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  • A Thank-you Following the NFB Convention @nfb_voice

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    Dan Burke

    a smiling dark-haired young woman reaches for the mixing board, a laptop display shows the Colorado Center for the Blind logo on a Zoom screen

    Michelle runs the sound board for the NFB of Denver Chapter meeting. Editor’s Note: As we do each year, staff and students at the Colorado Center for the Blind attended the National Federation of the Blind convention during the first week of July. Forty of us traveled to Houston where we joined over 2300 fellow…

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  • Designs by Sundown Helps Our Garden Grow @dbslandscape

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    Dan Burke

    Fitz up in the raised bed on one knee is about to plant seeds. In the background, Bernice, Sarah, Alonzo and Master Gardeners are working

    Our Legacy Garden planting is complete, helped again this year by our partners with Arapahoe County Master Gardeners and of course all the rain in the past few weeks. (Actually, all the rain has made it difficult to plant on some days because the ground was too wet.) But now the hot weather is upon…

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  • Blindness, Hope and Belief from Liberia to Littleton and back

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    Dan Burke

    Four Liberian educators and three CCB staff members in front of a tactile logo smile at the camera

    At the end of their two weeks with us, our Liberian guests each spoke to the assembled staff and students about their experience at CCB and what they will take back to their blind students. They also received certificates from Julie. Left to right are Nokutula Ncube, Julie Deden, Noah Z. Gibson, Maureen Nietfeld, Suahibu…

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  • CCB Featured in America’s Test Kitchen Podcast @Jason_Strother @TestKitchen @pang

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    Dan Burke

    Jason Strother gives a talk during a CCB philosophy class

    In June, 2022 we hosted journalist Jason Strother for a week of training at the Center. Jason, who has worked for years as a free-lance reporter and was headquartered for a time in Seoul, South Korea, was researching a story about how blind people obtain food. Groceries, that is. His interest in this subject is…

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  • Colorado Gives Day is 4 Weeks Away!

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    Dan Burke

    A man on skis wearing a "Blind Skier" vest moves down a snowy slope at the direction of a guide behind him

    Vaughn Skiing at Eldora with his Ignite ski guide It’s Colorado’s biggest online giving event of each year, and just about our biggest fund-raising event too! It’s on the news, in your email box – just about everywhere. But just so you don’t forget, you can go online at https://www.coloradogives.org/donate/CoCenter and schedule a donation to roll over…

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  • Celebrating founder Diane McGeorge’s 90th birthday!

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    Dan Burke

    Diane told the crowd that she’s decided 90 isn’t enough, and she plans to make 100 years.Okay, we’ll start planning that party now! Yes, it’s the 90th birthday of our founder, Diane McGeorge. “Don’t ever give up!” That was the advice Diane gave to students and everyone else at a celebration of her 90th birthday…

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  • Blindness adds Another layer to Privilege Walk

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    Dan Burke

    Jamila leading a Privilege Walk Activity in the Gym

    A while back, the Philosophy class met in the gym and student Jamila Lane led us through a “Privilege Walk.” Jamila, from Atlanta, previously participated in Privilege Walks in both her undergraduate and graduate studies, but it was her first time leading one. “Disability added a very interesting layer to it,” she said, “because everyone…

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

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    Dan Burke

    Give Where You Live - Colorado Gives Day December 7 2021

    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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  • First Prize in Parade!

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    Dan Burke

    A Young man joyfully shakes his tambourine among his friends

    The certificate has arrived! Of course, the winners of the 2021 Littleton Western Welcome Week Grand Parade were announced back in August, but now that we have that piece of paper we can’t help but crow a little! And so we won first prize in the Group/School category! Hooray! Was it the noisemakers? Was it…

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  • CCB graduate wins blind division in Boston Marathon! @blackkidrunning

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    Dan Burke

    Chaz throwing elbow jabs at the pad in Martial Arts Class

    They love Chaz Davis in his hometown of Grafton, Mass. But we are just as proud of him here in Littleton, Colo. at the Colorado Center for the Blind! Chaz, a 2016 Paralympian in Rio and a 2017 graduate of CCB, won the Boston Marathon’s visually impaired division on October 11. It was the 125th…

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