Last month long time camper and client of Enchanted Hills Camp, Joyce Cid, hosted V.I.B.E.S., another fabulous fundraiser in Martinez. With the help of the Ruby Red Girls, Joyce Cid raised $4,000 for next year’s Enchanted Hills Camp Youth sessions. Over a decade ago Joyce experienced the magic of Enchanted Hills Camp. Since then, she … Continue reading Joyce Cid, Blind Camper, Throws Fabulous Fundraiser for Enchanted Hills
Abraham Nemeth, whose frustrations in pursuing an academic career in math prompted him to develop the Nemeth Code, a form of Braille that drastically improved the ability of visually impaired people to study complex mathematics, died Wednesday at his home in Southfield, Mich. He was 94. Read the New York Times writer William Yardley’s obituary … Continue reading Abraham Nemeth, Inventor of Math Braille Code
Do you love visiting museums? Do you enjoy art, but dislike the museum experience? Do you wish museums better understood your perspective and needs? Rachel Sakai, wants to hear your stories. Rachel is a graduate student at California College of the Arts. For her thesis she will be re-imagining the way museums create content for … Continue reading Help Museums Understand the Blind Visitor
Are you an individual who believes the simplest pleasures in life sometimes have the most profound impact? Do you prefer to work with people in a one-to-one capacity, rather than in large groups, or on large projects? More importantly, would you like to make a significant contribution to the life a blind or low vision … Continue reading Become a Special Personal Services Volunteer
The latest Speaking Out for the Blind podcast focuses on how the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is expanding independent travel in the San Francisco Bay Area. The agency’s brand-new Transit Orientation Guides help riders navigate the Bay Area’s complicated transit routes. Frank Welte, staff member with the LightHouse’s Access to Information Services … Continue reading Transit Orientation Guides Featured on Speaking Out for the Blind
The LightHouse congratulates Chris Downey on his appointment to the California Commission on Disability Access. Downey, who is blind, currently serves on the Board of Directors for the LightHouse. In addition to being a principal architect at Architecture for the Blind, and a lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, … Continue reading Board Member Chris Downey Appointed to California Commission on Disability Access
There is a new Facebook page especially for Enchanted Hills Camp for the Blind. Help make this page a flourishing community – post your photos and testimonies. This page is not only a repository for photos of camp that bring smiles to our faces but an avenue for campers or friends of Enchanted Hills to … Continue reading Enchanted Hills Camp is now on Facebook – Help us Reach 500 Likes!
In partnership with the Arts and Lectures Series at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, LightHouse for the Blind’s Community Services Program is able to offer free tickets to the following exciting events: The Great Broadway Sing-Along, Bettye LeVette and Cowgirl Creamery: A Conversation and Cheese Tasting. Tickets will be distributed on a first … Continue reading Free Tickets to Fun Events Through LightHouse Community Services
Join the LightHouse for the Blind Youth Program on our next adventure. We will be traversing some of San Francisco’s most epic hills and unique neighborhoods via Cable Car as we make our way to the historic Cable Car Museum. At the museum, participants will learn about the history of cable cars and how they … Continue reading Cable Car Ride and Museum Tour on November 23
Answer: The LightHouse for the Blind Youth Program Over the next few autumn-laced weeks, the LightHouse Youth Program will venture out into the city for some autumn-type fun including: a trip to a pumpkin patch on Saturday, October 12th from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. a Halloween costume party and social on Friday, October 25 a … Continue reading What do Pumpkins, Old Ships and Ghosts Have in Common?
