Blogs – Page 6 – LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Join in the Laughter at the next 1155 Performance Salon, April 27 at 2:00 pm

04/16/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

It’s almost time for the next 1155 Performance Salon at LightHouse! For April, we welcome talented comedians from Comedians with Disabilities Act. The Comedians with Disabilities Act is “a fabulous...

1. Three children smile holding Easter baskets, the child in the middle is a wheelchair user

LightHouse and Guide Dogs for the Blind Hosted their 2nd Annual Spring Celebration!

04/15/2024/in LightHouse News/by Caitlin O'Malior

Beeping eggs, puppies and Glinda, oh my!

Level Up Your Auditory Skills with LightHouse Language of Listening Course

04/12/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

There’s a misconception that people who are blind or have low vision have better hearing than their sighted peers. That’s not true, but what is true is that...

LightHouse and Vision Zero SF Are Hosting another Public Forum on May 1!

04/12/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

LightHouse is proud to once again partner with Vision Zero SF to bring our community another public forum! On Wednesday, May 1, we will continue our insightful conversations around pedestrian safety....

Three people wearing Pride Industries uniforms. The middle one holds the handle of a mope when the two at either end hold PrideClean products

LightHouse ECO and PRIDE Industries Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration, Set Precedent for Inclusive Employment

04/01/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2024 CONTACT: Summer Sanzo Dittmer 415-694-7661 | press@lighthouse-sf.org LightHouse ECO and PRIDE Industries Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration, Set Precedent for Inclusive Employment SAN...

LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Announces Launch of LightHouse ECO

03/28/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2024 CONTACT: Summer Sanzo Dittmer 415-694-7661 | press@lighthouse-sf.org LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Announces Launch of LightHouse ECO SAN...

Bobbi Pompey, right, works in the LightHouse Training Kitchen with a student

RSVP This April for May Class “Meet Me in the Kitchen,” a Non-Visual Kitchen Skills Course

03/27/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

“Meet Me in the Kitchen,” is a five-week course designed to empower LightHouse students with the non-visual techniques needed to prepare and present delicious meals independently. This course is created...

Image looking down on Andrew climbing up a paraclimbing rock wall

LightHouse Staff and Students Compete in National Paraclimbing Competition

03/21/2024/in LightHouse News/by Caitlin O'Malior

Image looking down on Andrew climbing up a paraclimbing rock wall For over a year, LightHouse Community Services Coordinator, Andrew Martinez, has been organizing paraclimbing outings for the LightHouse community....

Dr. M. Leona Godin stands on a dock holding her white cane

LightHouse Offers Storytelling Weekend with Workshop and Performance Salon, March 30 & 31

03/21/2024/in LightHouse News/by Christina Daniels

During the weekend of March 30 & 31, LightHouse welcomes Dr. M. Leona Godin, a writer and performer who is blind, to lead a two-day storytelling workshop and to host our next...

EBC Campus - Four class-room sized yellow buildings surrounded by grass, greenery, and trees

Meet EBC!

03/21/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

As many of our newsletter subscribers may remember, we excitedly announced our collaboration with fellow blindness agency, the Earle Baum Center (EBC) in Santa Rosa, who have joined the LightHouse...