Calendar - LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

LightHouse offices are closed for in-person services through July 1, 2021. Check the calendar below for our offering of online classes.

April 2021
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Mar 28	Mar 29	Mar 30	Mar 31	Apr 1	Apr 2 (All day): LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ Apr 2 (All day) Map LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Photo caption: Sealed bottles of vaccines lines up in a row LightHouse for the Blind Headquarters open for first vaccines on Fridays April 2-May 7 You can register by phone to have your vaccination injection at the LightHouse location. It will be open each Friday for six weeks starting on April 2^nd, for many of you we know this will be welcome news as you have visited us many times and the space will be familiar to you. For those new to the LightHouse, we aim to make this experience as smooth and seamless as we possibly can. To register to attend the LightHouse vaccination clinic at 1155 Market Street, you will first need to make an appointment by calling 628-652-2700 On that call you will be able to make your first and second appointment for the vaccination at the LightHouse site. When you call this number, you will be asked for some basic personal information and will be given an appointment time. This line is open and staffed from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday. Voicemail messages can be left for call back outside of these hours. This line is available to speakers of both Spanish and English. Other language interpreters are available once you leave a voicemail requesting a call back. Please note: if you have not registered using this method, you will not be able to get the vaccine at this site. Dates: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2021 Address: LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired – San Francisco headquarters, 1155 Market Street, 10^th floor, San Francisco CA 94102 Getting to Your Appointment The LightHouse Headquarters is located on 1155 Market Street between 7^th and 8^th streets. The closest public transit is Civic Center Bart station and the most efficient exit is it the civic center/United Nations Plaza exit The closest bus stops are Jones and 6^th and Orpheum Theater. People using Rideshare apps can ask to be dropped on the Eastern corner of 7^th and Market. LightHouse will have volunteers available to meet people outside of 1155 Market Street. They will then guide you to the lobby where your information will be checked. All volunteers will practice social distancing and will be wearing masks. You will then be directed to the elevator where the number for the 10^th floor will be pressed for you so touching of elevator controls can be limited to help keep everybody safe. Surfaces will be regularly cleaned and disinfected (with Safer Choice products made and sold by the LightHouse). The number of people who can ride an elevator at the same time will be restricted to a designated number by the site manager. Once on the 10^th floor, another group of friendly volunteers will show you where to wait for your vaccination. After your injection, you will wait for 15 minutes before being shown back to the lobby and out of the building. Volunteers will be available to help locate Ride Shares if required. The LightHouse is proud to be able to offer our headquarters as a central, easy, and welcoming location for our extended community to vaccinate. More about LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ	Apr 3
Apr 4	Apr 5	Apr 6	Apr 7	Apr 8	Apr 9 (All day): LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ Apr 9 (All day) Map LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Photo caption: Sealed bottles of vaccines lines up in a row LightHouse for the Blind Headquarters open for first vaccines on Fridays April 2-May 7 You can register by phone to have your vaccination injection at the LightHouse location. It will be open each Friday for six weeks starting on April 2^nd, for many of you we know this will be welcome news as you have visited us many times and the space will be familiar to you. For those new to the LightHouse, we aim to make this experience as smooth and seamless as we possibly can. To register to attend the LightHouse vaccination clinic at 1155 Market Street, you will first need to make an appointment by calling 628-652-2700 On that call you will be able to make your first and second appointment for the vaccination at the LightHouse site. When you call this number, you will be asked for some basic personal information and will be given an appointment time. This line is open and staffed from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday. Voicemail messages can be left for call back outside of these hours. This line is available to speakers of both Spanish and English. Other language interpreters are available once you leave a voicemail requesting a call back. Please note: if you have not registered using this method, you will not be able to get the vaccine at this site. Dates: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2021 Address: LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired – San Francisco headquarters, 1155 Market Street, 10^th floor, San Francisco CA 94102 Getting to Your Appointment The LightHouse Headquarters is located on 1155 Market Street between 7^th and 8^th streets. The closest public transit is Civic Center Bart station and the most efficient exit is it the civic center/United Nations Plaza exit The closest bus stops are Jones and 6^th and Orpheum Theater. People using Rideshare apps can ask to be dropped on the Eastern corner of 7^th and Market. LightHouse will have volunteers available to meet people outside of 1155 Market Street. They will then guide you to the lobby where your information will be checked. All volunteers will practice social distancing and will be wearing masks. You will then be directed to the elevator where the number for the 10^th floor will be pressed for you so touching of elevator controls can be limited to help keep everybody safe. Surfaces will be regularly cleaned and disinfected (with Safer Choice products made and sold by the LightHouse). The number of people who can ride an elevator at the same time will be restricted to a designated number by the site manager. Once on the 10^th floor, another group of friendly volunteers will show you where to wait for your