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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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  • Coding Success with Project Access

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    Dan Burke

    Five student participants have their Microbits plugged in to laptops and are working on coding. Two Instructors provide Assistance

    It may have been the worst speech synthesis since, well, the VoTrax (circa 1987), but it sounded beautiful because this room full of blind students had coded their BBC Microbits themselves to produce that “Hello!” It was all part of our two-day camp with Cyber.org’s Project Access on coding/robotics here at the Colorado Center for…

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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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  • 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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  • Happy 89th Birthday to Our Founder, Diane McGeorge!

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    Dan Burke

    a small well-dressed woman in her 70s stands at a podium, microphone near her face

    Diane mcGeorge stands at a podium, circa 2006. Not only did she found the Colorado Center for the Blind in 1988 and direct it for the next ten years, but she also served in numerous leadership roles in the National Federation of the Blind for nearly four decades. We send out a loving and hearty…

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  • Big Thanks for Big Success of May 14 Vaccine Clinic

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    Dan Burke

    Two women in the 15 minute waiting tent on vaccination day

    Last Friday’s vaccination clinic here at the center was a huge success, and we want to give a huge shout-out to our partners, Vive Family Wellness, St. Benedict’s Health and Healing Ministry, and the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition for helping us make it possible for 29 people to get their first Moderna shot on May 14.…

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  • The Seniors are coming! The Seniors are coming!

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    Dan Burke

    people wearing masks are seated at tables, with one woman standing at the back

    For the first in-person we also tried to have a virtual component. Shon Spears sits in the center of the room managing things on a laptop. Executive Director Julie Deden slipped in at the back of the room to witness at least part of the exciting event. That was the cry of excitement on Tuesday,…

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