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  • “How My Life Changed at the Colorado Center for the Blind” @CatchTheseWords

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    Dan Burke

    Holly headed out from the Center with her cane

    Editor’s Note: We introduced you to holly some months ago, when the weather was warmer and she was a relatively new student at the center. She comes from the United Kingdom and her drive to attend the Colorado Center for the Blind stems in part from the fact that, as she says “there aren’t any…

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  • “Incredible Days” Lead to Living the Lives We Want! #COGivesDay

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    Dan Burke

    A young woman holding a white cane faces us as she talks to a vendor.

    Maura visits the vendor area at the 2019 NFB of Colorado Convention. Maura finished high school last spring and plans to go on to college next year. Before she did that, however, she was determined to obtain the skills she needed to be independent as a blind person so that nothing could hold her back…

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  • A salute to Our Graduates #COGivesDay

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    Dan Burke

    Paul headed out from the Center with his cane

    Executive Director Julie Deden wrote this salute to the final five students graduating from the Colorado Center for the Blind in 2019. Colorado Gives Day is this Tuesday, December 10, and as we do each year at this time, we are asking for your financial support for our programs at the Colorado Center for the…

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  • Grateful That Lives Change at the Colorado Center for the Blind #COGives

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    Dan Burke

    Seniors - Dee, Duncan, Diane, Anahit

    There’s a lot to be thankful for at the Colorado Center for the Blind. As many families like yours will do today as they gather around the table, our staff and students shared what we were thankful for at our CCB family’s Thanksgiving feast one week ago. Not surprisingly, we are all grateful for one…

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  • Meet Adama, a Disability-rights Champion from Sierra Leone

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    Dan Burke

    Adama sitting at the table in the travel lobby with her phone and her slate and stylus.

    For the past three weeks, we’ve been delighted to have Adama Conteh as a special student at the Colorado Center for the Blind. Adama is from Sierra Leone, a country of about 6 million in West Africa. She has been in the U.S. under the sponsorship of Hope International, which has provided Adama with training…

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  • Catch These Words: Meet Current Student Holly Scott-Gardner & Words Worthy of Catching: @CatchTheseWords

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    Dan Burke

    Holly Scott-Gardner Hiking along Clear Creek on her first day at CCB

    Holly Scott-Gardner is from the United Kingdom. By many measures, she is a very successful woman, yet she wanted to come to the Colorado Center for the Blind for training. On her first day at the Center, she accepted the challenge to go rock climbing. She attended the National Federation of the Blind Convention with…

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  • Still Thick as Thieves, These CCB Alumni Reunite, Tell Their Stories & Offer Wise Counsel to Students

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    Dan Burke

    Anahit, Kathy, Bill and Julie 2019

    Let there be no doubt – students at the Colorado Center for the Blind form lifelong friendships. Monday, three such friends reunited at the center Kathy Kudlick, Bill Lundgren and Anahit LaBarre. They are shown above standing in front of our tactile CCB logo, left to right, Anahit, Kathy, Bill and Director Julie Deden All…

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  • We’re all in for Colorado Gives Day December 4, and you can schedule your gift now! #cogives18

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    Dan Burke

    Julie and Lexi Reading Braille

    Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 4, and we’re in for the mega-million-dollar statewide day of giving, sponsored by First Bank and the Community First Foundation! Your gift to us on CoGivesDay2018 ensures that we can continue to offer programs to youth, seniors and working-age adults that challenge, impart skills and infuse the confidence in…

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  • “No End in Sight”, CCB Student Podcast launches: https://bit.ly/2ORWE0x

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    Dan Burke

    No End in Sight

    It could be called a convergence. A handful of students who want to talk about their blindness, what they are learning at the Colorado Center for the Blind, how they are learning about being blind and proud – and how they’ve learned from their teachers, but especially one another, to laugh at themselves when they…

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  • Chaz wraps up summer of giving back

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    Dan Burke

    Julie and Chaz laughing. Julie gives Chaz a hug as she presents his card.

    Julie presents Chaz Davis a Thank You Card during Morning Announcements This is Chaz Davis’ final week as a Social Work Intern at the Center, and Director Julie Deden marked the occasion with a short ceremony and presentation of a thank-you card, followed by cookies. “I joined the blind community four years ago, though not…

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