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  • Dad, it ate my hand! I can’t do my homework now!

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    Dan Burke

    Camarasaurus

    That was Nick’s joke when he stuck his hand inside the Camarasaurus’s mouth. Nice try, buddy! But it is a great example of just how tactile – and accessible – the whole visit to the Morrison Museum of Natural History was for blind kids on Saturday. And nobody lost an actual appendage. Instead, it was…

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  • Summer Programs at the Colorado Center for the Blind

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    Dan Burke

    A raft of summer youth lets out a yell as they dive into a churning hole of white water on Clear Creek.

    This summer the Colorado Center for the blind will again offer its No Limits to Learning program for blind teens. In addition to the 4-week program we offered in 2023, we will also offer a 7-week program that will include attending the National Federation of the Blind convention in Orlando. We believe blind people can…

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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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  • 2023 Summer Youth Programs

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    Dan Burke

    Ty and Seamus standing with their canes waiting on the train

    Confidence Camp/BELL Academy Dates: June 12 through June 23 Ages: 5 to 10 Location: Colorado Center for the Blind 2233 W Shepperd Ave. Littleton, CO 80120 Program Description This two-week day program will be filled with learning, challenge and fun. Your child will meet competent blind role models who will work with the kids on…

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  • Announcing Homework Club!

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    Dan Burke

    Anahit and Nate Making a Sandwitch

    After School Program Editor’s Note: This announcement went out via email this week, but constitutes months of dreaming, planning and recruitment and coordination. Suddenly, our familiarity with virtual platforms creates an opportunity to reach out to blind kids in new and innovative ways! Dear Parents/Guardians: Thank you for being strong and supportive partners in your…

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  • Our First FAST In-person for 2021!

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    Dan Burke

    FAST - (Fun Activities & Skills Training) logo

    March to the Beat of Your Own Drum Our first 2021 in-person FAST activity for youth will fittingly be all about movement, and a little music! Sign up for our April 24 FAST! Who: Blind students of all ages and their families Where: Colorado Center for the Blind,2233 W Shepperd Ave. Littleton, CO 80120 When:…

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  • Announcing 2021 Summer Programs for Youth at the Colorado Center for the Blind

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    Dan Burke

    Two smiling blind teenagers at Big Soda Lake near the mountains

    We are excited to announce three programs for youth ages 13 to 21 to be held in the summer of 2021! Two of the programs will be virtual and one will be a day program for students in the Denver metro area. The virtual programs will take place on the Zoom Cloud Meeting platform, which…

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  • CCB’s 2020 Virtual Summer Sessions for Youth – Join Us!

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    Dan Burke

    CCB Summer Tech Instructor engaged with his laptop and Smart Phone

    (Editor’s Note: We don’t blame you for wondering what is up with our summer programs for youth. The coronavirus and the subsequent shutdown orders put us into a scramble, affecting not only our youth programs, but seniors and the Independence Training Program, too. Here’s an announcement from our Youth Services Director Martin Becerra-Miranda that should…

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  • FAST and Zoom, Zoom and FAST: Our FAST Program for Blind Youth goes virtual This Friday!

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    Dan Burke

    FAST - (Fun Activities & Skills Training) logo

    Editor’s Note: Here’s some news from Youth Director Martin Becerra-Miranda. He’s been busy hosting lots of Zoom meetings for our staff and ITP students for the past month. But he’s also had time to think about what he wants to do with our FAST (Fun Skills Activities and Training) for youth, and maybe, just maybe,…

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  • CCB Seeks Blind Colorado Youth to Go to DC in February

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    Dan Burke

    Drawing of the US Capitol with the NFB Logo and Whosits in front of the steps

    Early each year, more than 500 blind Americans tap their canes across Capitol Hill in the District of Columbia to keep appointments at the offices of every member of Congress. It is the Washington Seminar of the National Federation of the Blind, and it is how we make our legislative concerns and priorities known to…

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