vaccination. After your injection, you will wait for 15 minutes before being shown back to the lobby and out of the building. Volunteers will be available to help locate Ride Shares if required. The LightHouse is proud to be able to offer our headquarters as a central, easy, and welcoming location for our extended community to vaccinate. More about LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ	Apr 10 2:00 pm: Meet the 2019 Holman Prize Winners and Virtual Chocolate Tasting Apr 10 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Map Zoom Meet our three 2019 Holman Prize winners from around the world as they talk about their projects and what they have accomplished this year. Then stay for a personal and artisanal organic chocolate tasting with Dr. Hoby Webler, and learn about the nuance a these particular chocolates. It will be delicious! To purchase tickets, visit Eventbrite. Registration deadline is April 1, 2021. For more information regarding this event contact events@lighthouse-sf.org. More about Meet the 2019 Holman Prize Winners and Virtual Chocolate Tasting
Apr 11	Apr 12	Apr 13 6:00 pm: National Federation of the Blind San Francisco Chapter Meeting (online) Apr 13 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Map LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired The 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: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. – Connections, a semi-structured time to get to know chapter members 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. – Virtual Happy (Half) Hour 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. – Chapter Meeting To RSVP, contact Christina Daniels at ms.christina.daniels@gmail.com. *Please note, this group is not afflicted with LightHouse. Read more: National Federation of the Blind San Francisco Chapter Meeting (online) More about National Federation of the Blind San Francisco Chapter Meeting (online)	Apr 14	Apr 15	Apr 16 (All day): LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ Apr 16 (All day) Map LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Photo caption: Sealed bottles of vaccines lines up in a row LightHouse for the Blind Headquarters open for first vaccines on Fridays April 2-May 7 You can register by phone to have your vaccination injection at the LightHouse location. It will be open each Friday for six weeks starting on April 2^nd, for many of you we know this will be welcome news as you have visited us many times and the space will be familiar to you. For those new to the LightHouse, we aim to make this experience as smooth and seamless as we possibly can. To register to attend the LightHouse vaccination clinic at 1155 Market Street, you will first need to make an appointment by calling 628-652-2700 On that call you will be able to make your first and second appointment for the vaccination at the LightHouse site. When you call this number, you will be asked for some basic personal information and will be given an appointment time. This line is open and staffed from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday. Voicemail messages can be left for call back outside of these hours. This line is available to speakers of both Spanish and English. Other language interpreters are available once you leave a voicemail requesting a call back. Please note: if you have not registered using this method, you will not be able to get the vaccine at this site. Dates: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2021 Address: LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired – San Francisco headquarters, 1155 Market Street, 10^th floor, San Francisco CA 94102 Getting to Your Appointment The LightHouse Headquarters is located on 1155 Market Street between 7^th and 8^th streets. The closest public transit is Civic Center Bart station and the most efficient exit is it the civic center/United Nations Plaza exit The closest bus stops are Jones and 6^th and Orpheum Theater. People using Rideshare apps can ask to be dropped on the Eastern corner of 7^th and Market. LightHouse will have volunteers available to meet people outside of 1155 Market Street. They will then guide you to the lobby where your information will be checked. All volunteers will practice social distancing and will be wearing masks. You will then be directed to the elevator where the number for the 10^th floor will be pressed for you so touching of elevator controls can be limited to help keep everybody safe. Surfaces will be regularly cleaned and disinfected (with Safer Choice products made and sold by the LightHouse). The number of people who can ride an elevator at the same time will be restricted to a designated number by the site manager. Once on the 10^th floor, another group of friendly volunteers will show you where to wait for your vaccination. After your injection, you will wait for 15 minutes before being shown back to the lobby and out of the building. Volunteers will be available to help locate Ride Shares if required. The LightHouse is proud to be able to offer our headquarters as a central, easy, and welcoming location for our extended community to vaccinate. More about LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ 5:00 pm: Community Bingo Goes Virtual Apr 16 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Bingo is back virtually, so break out those accessible bingo cards and enter our virtual game room for all that bingo fun with Enchanted Hills Camp volunteer Annalisa. Come for the bingo excitement, stay for the prize at the end. If you don't have cards, you can order them online at www.adaptations.org or by phone at 888-400-8933. A limited supply of accessible bingo cards are also available for free loan by contacting Jaclyne Atoigue at jatoigue@lighthouse-sf.org or call 415.694.7618 where you can also direct your RSVP and request for Zoom access details. More about Community Bingo Goes Virtual	Apr 17 10:30 am: CCB San Francisco Chapter monthly meeting Apr 17 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Map Zoom The San Francisco chapter of the California Council of the Blind holds its monthly meetings on Zoom on the third Saturday of the month from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. To RSVP, contact Frank Welte by phone at 510-541-1442 or via email at Frank.A.Welte@gmail.com. All are welcome!! More about CCB San Francisco Chapter monthly meeting
