January 2022 - LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Mars Perseverance Parachute with braille labels.

What was that secret code on NASA’s Mars Perseverance Parachute?

01/28/2022/in Touching the News/by Naomi Rosenberg

Tactile graphic 1: Perseverance Parachute Description: Parachute viewed from below, showing patterned segments filled with orange, white, or a number or letter. The code along the outer circle is the coordinates...

Three Perkins Braillers sit on a desk in focus in the foreground, three students working at three other Perkins Braillers are out of focus in the background

Let Your Fingers do the Reading: Get Ready for the 2022 Braille Challenge

01/25/2022/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

LightHouse is thrilled to announce the upcoming 2022 Northern California Braille Challenge! We have had the privilege of hosting the event at our headquarters in San Francisco in previous years, most...

Two volunteers, a man and a child, planting a tree at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa

Over a Thousand New Trees and Shrubs Planted at Enchanted Hills Over the Past Three-Day Weekend

01/21/2022/in LightHouse News/by Caitlin O'Malior

Over this past Martin Luther King holiday weekend LightHouse and Enchanted Hills Camp hosted a three-day tree planting event. Volunteers joined EHC staff members and supporters—including Dan Kistler, our...

January 6 US Capitol Timeline Maps

01/14/2022/in Touching the News/by Naomi Rosenberg

Graphic 1: Jan 6, 2021, US Capitol Overview Map Image Description: Map of the Capitol Building surrounded by police barricade fencing and the locations where it was breached. North is to the...

Applications for the LightHouse for the Blind – San Francisco 2022 Holman Prize open January 21

01/13/2022/in LightHouse News/by Caitlin O'Malior

Now in its sixth year, the Holman Prize for Blind Ambition annually awards up to $25,000 each to three blind people from around the world who have an incredible idea that...

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteer helps a program participant file their taxes

Tax Time Will Soon Be Upon Us, Let LightHouse and AARP Help You Through It

01/13/2022/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

LightHouse is partnering with AARP’s Tax-Aide Program to provide free tax filing support at 1155 Market Street this tax filing season. AARP will be at LightHouse HQ on Tuesdays and...

An infant, wearing glasses, who is falling asleep with his head raised, leaning on his arms on top of a moon-shaped pillow

LightHouse Little Learners Hosts its First Event- the Well-Renowned Lowenfeld-Akeson Early Years Symposium

01/13/2022/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

The Lowenfeld-Akeson Symposium is held every winter to educate service providers, families and students about new developments in the fields of pediatric ophthalmology, neurology and early childhood education of children...

Redwood trees at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa, CA

Come and plant some trees at Enchanted Hills Camp

01/10/2022/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day on Monday, January 17, LightHouse and Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa are hosting a special tree-planting event! We have an ambitious goal of...

Industry Leading HR and Payroll Company ADP Works with LightHouse to Enhance Accessibility of Products to Blind Users

01/05/2022/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired of San Francisco and blind LightHouse staff members reached an agreement with the Professional Employer Organization ADP TotalSource® to enhance the accessibility...

Month: January 2022