For 2019, we’ll offer our long-standing summer youth programs, including Confidence Camp/BELL and our 8-week residential program for high school and college-aged youth. But we’ll also offer shorter-term and more focused “modules”, describe below. For more information on our 2019 Summer Youth Programs, contact Martin Becerra-Miranda at 303-778-1130, ext. 2223, or mbecerra@cocenter.org. Confidence Camp/BELL Academy […]
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It’s #ColoradoGivesDay! Please make a donation to CCB!
These are the faces of just a few who have benefitted from previous Colorado Gives Day donations. They range from ages 5 and up and their circumstances are all a bit different, but all have gained the skills and the confidence to “Take Charge with Self-reliance!” This year our Confidence Camp for Kids (CC4K) had […]
It’s not 30 years of the Ice Cream Social, but a Crowd of 106 Did Raise a Cone to 30 Years of the CCB! CCB30th #ShareLittleton
Yesterday we gathered 106 people into the meeting room for an ice cream social. It’s an event we hold every June because of course it’s summer and it’s hot and so ice cream tastes great!. But we also do it to mark how exciting June can be with our usual Independence Training Students and staff […]
Blind people need to know about colors too, & Other First-day-of-summer Lessons
That was one of the first lessons of the first day of summer for Confidence Camp kids this morning. “If someone asks you what your backpack looks like, what are you going to tell them?” the lesson continued. Yes, Monday began with learning for the 10 5 to 12-year-olds. It went on from there, including […]
Come join us for our Elementary Summer Program: 2018 CONFIDENCE CAMP FOR KIDS!
2-week program dates: June 11 – 15 & 18 – 22, 2018; (Monday – Friday) day camp Times: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm For ages 5-11 Contact: Brent Batron, Director of Youth Programs, 303-778-1130 ext 222, bbatron@cocenter.org. Download the Confidence Camp Application as a PDF file Download the Confidence Camp Application as a Word Document […]
Oh, the sweet summer scent of sunscreen wafting through the lobby! #ConfidenceCamp17
Swimming, paddling, rock climbing – every afternoon there’s something fun going on at Confidence Camp. In the morning – the learning looks just as fun! Learning to use the microwave, making lunch … and always traveling with white canes and taking the light rail and the bus somewhere fun … like horseback riding today!
There’s a Commotion in the Lobby, and It’s #ConfidenceCamp17!
By 9 Monday morning the commotion in the lobby was reaching a crescendo. Fifteen Confidence Campers were arriving for the first of three weeks of learning blindness skills, having fun and yes – becoming more confident as small blind people! The commotion arose from parents dropping the campers off, connecting or reconnecting with their teachers […]
Announcing Dates for the 2017 CONFIDENCE CAMP FOR KIDS
Come join us for our Elementary Summer day Program! June 5 through June 23 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday For ages 5-11Once again, The Colorado Center for the Blind is sponsoring our interactive, three week program for blind and visually impaired children ages five through eleven. The highly qualified staff, including two […]