Colorado Center for the Blind

First Prize in Parade!

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Dan Burke

October 21, 2021

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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Join Us for Our Open House Today – It’s Part of Littleton’s 91st #WesternWelcomeWeek!

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Dan Burke

August 12, 2019

Come and tour the Colorado Center for the Blind today, August 12. Take a tour of our facility, meet our staff and students and learn what it is we do at – and why! We have been in Littleton since 2000 and appreciate the welcome this community has afforded us for these 19 years. And…
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Everybody Loves the #WesternWelcomeWeek Parade! #ShareLittleton

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Dan Burke

August 23, 2018

Staff and students of the Colorado Center for the Blind, as well as members of the NFB of Denver Chapter once again marched in the Littleton Western Welcome Week Parade on August 18. From Eileen, 92, to our favorite toddlers, Mason and Jackson with their parents, and all five of the Batron kids it was…
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Thanks for stopping by for our 2017 #WesternWelcomeWeek Tours!

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Dan Burke

August 15, 2017

More than 70 people stopped by the Colorado Center for the Blind on Monday for a tour, and we’d like to send out a big “Thank you!” to all of you! This is the third year we’ve opened our doors for tours as part of Littleton’s Western Welcome Week. We’re always excited to meet new…
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No let-up this week – not with Seniors in Charge!

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Dan Burke

August 25, 2016

Littleton’s 2016 Western Welcome Week, including our tours and participation in the Saturday parade, was sure a lot of fun! This week has already seen Matt complete his support drop, our canoeing trip postponed due to thunder, our first rock climbing trip today for the (really?) fall! Even as the 10-day Western Welcome Week celebration…
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Everybody loves the #WesternWelcomeWeek Parade!

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Dan Burke

August 19, 2016

Students and staff are getting ready for tomorrow’s Western Welcome Week Parade – the highlight of the 10-day celebration in Littleton. After opening our doors for tours and at the same time graduating two of our students, it’s a fun way to end the week. What could be better than walking down the middle of…
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Out of Chute Number 18, the Thursday CCB Tour for @WesternWelcomeWeek!

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Dan Burke

August 17, 2016

Thursday, August 18 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. That’s right, this rodeo isn’t over yet! If you missed the fun on Monday evening, you still have another shot tomorrow. Nearly 70 of our Littleton neighbors (and some who happened to be visiting from out of town) stopped by the Colorado Center for the Blind to…
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What’s Goal Ball? Martin, Warren & Jimmy Preview Demos for @WesternWelcomeWeek!

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Dan Burke

August 11, 2016

Littleton’s Western Welcome Week starts … Well, tomorrow! Next week we will give tours and promised that we’ll do Goal Ball demonstrations in the gym, and even let guests take their turn if they like. So, Martin, Warren and Jimmy went down to the gym this week to demonstrate some basics for those who’ve never…
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Come Visit Us During Littleton’s Western Welcome Week!

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Dan Burke

August 10, 2016

Tour the Colorado Center for the Blind We’re inviting the community in to learn how blind people do things, but our real purpose is to give folks a chance to learn that blind people are really a lot like themselves. You see them all over Littleton traveling with their white canes, many wearing sleep…
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