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A Littleton Slugger, Independent Travel, Fear and Progress

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Dan Burke

August 11, 2016

Warren completed his woodshop project this week. We’ll call it a “Littleton Slugger”, which he turned on the mini-lathe. He plans to have all his instructors sign it when he graduates and returns home to Philadelphia. Wednesday Brigid successfully completed her support drop and Marlene went on her solo drop. Oh yeah, Marlene made it…
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A Send-off for Two Colleagues and Friends

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Dan Burke

July 31, 2016

Not only did we say good-bye to our 24 summer students in the past week, we also saw the departure of two friends and colleagues who’ve been with us for much of July. We’ve been excited to host Kimie Beverly as a student for the past three weeks. Kimie is President of the National Federation…
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Warren’s First Month at CCB

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Dan Burke

April 13, 2016

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Vika’s Monster Route: It’ll Turn Your Hair Blue!

by
Dan Burke

March 30, 2016

As students near the end of their program, they must plan and execute a “Monster Route.” Listen to Vika talk about hers. She graduates in a week!
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The Last Week of July 2015

by
Dan Burke

August 2, 2015

It’s the last week of July, and at the Colorado Center for the Blind we’re fighting the feeling that summer is almost over. We know that there are still weeks of hot weather, lovely warm Colorado evenings to enjoy. But that vague anxiety is fueled as the last week of July saw our 22 summer…
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Reblog: Have a cane in Your hand instead of a pole on your face

by
Dan Burke

December 8, 2014

A Summer 2014 Student Reflects (Editor’s Note: What follows is excerpted from an August 6, 2014 blog post of The Blind Coloradan, the official blog of the National Federation of the Blind of Colorado. An Arizona high school student, Christian Able was a student this summer and worked 40 hours for the NFBCO staff. Here’s…
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