The Castro Lions and the San Francisco Park Presidio Sunset Lions are cohosting a Crab Feed to benefit the LightHouse for the Blind and other charities. When: Saturday, February 9. Cocktails at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner and dancing between 7 and 10:00 p.m. Where: St Anne of the Sunset at 850 Judah St. at … Continue reading Lions Host Crab Feed 2013 on February 9
With support from the Napa Valley Community Foundation we are launching a Napa Resident Family Camp. The Camp will be held in English and Spanish. This educational retreat is the first of its kind in Napa. The Family Retreat’s modules will use team-building exercises – including hiking, communal art projects, adaptive sports and trust exercises. … Continue reading New Family Camp for Napa Residents
Come kick off the new LightHouse Youth Programs with an attempt to “fly” at the San Francisco House of Air. With the assistance of some top flight House of Air instructors, you will jump, bounce, flip and possibly “fly.” The hour-long lesson will start with the basics of safe jumping and falling, which will then … Continue reading New Program for Blind and Visually Impaired Youth Gets off the Ground- Literally
The Paciello Group (TPG) is carrying out a mobile accessibility survey which will be available until the end of January 2013. The survey is a simple 15 question survey that takes just a few moments to complete. Input is being sought from people with disabilities or people using assistive technologies on a mobile device. Mobile … Continue reading Mobile Accessibility Survey
Applications are now available for the 2013 Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities (YLF), held July 22–26 in Sacramento. This program is provided to accepted students with disabilities at no cost. YLF is an annual five-day leadership program that provides information and resources about employment, education, independence and assistive technology. For more information or … Continue reading Youth Leadership Forum taking applications for July program
On December 14 LightHouse celebrated the holidays by taking a short trip around the world. The celebration included Rabbi Mark talking about the mitzvah of lighting the candles on Chanukah, Christmas Caroling, traditions of the Virgin de Guadalupe and Dias Las Posadas, a Kwanzaa Presentation, a holiday Chamber Music Performance of Oboe and Flute, and … Continue reading First-Ever Multicultural Celebration at the LightHouse
On December 12th, LightHouse was the beneficiary of Northern California Human Resources Association’s (NCHRA) holiday networking social/silent auction at Bin 480 restaurant in the San Francisco Marriott-Union Square. LightHouse Executive Director/CEO Bryan Bashin – joined by Employment Immersion Program Director (and former NCHRA Board Member) Kate Williams – stressed the importance of not only recruiting qualified … Continue reading Thank You Northern California Human Resources Association!
Although the LightHouse has been providing training and support to persons who are deaf-blind for over twenty years, we’ve recently taken on our biggest initiative yet. The new program helps deaf-blind individuals receive equipment which will give individual’s accessible means to connecting with friends and family via texting, email and telephone. Response for this program … Continue reading Deaf-Blind Telecommunications Program Receives Flood of Interest
“My chocolate chip cookies are chewy and big. The joke is I make them big so it is easier for me to see them.” These are the words of Dan O’Connor, a 62-year-old blind baker who has been developing tasty gluten free baked goods for Sans Grocery Store in Marin. How does Dan do it? … Continue reading Dan, Dan, The Baking Man Boosts his Skills at LightHouse for the Blind
When we reflect on the first year and a half of the Employment Immersion program we are filled with a sense of pride knowing we have been involved in changing the lives of the people we serve in a most remarkable way. We have a successful placement rate of 35% of the participants (a rate … Continue reading Employment Successes: Laurie Van Allen
