This September we’re extremely pleased to be hosting a group of volunteers from the legendary apparel company Timberland, who will come from around the country to lend their time and effort into making Enchanted Hills Camp an even more picturesque, comfortable place to be. They’ll be dousing fences and handrails with fresh coats of paint, … Continue reading Volunteers Make Enchanted Hills the Ideal Retreat Destination
Learn about various labeling and organization tools and techniques in this 2-hour workshop. The focus will be on organization tips and actual hands-on experience with tactile, low vision, audible and electronic labeling methods to use in your daily life. Give us two hours and you will learn that there’s a lot more you can do … Continue reading LightHouse Connect – Tools and Techniques to Organize Your Life
September’s LightHouse Connect workshop was canceled — if you’re still interested in labeling and organization solutions, please contact esoto-parraz@lighthouse-sf.org or call 415-694-7316 to inquire about future classes. Learn about various labeling and organization tools and techniques in this 2-hour workshop. The focus will be on organization tips and actual hands-on experience with tactile, low vision, audible … Continue reading LightHouse Connect – Tools and Techniques to Organize Your Life [CANCELED]
The OrCam is an intuitive portable OCR (Optical Character Recognition) device that mounts onto the frames of your eyeglasses. OrCam recognizes text, products and faces, and speaks to you through a mini earpiece. The OrCam device responds to a simple intuitive gesture – a point of your finger or the press of a single button. … Continue reading A Portable Device That Augments Your Vision Using OCR Technology
“The program is fantastic and I think it provides a valuable service for people that need it, but I think the part that people that don’t understand is that it’s a two-way street – I get as much if not more than the person I’m working with.” –LightHouse Personal Services volunteer Jack Hankin Every day … Continue reading Volunteers Welcome at September Recognition
By Estate Planning Attorney Gary D. Rothstein, Esq. LightHouse supporters often ask us how they can help fund LightHouse programs and services after they pass away. We asked Attorney Gary D. Rothstein to talk about the difference between Revocable Trusts and Wills. You wish to provide for a bequest to LightHouse when you pass away. … Continue reading Ask an Expert: Why Make Your Charitable Bequests Through A Revocable Trust Rather Than Through A Will?
Olivia Margetic has never understood low expectations. Olivia, who has been visually impaired since birth, was raised with the confidence that she could do anything and everything just as well as her sighted brother. This meant attending public school in Marin, going to college, and rejecting the idea that she had to operate at a … Continue reading Olivia Margetic Finds Her People
Join the LightHouse Youth Program as we take twelve select high school and college students to attend the annual CCB Convention, in Woodland Hills just outside of Los Angeles. Students who take part in this trip will have the chance to test their independence, learn new skills and ideas, network with people from around the … Continue reading California Council of the Blind (CCB) Convention Youth Trip
Check out these adorable photos from our recent Blind Babies and Families session at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa! All photos courtesy Marilyn Bogerd. See more and share your own on the Enchanted Hills Camp Facebook page. Above: Casual baby, resembling a celebrity in shades and tank-top, reclines in stroller Above: young boy poses, mouth agape, stylish … Continue reading Photos: Blind Babies
The Cooking 101 series with the LightHouse Youth Program is back again with new classes for Fall 2015. Due to popular demand, the Cooking 101 series with the LightHouse Youth Program is back with new classes for fall of 2015. Whether you are interested in cooking tasty treats, simple side dishes and snacks, or festive … Continue reading Cooking 101 Gets Blind and Low Vision Youth in the Kitchen
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