Tag Archive

Fundraiser

LightHouse News

Start your Spring With our Most Beautiful Bicycling Fundraiser Ever!

Cycle for Sight riders on a tandem bicycleCycle for Sight, our annual cycling fundraiser to support Enchanted Hills Camp for the Blind, is next month

Ride with Us: Join Team LightHouse
The team is forming right now and excited to ride. Among those enlisted are Margie Donovan, Mike May, Mark Smethers, James Clearey and Chris Downey, to name a few ride veterans.

You don’t have to ride together, but together you’ll support the programs of Enchanted Hills Camp. So be sure to write in “Team LightHouse’ when you register online and Enchanted Hills will get all the credit.

What:  Enjoy the beauty of Napa and the challenge of a 15, 25 or 50 mile bike ride with 2,000 other cyclists.
When: Saturday, April 16
Where: The ride starts and finishes at Justin Siena High School, 4026 Maher Street, Napa, CA 94558, where the Wine and Music Festival will be in full swing! During the festival enjoy wine tasting from Napa Valley wineries, beer tasting from local microbreweries and local cuisine from Napa Valley restaurants, all while listening and dancing to the sounds of “Pride and Joy”.
How: Go to www.cycle4sight.com for route information, start times and to register.

Ride independently or on a tandem
Enchanted Hills Camp Director Tony Fletcher is helping pair pilots and stokers. Contact him at tfletcher@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7319.

Ride for Us: Raise Funds for Camp
Team members will raise vital funds for Enchanted Hills Camp for the Blind…and get a snazzy t-shirt! Ask your friends, neighbors and family if they will help support our efforts by sponsoring you in the ride. Raise $300 or more and receive a free stay the evening before the ride at Enchanted Hills including meals. There’s also a prize for the person who raises the most contributions. Here is a letter for you to personalize and begin fundraising for Enchanted Hills Camp now.

Can’t Ride with Us? You can still Support the Team
Show your support to an individual rider or the whole Team. Go to www.lighthouse-sf.org/donate and choose Cycle for Sight as your designation. Thank you for supporting Enchanted Hills Camp for the Blind.

LightHouse News

Buy Tickets Now to the VIBES2: Just for Fun! Fundraiser to Support LightHouse Music Academy

Armando's logoEnjoy good food, live music and entertainment by blind performers, plus a fabulous raffle and auction at Joyce Cid’s VIBES2: Just for Fun! Event. (VIBES stands for Visually Impaired and Blind Entertainment Sunday.)

When: Sunday, April 3, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Armando’s, 707 Marina Vista, Martinez CA 94553, (925) 228-6985

Come hungry – Roxx on Main will be providing food for purchase.

All proceeds to benefit Music Academy at Enchanted Hills Camp. Purchase tickets to VIBES.

To donate raffle and auction items, contact Joyce Cid at (925) 372-7632 or Tosha Davis at (925) 818-1687. To learn more about the event, please contact Megara Vogl at (415) 694-7335 or mvogl@lighthouse-sf.org.

About Music Academy
Music Academy at Enchanted Hills Camp for the Blind is a 10-day summer workshop for serious blind musicians to take their music to the next level, meet other blind musicians, learn to read, write and record music accessibly, and how to be a success in the field of music.

Read more about Music Academy.

Music Academy draws young motivated blind and musicians with low vision from around the nation. Donate to support Music Academy.

Joyce Cid

LightHouse News

Registration Now Open for the Biggest, Best Bicycle Ride of 2016

Cycle for Sight riders on a tandem bicycleRegistration is now open for the Napa Rotary’s Cycle for Sight 2016 ride which will be held on Saturday, April 16.

Cycle for Sight boasts more than 2,000 riders and provides the single biggest fundraiser for Enchanted Hills Camp for the Blind. Don’t be left out. Come join the largest and most fun group of tandem riders in Northern California to have some fun, get some exercise and support EHC’s life-changing programs. Sign up at www.cycle4sight.com to ride as a cyclist for Team LightHouse and enjoy the beauty of scenic Napa and the challenge of a 15, 25 or 50 mile route with 2,000 other cyclists.

Raise pledges for every mile you ride through the Cycle for Sight website or donate directly to support Enchanted Hills.

Be sure to designate “Team LightHouse” when you register.

