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Sitting on her Mother’s lap, a blind toddler thoughtfully uses her fingers to explore a tray of multi-colored feathers
LightHouse Launches New Program for Parents of Infants and Toddlers Who are Blind or Have Low Vision
LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is thrilled to announce the launch of a major new program called LightHouse
Students and instructors, all wearing white aprons, pose with cooking utensils in the LightHouse training kitchen
New to Blindness? Learn essential skills with a virtual Edition of Changing Vision Changing Life
A new CVCL starts this September.
Blind voter Amber and LightHouse volunteer Aisha hold a sealed vote-by-mail ballot in 2019
Information on the Upcoming California Recall Election, Including How LightHouse Volunteers Can Provide Support
Your options for voting in the California recall election
EHC teen camper working on a wood working project
LightHouse Youth Return to Favorite Programs this Fall. And Something New!
LightHouse’s Youth Programs team is excited to be bringing back many of your favorite virtual programs this autumn, plus introduce
Cropped illustration of 2 horizontal fencing weapons, blade cross sections in circles, and shaded target areas on body, with braille labels.
What are the different types of Olympic fencing?
Title: Olympic Fencing Description: The three Olympic fencing styles are contrasted by each weapon’s long cross section on the left
A composite of the LightHouse and Holman Prize logos
And the 2021 Holman Prizewinners Are…
The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco is pleased to announce the winners of the fifth
Two people wearing masks standing six feet apart in the LightHouse building lobby at 1155 Market Street
LightHouse to Pause Re-Opening
We continue to offer all our classes online led by all your favorite LightHouse instructors and specialists. As the situation
YES Summer Academy participants, Heaven, poses at the Grand Canyon
This Year Marked the Return of the YES Academy to EHC
This summer, LightHouse was thrilled to bring back the Youth Employment Services (YES) Summer Academy.
Anita Aaron
California Agencies for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CAABVI) appoints first Executive Director
We at Lighthouse are particularly pleased  that our former Executive Director Anita Shafer Aaron will lead the new nonprofit.
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