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Image looking down on Andrew climbing up a paraclimbing rock wall

LightHouse Staff and Students Compete in National Paraclimbing Competition

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Rendering of the new accessible fare gate at a BART station with five foot high clear swing doors

Civic Center BART Station to Install New Accessible Fare Gate on Platform Level, Beginning March 22

As part of their Safe and Clean plan to reimagine the rider experience, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) will be replacing its more than 700 fare gates systemwide. The new fare gates are taller and stronger to deter fare evasion while improving accessibility and reliability with modern equipment and advanced sensors. The plan is…

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LightHouse Little Learners holding spring-themed decorated bags hunt for beeping eggs at an accessible egg hunt at last year's Spring Celebration

Save the Date: Spring Celebration Hosted by LightHouse and Guide Dogs for the Blind, April 6

We are thrilled to invite families with young children who are blind or have low vision to our Spring Celebration 2024 event featuring beeping egg hunts, fun family activities and more! This special event will occur on Saturday, April 6 from 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm at Guide Dogs for the Blind's San Rafael…

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The EHC Summer 2023 Staff pose together at a picnic table at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa

Youth can Register for the 2024 Enchanted Hills Camp Counselor-in-Training and Leadership Development Program

The Enchanted Hills Camp (EHC) Counselor-in-Training and Leadership Development Program is designed to nurture blind and low vision leaders through immersive soft-skills development and career exploration. Participants engage in discussions, role-playing, and hands-on practice under the guidance of LightHouse staff during the Summer Camp programs at EHC. By the program's end, participants gain enhanced…

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Kari Kelly, a black woman with thin braids in her hair

1155 Performance Salon featuring singer Kari Kelley is February 17

Celebrate Black History Month at our third of six Performance Salons with an afternoon of music and story blending civil rights and disability justice at LightHouse HQ in San Francisco. The line-up will start with a curated selection of warm-up acts to get the show going then lead into our headliner, Kari Kelley. 
 
Kari is…

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A new structure at EHC with external wood paneling, large windows, and is surrounded by redwood trees and newly paved paths

An Enchanted Update from EHC!

After an incredibly productive autumn and a peaceful holiday break, our friends at Wright Construction have made their way back up Mt. Veeder Road as our re-building and re-imagination projects at Enchanted Hills Camp continue. We are thrilled to share with our beloved EHC Community the progress we’ve made up at camp and what…

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Alex Perez, Marie Finch and Steve Gill pose together holing a book about Tony Bennett

Gill Family hosts 22nd Annual Enchanted Hills Camp Benefit Concert

LightHouse is honored to once again be the beneficiary of the annual concert hosted by our dear friends and longtime Enchanted Hills Camp Alumni, the Gill Family. This year’s concert theme is A Tribute to Tony Bennett. Treat yourself to a night of incredible music performed by Alex Perez, Marie Finch, and Steve Gill…

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