During the festival enjoy wine tasting from Napa Valley wineries, beer tasting from local microbreweries and local cuisine from Napa Valley restaurants, all while listening and dancing to the timeless pop/soul of “Pride and Joy”.

Interested in piloting a tandem bike for a blind stoker? Or, are you a blind stoker in need of a pilot? Contact Tony Fletcher via email at afletcher@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7319 to join Team LightHouse today.

LightHouse News

Got Talent? Audition by February 1 for the April VIBES Variety Show and Help Raise Money to send Kids to the Enchanted Hills Music Academy

Friend of the LightHouse, Joyce Cid, is organizing another one of her stellar fundraisers to raise money for scholarships to Enchanted Hills. This year all proceeds will go to scholarships for our summer Music Academy. The event will feature talented musicians (and other performers) from around the Bay Area.

Are you a blind musician, comedian or other entertainer? To audition to be part of the show, email Joyce Cid (jcid@sbcglobal.net) a link to a video or audio clip showcasing your talent. Deadline for submissions is February 1.

Tickets to this event will go on sale in the spring. In addition to the entertainment on stage, there will also be tempting food options and alluring silent auction and raffle prizes. Whether you attend as a performer on stage or as an adoring fan of our blind talent, please plan to join us for this special event.

What: V.I.B.E.S. (Visually Impaired and Blind Entertainment Sunday), a fundraiser benefiting Enchanted Hills Camp for the Blind, a program of the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Audition Deadline: Monday, February 1.
When: The show will be on Sunday, April 3, 2016, 1 to 4 pm
Where: Armando’s in Martinez http://www.armandosmartinez.com/

For more information about Music Academy, see this recent article on the program.

 

LightHouse News

This Weekend, Life is a Cabaret: Join us on January 9 and 10 for the Annual Great American Songbook Benefit

Portrait of Anne and Steve GillThe Gill Family, with the help of fabulously talented Menlo School students, alumni and faculty continue their tradition of special concerts in honor of their daughter Anne, a longtime Enchanted Hills camper. This year the two concerts explore the work of the highly successful songwriting team John Kander and Fred Ebb, best known for musicals Cabaret, Chicago and Fosse as well as the iconic song (known to many of us as a signature piece for Frank Sinatra) New York, New York.

What: Life is a Cabaret: An Evening with Kander and Ebb
When: Two Performances – Saturday, January 9 and Sunday January 10, 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Spieker Ballroom at the Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton 94027
$15 donation requested. Seating is on a first come, first seated basis
All proceeds benefit our Enchanted Hills Camp Special Needs Session

For more information contact Steve or Nancy Gill at (650) 948-4648 or nancyggill@yahoo.com.

LightHouse News

Cycle for Sight Brings in $32,000/First Deaf-Blind Cycle for Sight Team

We did it again! We’re proud to have another Cycle for Sight Fundraiser under our belts and we’re deeply grateful to the Rotary Club of Napa for their award of $32,000, our share of the proceeds raised by 2,000 cyclists for the Cycle for Sight 2015 event, and to everyone who contributed to make this award possible.

Rotary Club of Napa members present a giant-sized check for $32,000 to Enchanted Hills staff. Left to right, Dale Carriker, Gary Rose, Camp Construction Manager George Wurtzel, Camp Director Tony Fletcher and Tim CooneyWe are thankful for the hard work of those who raised funds through the pledgereg.com website as well as our individual supporters who raised almost $5,000 in direct donations to support Camp: Tino Benelli, Margie Donovan, Tony Fletcher, Gena Harper, Sean McGee and Prindle Vaux.

Our thanks and congratulations to all the riders and fundraisers!

 

Deaf-Blind Cyclists Ride in Cycle for SightOur first-ever Deaf-Blind Cyclist Group Rode in this year’s Cycle for Sight 2015

This year, for the first time, an organized group of three deaf-blind cyclists and two volunteer SSPs (Support Service Providers) participated as part of Team LightHouse in Cycle of Sight on April 18. Some rode 25 miles, others did the 15 mile run. With the support of the SSPs, all of the cyclists were able to complete their ride. Next year will see more deaf-blind riders and volunteer SSPs. The Northern California Association of the Deaf-Blind will meet monthly to practice riding tandem bikes.

Save the Date!
We’ve just gotten word from the Napa Rotary Club that Cycle for Sight 2016 will be held on Saturday, April 16. Don’t forget to mark your calendars.

