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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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 1, 2024

CONTACT: Summer Sanzo Dittmer

510.332.8087 | press@lighthouse-sf.org

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

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and ROSEVILLE, CA – In a groundbreaking collaboration, LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and PRIDE Industries announce SKILCRAFT® cleaning concentrates, developed and manufactured by blind and low vision…

04/01/2024 / LightHouse Staff / / No comments

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

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 28, 2024

CONTACT: Summer Sanzo Dittmer

510.332.8087 | press@lighthouse-sf.org

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

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Today, LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired proudly launches LightHouse ECO, a rebrand of its manufacturing social enterprise housed at the Sirkin Center in Alameda, Calif. The…

03/28/2024 / LightHouse Staff / / No comments

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

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 collection of comedians who have disabilities, both seen and unseen, and bring forth the humor they find in their experiences” (comedianswithdisabilitiesact.com/about).

These comedians will share their laugh-out-loud…

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!

[ngg src=galleries ids=20 sortorder=63,64,62 display=basic_thumbnail thumbnail_crop=0]Spring was in the air last Saturday as the paths that wind around the green lawns and lush gardens of the Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) campus in San Rafael were filled with the toddling feet and happy paws of the 2nd Annual Spring Celebration attendees!

Together with our friends at GDB,…

04/15/2024 / Caitlin O'Malior / Beeping egg hunts, Guide Dogs for the Blind, LightHouse Little Learners / No comments

Level Up Your Auditory Skills with LightHouse Language of Listening Course

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 blind people can be better attuned to their hearing with the right training. LightHouse is providing that training with the return of our online course The Language…

04/12/2024 / LightHouse Staff / language of listening, LightHouse programs / No comments

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

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. What does an ideal pedestrian-friendly city or community space look like? How can accessibility and inclusion for people who are visually impaired play…

04/12/2024 / LightHouse Staff / vision zero sf / No comments

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

“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 and taught by Bobbi Pompey, an Independent Living Skills Specialist with a passion for cooking and teaching. Each week you will learn non-visual kitchen…

03/27/2024 / LightHouse Staff / / No comments

LightHouse Staff and Students Compete in National Paraclimbing Competition

[caption id=attachment_61901 align=alignright width=336] Image looking down on Andrew climbing up a paraclimbing rock wall[/caption]

For over a year, LightHouse Community Services Coordinator, Andrew Martinez, has been organizing paraclimbing outings for the LightHouse community. Paraclimbing is adaptive rock-climbing for individuals with disabilities. Since LightHouse began joining ParaCliffHangers (a paraclimbing organization that helps set up accessible climbing routes…

03/21/2024 / Caitlin O'Malior / Ahmad Rahim, Andrew Martinez, Ellie Kneer, paraclimbers, paraclimbing, paralympics / No comments

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

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

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 Performance Salon.

The workshop runs from March 30 to 31 and participants will stay overnight at the LightHouse Student Residences, on the 11th floor…

03/21/2024 / Christina Daniels / 1155 Performance Salon, Dr. M. Leona Godin, LightHouse programs, Sabrina Bolus / No comments

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

Meet EBC!

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 community. As we move forward together with the shared mission of providing opportunity, education, employment and support for blind and low vision individuals by blind and…

03/21/2024 / LightHouse Staff / Earle Baum Center / 1 comment