

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    Dan Burke

    Turning the Tables: CCB Role Reversal Day 2022

    Students from every continent and every epoch imagine, even if only idly, of someday, somehow turning the tables on their teachers. Likely they don’t realize until they have done it, that their teachers also may see such a reversal as an opportunity to return the torment. That’s partly the story of Role Reversal Day 2022,…

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  • Colorado Center for the Blind 2022 Summer Youth Programs

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    Dan Burke

    Colorado Center for the Blind 2022 Summer Youth Programs

    Build skills and gain confidence! Program Description  This 3-week residential  program will provide each student with the tools that they need to move forward in high school, college or on a job. You will: Live in an apartment with a counselor and a roommate.Learn from competent blind adults who use blindness skills daily.Plan, shop and…

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  • Charity From Ashes: Colorado Center for the Blind Students Organize Donation Drive for Avista Hospital NICU Babies

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    Taylor Oesch

    Charity From Ashes: Colorado Center for the Blind Students Organize Donation Drive for Avista Hospital NICU Babies

    The CCB Student Association has already collected many items, as well as Amazon gift cards to help out Avista’s NICU babies. Amanda Juetten (President) and Taylor Oesch (Parliamentarian) show off some of the donations, which include blankets, caps, t-shirts and more. With the start of any new year, hopes are high that the trials and…

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  • Thank You for Our Best Colorado Gives Day, EVER! #Gratitude

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    Dan Burke

    Thank You for Our Best Colorado Gives Day, EVER! #Gratitude

    This December 7 you surpassed previous years with your support for the Colorado Center for the Blind and our programs for blind people of all ages, making 2021 one of the best we’ve been lucky enough to experience on Colorado Gives Day. And we’ve been part of it from the very beginning. So, we are…

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  • Our Blindness Training Is Just the Beginning – Donate on Colorado Gives Day!

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    Dan Burke

    Our Blindness Training Is Just the Beginning – Donate on Colorado Gives Day!

    The blindness training we offer, and the confidence it builds in our blind students, is not an end, but a means. Ryan is an IT project manager. Erin is an insurance underwriter. Garrett is finishing law school, Charis is pursuing her degree in chemistry. Just this year, Evan’s internship at the Audio Information Network of…

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  • Our Staff Make the Difference: Donate on Tuesday, Colorado Gives Day!

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    Dan Burke

    Our Staff Make the Difference: Donate on Tuesday, Colorado Gives Day!

    It’s our job at the Colorado Center for the Blind to believe in our students, often well-before they begin to believe in themselves. “We see you struggle when you first come for training, ” Assistive Technology Instructor Brett Boyer often says, “but we also have the privilege of watching you grow … and it’s always…

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  • ‘I am not my blindness’: What the blind community wishes you knew – from USA TODAY

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    Dan Burke

    ‘I am not my blindness’: What the blind community wishes you knew – from USA TODAY

    This article appeared in USA Today yesterday, November 17. It features our graduate Erin Daley, of whom we are naturally quite proud. In the article, Erin mentions that she loves to travel and will be visiting the Baltic countries. Well, she’s on her way right now! If you’re a sighted person, you likely have misconceptions…

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  • Challenging the Rock with Denver Climbing Co. #ChallengeRec

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    Dan Burke

    Challenging the Rock with Denver Climbing Co. #ChallengeRec

    Late this spring we determined to bring challenge recreation back for our students. We set it aside for over a year for reasons of social distancing, etc. First, We arranged to go whitewater rafting in Idaho Springs, where we’d gone for almost ten years, and it was great to be back on Clear Creek with…

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