Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance

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  • It’s all ready: Brittany’s Mini-meal

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    Dan Burke

    Shrimp and French bread … Britanny is cool and in charge of her mini-meal for 15!

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  • The Maker of Indian Cuisine: Trevor’s Mini-meal

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    Dan Burke

    Trevor has a degree in Physics, is a bit of an inventor, more than just a dabbler in the maker movement, and he takes his tinkerer’s inclinations to the kitchen. “How does?” and “What if?” are part of what makes us human, so they are naturally encouraged in our training program.

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  • It’s Going on! Jackson’s Mini-meal for Fifteen

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    Dan Burke

    Planning, preparing and serving a three-recipe meal to 15 people is no small matter. Jackson admits at one point he was getting nervous, but he tried to treat the process as a “regular day in class”. He definitely had it going on with his mini-meal!

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  • Not Exactly Winding the Year Down

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    Dan Burke

    A group of CCB students pose around a cart with six large trays of goodies to give out

    We’re in our final week – final days, really – of the 2016 year at the Colorado Center for the Blind. It’s not exactly like winding down, but more like an all-cylinders-open surge for the finish line. Alejandro went on a support drop yesterday, and is cooking a big meal tomorrow. Ryan served his mini-meal…

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  • It’s All About That Pie: Crable’s Mini-meal

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    Dan Burke

    “I cook all the time now that I’ve been here as a student,” Chris says in this mini-meal video. He took his first shot at baking a pie – three pies actually, sour cream apple pies. He graduates next week! “Crable” is his CCB nickname.

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  • Perez’s Mini-meal & the Mushroom Thief

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    Dan Burke

    The kitchens at CCB are just a few steps away from the lobby where Robert mans the front desk and management offices are located. Because our students are constantly cooking up amazing things in the kitchens, the odors filling the lobby area are sometimes maddenly wonderful. That was certainly the case a few weeks ago…

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  • Belted Kingfisher, Orange Belts and Yoga’s Doggie Down: A Typical Tuesday at CCB

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    Dan Burke

    Allie Blanca C.G Dan andMike walkingaround the pond at Sterne Park during Birding Class

    So this is how Tuesday goes at CCB sometimes. First thing this morning Alie Mays came for our “Birdying by Ear” class. Seven of us reviewed recordings of local bird songs, then walked over to Sterne Park, where we heard mallards, doves, goldfinches and of course Canada geese. Today’s mascot was the belted kingfisher, an…

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  • The Excited Hostess: Hindley’s Mini-meal

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    Dan Burke

    Hindley didn’t really cook when she first arrived at the Center. She’d never used a hot oven. That’s all changed, as her mini-meal clearly demonstrated:

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  • Hindley Can Take the Heat #HowEyeSeeIt

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    Dan Burke

    Hindley loves to cook and entertain, something she learned from positive role models. She gives her thoughts on the negative impact of the #HowEyeSeeIt challenge.

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  • A Bow Tie (Pasta) Occasion: Jimmy’s Mini-meal

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    Dan Burke

    While one fund-raising organization is sponsoring the #HowEyeSeeIt social media campaign designed to show that blind people can’t do anything, our students here at the Colorado Center for the Blind keep learning every day that they can “Take Charge with Confidence” and “Live the Lives We Want.” Take Jimmy’s mini-meal for example …

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