LightHouse will be closed on Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday.
Events in May 2022
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Little Learners Playgroup (online)
Little Learners Playgroup (online)
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May 5Bring your giggles and wiggles to Little Learners weekly Zoom Playgroup, Thursdays from 9:30am - 10:15am. Enjoy fun activities with your little one, ages 0-6, while learning strategies to support your child's visual, sensory, motor and concept development. Connect with other families who understand and share your experience raising a child who is blind, has low vision, or Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Weekly activities are designed to be accessible for all, and to build upon monthly themes that you can integrate into your family routines. All are welcome!
For more information or to register, please email Jacqueline Barden at littlelearners@lighthouse-sf.org or call (415) 694-7657. Meet you in the Zoom Room!
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American Red Cross Blood Drive at LightHouse
American Red Cross Blood Drive at LightHouse
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May 6Every blood donation can save up to three lives. Will you join the LightHouse community in giving back by giving blood? To schedule your appointment or for more information visit this link or call 1-800 RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
If you have questions regarding your eligibility to donate blood, please call 1-866-236-3276. This event is co-sponsored by LightHouse for the Blind and American Red Cross.
Reel Escape Audio Description Club (online)Reel Escape Audio Description Club (online)
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May 6Reel Escape Audio Description Club Fridays in May @ 8:00 pmWe all need an escape at times, and with the Real Escape Audio Description Club you can do just that with your blind and low vision friends. Our weekly showing will start at 8:00 pm but we will have plenty of time after to connect with your EHC and LightHouse friends.Who: Teens and young adults who are blind or have low visionWhat: Audio description media club via ZoomWhen:- Friday, May 6 Daredevil Season 2 Episode 13
- Friday, May 13 Coda Friday
Where: Anywhere you can access a Zoom meetingRSVP: Please contact Jamey Gump by email at jgump@lighthouse-sf.org or by phone at 415-694-7372.Note: Zoom meeting information will be shared with those that RSVP by 5:00 pm of the day before the program. -
College Spaces in the Community (in-person)
College Spaces in the Community (in-person)
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May 7College Spaces in the Community: Spark Social SF Outing
When: Saturday May 7 from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Where: We will be meeting at Embarcadero BART and walking over, but you are welcome to meet us at Spark Social!
Address: 601 Mission Bay Blvd, San Francisco
Calling all College Spaces members! We’re excited to announce our first official in-person outing, happening the first Saturday in May at Spark Social SF. We will be gathering for an afternoon of good food and reconnecting with friends, and hope you all can join.
With questions or to RSVP, reach out to Daisy at dsoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7328 . Please RSVP by Monday May 2, 2022.
Note: Remember to bring money for food, and a warm jacket as we will be sitting outside!
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Little Learners Spring Garden Party (in-person)
Little Learners Spring Garden Party (in-person)
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May 9Little Learners welcomes families to a Spring Garden Party on the patio at Ed Roberts Center in Berkeley. Fun activities for children ages birth to six will include sensory play, bubbles, lemonade-making and more! Enjoy light snacks, meet other families and take home a beautiful keepsake photo.
Address: Ed Roberts Center 3075 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
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National Federation of the Blind: San Francisco Chapter Meeting (online)
National Federation of the Blind: San Francisco Chapter Meeting (online)
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May 10The National Federation of the Blind is a nationwide community of members that believe blind people can live the lives they want. We meet online via Zoom with the following schedule:
6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Virtual Happy (Half) Hour
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. – Chapter MeetingTo RSVP, contact President Bobbi Pompey at bobbipompey@gmail.com or 336-988-6375.
College Spaces From Different Places (online)College Spaces From Different Places (online)
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May 10College Spaces From Different Places: The college experience around the world
When: Tuesday May 10, 2022 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Join us for the last College Spaces meeting of the schoolyear! This month we will be joined by blind and low-vision college students from other countries, who will be sharing about their experiences. Come learn how different, and similar the experience of blindness and college is outside of the USA, and meet some great new friends in the process! Bring all your questions and join us for this exciting evening!
College Spaces from Different Places is a peer led student organization which cultivates connections and community for all undergraduate college students. College Spaces from Different Places is a group designed by and for low vision and blind students to have fun, build community, and share in our struggles and accomplishments. Many undergrads are currently missing out on forming social connections on their own college campus. Therefore, joining College Spaces from Different Places will give you an opportunity to come together with others from across the state. Leave your books and syllabi behind and join us!
If you have any questions or would like to be part of future College Spaces from Different Places gatherings, contact Daisy Soto dsoto@lighthouse-sf.org or call 415-694-7328To learn more. Please RSVP by May 6, 2022 to receive the Zoom link.
NOTE: The Zoom link to join will be distributed the morning of the meetup. All blind/low vision college students are welcome, and you DO NOT need any authorizations from the DOR to join.