LightHouse News

Tactile Enchanted Hills Chocolate Bars Now on Sale

Bars of Enchanted Hills chocolate - visible are the raised letters that spell out EHCBack by popular demand!

Right now you can purchase delicious handmade bars made of dark chocolate at our Adaptations store and at Enchanted Hills Camp. Our Napa neighbor Dan Galvin (chocolatier hobbyist) taught us everything we needed to know about how to make our own bars, including how to create a design, how to purchase the equipment and how to actually make and package the chocolate. All the chocolate bars were made in the commercial kitchen at Enchanted Hills Camp.

The taste of the chocolate is complex and rich; its smell is divine and it is beautiful to look at, with letters that spell out E H C on top – each letter adorned with its corresponding letter in braille. We are selling each delicious 3-ounce Enchanted Hills Chocolate bar for only $5.00. All proceeds go to support Enchanted Hills Camp for the Blind. Come and get yours now!

For more information call us at Adaptations at 1-888-400-8933 or stop by Adaptations at 214 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

LightHouse News

Cycle for Sight 2015: A Fundraiser on Wheels

Anthony Dalli, Jimmy Cong and Andy Rodriquez stand in front of the Enchanted Hills Camp banner. Jimmy is in the center playing gum gum style on the guitarWith sunny skies, mild temperatures and the largest number of blind riders on tandems, last month’s Cycle for Sight was a blast. What a great group of people – full of energy and vitality. It was wonderful to see all of the tandem riders and captains out on the road.

More than 2,500 people participated in this year’s event, a huge number for any Northern California ride. The Napa Rotary Club was aiming to have revenues exceed $250,000 for this event, which demonstrates how much effort went into it.

Heartfelt thanks go to: Our volunteers from Google and AmeriCorps for making the EHC water station an oasis, Jimmy Cong for playing his beautiful guitar tunes at the main rest stop, LightHouse Board member Gena Harper and camper Xianna Rodriguez for speaking with passion and eloquence from the stage, all of the riders who raised sponsorships to support Enchanted Hills and to Tony Fletcher for leading the team on a safe and fun adventure. Thank you to BORP (Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program) and Napa Valley Bike tours for lending tandem bikes to our fleet. And we truly appreciated the Silver Sponsorship of Sports Basement and donations of vittles from KIND Bars.

Most of all, thank you to the Napa Rotary Club for coordinating this fine event, making it possible for kids who are blind to have a transformative camp experience at Enchanted Hills.

Cycle for Sight 2016 will be on Saturday, April 16th. Don’t miss it!

Team LightHouse members (left to right) Elysia Arriola, Alexia Arriola, Maycie Vorrieter

A large group of Team LightHouse members gather in front of the LightHouse table at the festival

LightHouse News

Donate Your Car to the LightHouse

Did you know you can donate your car, RV, boat or other vehicle to benefit the LightHouse? Car donations are a wonderful way to do something useful with that old car you’ve had sitting in your backyard for what may seem like an eternity. It’s hard to know what to do with an older vehicle. Who really wants it? Do you try to sell it? What will you get out of it? Will it require added expense to fix it up before you can sell it? Or, will you have to pay to just have it towed out of your sight?

Donating your car to the LightHouse solves all those problems for you with ease. Just call our vendor, CARS (Charitable Adult Ride Services), at their toll-free number, 1-877-537-5277 and let them know you’d like to donate your vehicle to support the LightHouse for the Blind in San Francisco.

LightHouse News

It’s This Saturday – Still a Chance to Ride in Cycle for Sight

At Cycle for Sight 2014, Team LightHouse member Kate Williams raises her arm in greeting as she and her captain enjoy the speed of a tandemOnline registration is about to close but don’t despair – you can still register for Cycle for Sight in person and ride with Team LightHouse.

Same day registration will be available onsite Saturday morning beginning at 7:00 a.m. and closing at 10:00 a.m. Festival tickets can be purchased at registration tables and at the festival entry opening at 11:00 a.m. Join 2,000 cyclists and get fit while supporting Enchanted Hills!

The ride starts and finishes at Justin Siena High School, 4026 Maher Street – Napa, CA 94558, where the Cycle for Sight Wine and Music Festival will take place.

If you have questions, contact Tony Fletcher via email at afletcher@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7319.

Get details on the race here.