March 2024 - LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

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

03/28/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2024 CONTACT: Summer Sanzo Dittmer 415-694-7661 | press@lighthouse-sf.org LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Announces Launch of LightHouse ECO SAN...

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

03/27/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

“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...

Image looking down on Andrew climbing up a paraclimbing rock wall

LightHouse Staff and Students Compete in National Paraclimbing Competition

03/21/2024/in LightHouse News/by Caitlin O'Malior

Image looking down on Andrew climbing up a paraclimbing rock wall For over a year, LightHouse Community Services Coordinator, Andrew Martinez, has been organizing paraclimbing outings for the LightHouse community....

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

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

03/21/2024/in LightHouse News/by Christina Daniels

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...

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

Meet EBC!

03/21/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

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...

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

03/21/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

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...

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

03/12/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

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!...

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

03/12/2024/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse Staff

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,...

Month: March 2024