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2025 Providers Weekend at Enchanted Hills Camp

01/27/2025 LightHouse Staff

Friday, March 21 – Sunday, March 23
Enchanted Hills Camp
3410 Mt Veeder Rd,
Napa, CA 94558

The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is delighted to invite you to the 2025 Providers Weekend, a three-day professional retreat at our newly rebuilt Enchanted Hills Camp (EHC). Join us from Friday evening, March 21, through Sunday, March 23, for a weekend filled with professional development, networking, and camp-inspired fun. Explore the latest innovations in blindness services while enjoying the scenic beauty and unique spirit of EHC—the perfect setting to learn, relax, and connect.

Weekend Highlights

Friday Evening: Tour the camp’s new facilities, followed by dinner and an opening campfire.
Saturday: Morning breakout sessions led by expert presenters, an afternoon of camp activities, and an evening of wine tasting and a live concert.
Sunday: Early morning hike before breakfast, and a final group debrief to wrap up the weekend.

Breakout Sessions

Saturday’s breakout sessions offer dynamic, hands-on learning opportunities from leaders in the field and will be eligible for CEUs. Topics include:

Career Connect & Transition – Presented by APH Team
AI Applications for Your Students – Presented by the LightHouse AT Team
Teach the Teacher: AT Evaluation as an Educator – Presented by the CATT Team
Teach the Teacher: Reading Tactile Maps – Presented by the LightHouse MAD Lab Team

Lodging Options

We’ve designed two lodging packages to balance comfort and affordability. All accommodation includes meals, bedding, and a full weekend of camp activities. Limited partial scholarships are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

$250 – Group Lodging
Shared sleeping spaces for up to 16 individuals in bunk beds; shared bathrooms in separate facilities (e.g., New Bunk House Cabins).
$500 – Smaller Shared Lodging
Shared rooms for 4 to 8 individuals with shared bathrooms in the same building (e.g., Lake Side Cabins, Lodge, and New Forest Cabins).

Transportation

Participants may arrange their own transportation to 3410 Mount Veeder Road, Napa, CA, where ample parking is available. Lighthouse has also made arrangements for a limited number of seats in round-trip shuttle from the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley for $50 per person, however space will be limited.

Registration Info

Providers Weekend welcomes professionals dedicated to advancing services for people who are blind, have low vision, or are visually impaired. This event is open to the following with priority going to these that work with students that may attend EHC at some point:

Teachers of the Visually Impaired (TVI)
Orientation & Mobility Specialists (O&M)
DOR Counselors
Braille Teachers
Living Skills Instructors
Para Educators
Mental Health Providers
Other service professionals working with blind or low vision individuals

To register, complete the linked registration form by Friday, March 7. Once submitted, a member of the EHC team will confirm your participation and collect payment. Register for Providers Weekend here.

We look forward to welcoming you to this enriching and unforgettable weekend at Enchanted Hills Camp! Should you have any questions or need any assistance with registration, please contact us at EHC@old.lighthouse-sf.org or call 415-694-7372.

Providers Weekend Day Pass – Saturday March 22

We’re excited to announce our Providers Weekend Day Pass on Saturday, March 22, for just $50 per person! This full-day experience includes amazing breakout sessions, camp activities, and evening entertainment, all designed for personal and professional growth.

Saturday Highlights:

Morning Breakout Sessions led by expert presenters
Afternoon Camp Activities for relaxation and networking
Evening Wine Tasting & Live Concert to unwind and enjoy the community

Breakout Sessions:

Career Connect & Transition – Presented by the APH Team
AI Applications for Your Students – Presented by the LightHouse AT Team
Teach the Teacher: AT Evaluation as an Educator – Presented by the CATT Team
Teach the Teacher: Reading Tactile Maps – Presented by the LightHouse MADLab Team

To find out more about the Providers Weekend Day pass, please contact EHC@old.lighthouse-sf.org or call 415-694-7372.

LightHouse News

Blindness Teachers and Educators Gather at Enchanted Hills for Biggest Providers Weekend Ever

06/02/2016 LightHouse Staff

O&M instructors, Teachers of the Visually Impaired, Blindness agency representatives and independent contractors in the blindness field all came together in late May to network and learn at Enchanted Hills Retreat. Highlights included an overview of tactile map projects that included a tactile map-driven scavenger hunt; a session led by LightHouse staff on how to best to collaborate with the Department of Rehabilitation; and our featured presenter, Christian Erfurt, CEO of Be My Eyes, an app that connects blind people with volunteer describers from around the world via live video chat.

Camp Director Tony Fletcher said, “It was extremely enjoyable meeting such a variety of participants but especially to see the number of first timers at EHC. We don’t want camp to be a secret. We want students and professionals to know about our camp and our programs and I think we accomplished that goal at this year’s Providers Weekend. I witnessed professional relationships forming and an impressive connectivity.”

LightHouse News

Are You a Vision Instructor or Other Blindness Professional? Come to Provider’s Weekend at Enchanted Hills This May

01/27/2016 LightHouse Staff 6 Comments

Free to first timers!

For over 20 years the LightHouse has hosted Provider’s Weekend, our signature event where teachers, managers, program staff and students entering the blindness field can meet and network throughout a long weekend.

Be sure to reserve May 20 to 22 now for an enlarged and far-ranging Provider’s Weekend at Enchanted Hills Retreat in Napa.

When: May 20–22, 2016
Where: Enchanted Hills Retreat
Cost: $100.00 (free for first-time participants)

May is the perfect month to swim in our heated pool, meet others in the warm evening around the campfire, and wrestle with bigger questions that take a bit more time than available around the office water cooler. You’ll meet service providers working in the field of blindness from all over northern California, in workshops and presentations. You’ll exchange practical ideas and build a network you might not otherwise have. You might even find your next job.

Stay in a lakeside cabin, the lodge or one of our fully accessible cabins next to the dining hall. The cost for the weekend, including all meals, is $100.00. In addition to discussing philosophies, trends and issues we face in providing services for people with visual impairments, you can enjoy boating on Lake Lakoya, trails for hiking and savory meals provided by a wonderful kitchen staff. You’ll learn from your peers, relax in a natural setting with many educational and recreational opportunities. And it’s not unheard of to find a drop or two of Napa wine from the neighborhood, too.

Special Incentive for First Time Attendees!
As a special incentive for first-time attendees of Provider’s Weekend – have the weekend on us. The free retreat is the least we can do to honor those who are helping shape the blindness field across northern California.

So mark your calendars now and reserve space before it’s gone. We expect with the flood of new faces we’ll fill all available cabins well before May.

For information and reservations contact Tony Fletcher at 415-694-7319 or tfletcher@old.lighthouse-sf.org.