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  • Comcast Cares Volunteers at Work

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    Dan Burke

    Workers with shoels, rakes and brooms in the snow and rain

    Heress a brief video from Comcast Cares Day 2016. It’s a 360p-degree look at volunteers at work outside at the Colorado Center for the Blind on the morning of April 30.

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  • April Snow Showers, Community & Comcast Cares

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    Dan Burke

    Workers with shoels, rakes and brooms in the snow and rain

    We’re still buzzing with the excitement of last Saturday. It’s not just the work, but it’s spirit of the folks who came and the shared effort! Saturday, April 30 dawned to several inches of wet snow on the Center’s grounds, and temperatures in the mid-30s. The rain mixed with snow continued all morning and afternoon,…

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  • Bring Your Snowshoes, Just in Case!

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    Dan Burke

    Two men grin at the camera with snowy mountains behind them

    Twenty-four blind and visually-impaired Front Range youth spent the weekend of April 22-24 in Estes Park. It had been planned as a snow-shoe trip, but instead the kids and 9 adults took a 6-and-ahalf mile hike in Rocky Mountain Park. For the past couple of years the Center has cosponsored a snowshoeing trip for blind…

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  • CCB & ACC Partner to Bring Acclaimed New Orleans Musician Henry Butler to Littleton

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    Dan Burke

    Henry Butler

    Henry Butler performance Date and Time: Thursday, 02/18/2016 – 6:30pm – 9:00pm Location: Littleton Campus – Waring Theatre (M2900) Arapahoe Community College and the Colorado Center for the Blind will welcome acclaimed musician Henry Butler to the ACC Littleton campus on Thursday, Feb. 18, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. in the Waring Theatre. The evening will begin…

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  • Help Our Students Hit Their Mark on Colorado Gives Day!

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    Dan Burke

    Vicki and Mo making and throwing snowballs A snowball is flying out of Vicki's hand right toward us

    The Colorado Center for the Blind uses innovative techniques to teach proven blindness skills to our students, but the secret to our success is the confidence our students gain in themselves – the confidence to take aim at their dreams and hit their mark! December 8 is Colorado Gives Day, and you can help our…

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  • Watch us on 9News with NSCD on Colorado Gives Day!

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    Dan Burke

    9News will be with us at the Center for Colorado Gives Day tomorrow morning! Our long-time collaboration with National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) will be spotlighted between 5:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. on 9News. The NSCD Moves obstacle course will be featured in a couple of segments, with Center students and staff in…

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  • Breaking Blind on “Shared Visions” Tactile Art Exhibit

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    Dan Burke

    The “Shared Visions” exhibit at Arapahoe Community College’s Colorado Gallery of the Arts on November 19 and 20 was a big success, featuring numerous multi-media and very tactile paintings by students in Nathan Abels‘ painting classes, as well as pottery pieces from joint activities between Center students in Ann Cunningham‘s art classes here and those…

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  • Emily’s Oz: The Comcast Press Release

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    Dan Burke

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    COMCAST BRINGS VOICE GUIDED TELEVISION TO COLORADO Company Partners with Local Disability Groups Across the Country to Introduce New Technology to More People “Talking Guide” Reads Aloud Channel Names, Show Titles and DVR Commands; National Commercial Set To Air During Academy Awards DENVER, CO – February 20, 2015 – Comcast today announced it is partnering…

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