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Reel Escape Audio Description Club (online)
Reel Escape Audio Description Club (online)
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May 13Reel Escape Audio Description Club Fridays in May @ 8:00 pmWe all need an escape at times, and with the Real Escape Audio Description Club you can do just that with your blind and low vision friends. Our weekly showing will start at 8:00 pm but we will have plenty of time after to connect with your EHC and LightHouse friends.Who: Teens and young adults who are blind or have low visionWhat: Audio description media club via ZoomWhen:- Friday, May 6 Daredevil Season 2 Episode 13
- Friday, May 13 Coda Friday
Where: Anywhere you can access a Zoom meetingRSVP: Please contact Jamey Gump by email at jgump@lighthouse-sf.org or by phone at 415-694-7372.Note: Zoom meeting information will be shared with those that RSVP by 5:00 pm of the day before the program. -
Polishing to Perfection (online)
Polishing to Perfection (online)
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May 14During the last few years of teen session at EHC, our youth have been lucky to have a group of wood workers inspire our campers to take up the hobby. In order to encourage youth to further their excitement around this craft, the LightHouse Youth Program will be hosting a monthly virtual wood polishing club. In addition to making space for EHC and LightHouse friends to connect while polishing wood into art, we will invite a woodworker who is blind or has low vision to join us and share their story and share wisdom with the next generation of artiest. Students that sign up for the program will receive the basic materials and equipment to get started with wood polishing. Those students that remain active in the program and improve their skill will become eligible for additional raw materials that they can turn into art or gifts for loved ones. The polishing party takes place on the second Saturday of the month at 7:00pm. Each gathering will have time dedicated to update others about their projects, learn a little about that month’s mentor, and most importantly have as much time as the evening will allow to hangout and polish with your blind and low vision friends.
Who: Teens and young adult students who are blind or low vision
What: Virtual gathering space for young wood workers to connect with their EHC friends and other blind and low vision woodworkers from all over
When: Second Saturday of the month at 7:00pm
Where: Anywhere you can access a zoom meeting
Students who sign up for the program at least one week in advance will receive the basic materials and equipment to get started with wood polishing. Those students that remain active in the program and improve their skill will become eligible for additional raw materials that they can turn into art or gifts for loved ones. Each gathering will have time dedicated to update others about their projects, learn a little about that month’s mentor, and most importantly have as much time as the evening will allow to hangout and polish with your friends.
RSVP to Jamey Gump at JGump@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7372.
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Virtual Nature Program with East Bay Regional Park District
Virtual Nature Program with East Bay Regional Park District
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May 18May 16
Join us for our monthly virtual nature program that our friends from the East Bay Regional Parks District have been so generous to lead us in. If you are blind or low vision and want to learn more about nature, we invite you to join us between 3:00 and 4:00 pm on the third Wednesday of the month as our naturalist from the East Bay Regional Park District, Michael, leads us in that month’s nature lesson. Our May gathering will take place on Wednesday, May 18 and will have us learning all about official flora and fauna of California. You may know California’s official flower, or bird! But how about the official rock, grass, lichen, reptile, and many other things? You may be surprised on what has been voted to become something official and why. If you have any questions or would like access to the zoom link for the East Bay Regional Park Tours series, please contact Jamey Gump by email at youth@lighthouse-sf.org or by phone at 415-694-7372. -
Little Learners Playgroup (online)
Little Learners Playgroup (online)
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May 19Bring your giggles and wiggles to Little Learners weekly Zoom Playgroup, Thursdays from 9:30am - 10:15am. Enjoy fun activities with your little one, ages 0-6, while learning strategies to support your child's visual, sensory, motor and concept development. Connect with other families who understand and share your experience raising a child who is blind, has low vision, or Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Weekly activities are designed to be accessible for all, and to build upon monthly themes that you can integrate into your family routines. All are welcome!
For more information or to register, please email Jacqueline Barden at littlelearners@lighthouse-sf.org or call (415) 694-7657. Meet you in the Zoom Room!
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Blind Soccer Clinic with BORP (in-person)
Blind Soccer Clinic with BORP (in-person)
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May 21Saturday, May 21st @ 12:00 pm
Blind Soccer is coming to the Bay Area. On Saturday May 21 at 12pm the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP) is hosting the first ever Blind Soccer Clinic. In partnership with the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) this clinic will be an introduction to the sport of Blind Soccer. Participants will learn basic skills like dribbling, passing and have an opportunity to play in a game at the end of the session. Open to all blind and visually impaired youth and young adults as well as their families.
Click here for a short video on the sport of Blind Soccer. Blind Soccer Clinic Athletes.
RSVP to Brandon Young at brandon@borp.org.
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Meet You At The House (online)
Meet You At The House (online)
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May 25Pull up a comfy chair and join Community Outreach Specialist Sheri Albers in the LightHouse virtual living room to talk about all things LightHouse! Have you been experiencing changes in your vision that have been affecting your daily life, but did not know who to talk to? LightHouse in San Francisco may have the solutions you have been looking for. This is a safe place to bring the questions that you have been wanting to ask. As always, Raqi from the Adaptations Store will be on hand to let us know what is new in the world of low vision and blindness products.
To RSVP, contact Sheri Albers at 415-694-7331, or email salbers@lighthouse-sf.org.
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Little Learners Playgroup (online)
Little Learners Playgroup (online)
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May 26Bring your giggles and wiggles to Little Learners weekly Zoom Playgroup, Thursdays from 9:30am - 10:15am. Enjoy fun activities with your little one, ages 0-6, while learning strategies to support your child's visual, sensory, motor and concept development. Connect with other families who understand and share your experience raising a child who is blind, has low vision, or Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). Weekly activities are designed to be accessible for all, and to build upon monthly themes that you can integrate into your family routines. All are welcome!
For more information or to register, please email Jacqueline Barden at littlelearners@lighthouse-sf.org or call (415) 694-7657. Meet you in the Zoom Room!
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Memorial Day - LightHouse Closed
Memorial Day - LightHouse Closed
(All day)
May 30LightHouse will be closed for Memorial Day.
The events for the upcoming week are read aloud on our event hotline every Friday, which can be accessed by calling 415-694-7325. For more information about visiting the Adaptations Store, head to our shop page.
The LightHouse is scent-free. Please abstain from wearing colognes, perfumes, or other scented products. Additionally, coffee must be securely lidded at all times and citrus should not be peeled on the premises. Thanks for supporting our efforts to respect chemical sensitivities!