Apr 18	Apr 19	Apr 20	Apr 21 3:00 pm: East Bay Regional Park Tour: Wildlife in the Bay Area, Three Birds Apr 21 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Map Zoom Wildlife in the Bay Area: Three Birds: The fifth program in the wildlife series will focus on three special birds who are uniquely adapted for Bay Area life (and many other parts of California). Learn about the Western Bluebird, Least Tern, and Cooper’s Hawk. For access to Zoom details and information, please send your RSVP emails to Jaclyne at jatoigue@lighthouse-sf.org. Please note that this program is in partnership with the The East Bay Regional Park District and presented by naturalist Michael Charnofsky of Crab Cove in Alameda, CA. More about East Bay Regional Park Tour: Wildlife in the Bay Area, Three Birds	Apr 22	Apr 23 (All day): LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ Apr 23 (All day) Map LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Photo caption: Sealed bottles of vaccines lines up in a row LightHouse for the Blind Headquarters open for first vaccines on Fridays April 2-May 7 You can register by phone to have your vaccination injection at the LightHouse location. It will be open each Friday for six weeks starting on April 2^nd, for many of you we know this will be welcome news as you have visited us many times and the space will be familiar to you. For those new to the LightHouse, we aim to make this experience as smooth and seamless as we possibly can. To register to attend the LightHouse vaccination clinic at 1155 Market Street, you will first need to make an appointment by calling 628-652-2700 On that call you will be able to make your first and second appointment for the vaccination at the LightHouse site. When you call this number, you will be asked for some basic personal information and will be given an appointment time. This line is open and staffed from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday. Voicemail messages can be left for call back outside of these hours. This line is available to speakers of both Spanish and English. Other language interpreters are available once you leave a voicemail requesting a call back. Please note: if you have not registered using this method, you will not be able to get the vaccine at this site. Dates: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2021 Address: LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired – San Francisco headquarters, 1155 Market Street, 10^th floor, San Francisco CA 94102 Getting to Your Appointment The LightHouse Headquarters is located on 1155 Market Street between 7^th and 8^th streets. The closest public transit is Civic Center Bart station and the most efficient exit is it the civic center/United Nations Plaza exit The closest bus stops are Jones and 6^th and Orpheum Theater. People using Rideshare apps can ask to be dropped on the Eastern corner of 7^th and Market. LightHouse will have volunteers available to meet people outside of 1155 Market Street. They will then guide you to the lobby where your information will be checked. All volunteers will practice social distancing and will be wearing masks. You will then be directed to the elevator where the number for the 10^th floor will be pressed for you so touching of elevator controls can be limited to help keep everybody safe. Surfaces will be regularly cleaned and disinfected (with Safer Choice products made and sold by the LightHouse). The number of people who can ride an elevator at the same time will be restricted to a designated number by the site manager. Once on the 10^th floor, another group of friendly volunteers will show you where to wait for your vaccination. After your injection, you will wait for 15 minutes before being shown back to the lobby and out of the building. Volunteers will be available to help locate Ride Shares if required. The LightHouse is proud to be able to offer our headquarters as a central, easy, and welcoming location for our extended community to vaccinate. More about LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ 4:00 pm: Una Tarde con Jorge Ellington - an evening with Jorge Ellington Apr 23 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Map Zoom Una Tarde con Jorge Ellington (An Evenig with Jorge Ellington) Cuándo: Abril 23 2021, de 4-00 – 5-30 PM Dónde: por Zoom. Pueden usar su teléfono, computadora, o tableta para unirse. Acompañennos para una tarde de motivación y Música con Jorge Ellington! Jorge, originalmente de Panamá, ha sido estudiante y voluntario a de LightHouse desde el 2016, pero su carrera como músico empezó mucho antes. Jorge ha sido cantante y Procusionista de su banda, Esencia Latin Jazz Ensemble desde el 1978. Vengan a conversar y escuchar su historia, y tal vez también unas canciones. Si quieren escuchar un poco de su banda: https://youtu.be/fjOebNEXeEY Con preguntas o para registrarse, contacten ah Esmerlanda Soto a esoto@lighthouse-sf.org o 415-694-7323 Por favor de registrarse antes de las 12 de la tarde el jueves 22 de abril. When: April 23 2021, from 4:00 – 5:30 PM Where: Via Zoom. You can use your computer, tablet, or phone to join. Join us for an evening of music and motivation with Jorge Ellington! Originally from Panama, Jorge has been both a LightHouse student and volunteer since 2016, but his career as a musician began much earlier. Jorge has been the lead singer and hand percussionist for his band, Esencia: Latin Jazz Ensemble since 1978. Come listen to his story, and maybe even some songs! You can check out one of Jorge’s performances on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/fjOebNEXeEY To ask questions or RSVP, please contact Esmeralda Soto at esoto@lighthouse-sf.org or 415: 694-7323 Please RSVP by 12:00 noon Thursday the 22nd. More about Una Tarde con Jorge Ellington - an evening with Jorge Ellington	Apr 24
Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27	Apr 28	Apr 29	Apr 30 (All day): LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ Apr 30 (All day) Map LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Photo caption: Sealed bottles of vaccines lines up in a row LightHouse for the Blind Headquarters open for first vaccines on Fridays April 2-May 7 You can register by phone to have your vaccination injection at the LightHouse location. It will be open each Friday for six weeks starting on April 2^nd, for many of you we know this will be welcome news as you have visited us many times and the space will be familiar to you. For those new to the LightHouse, we aim to make this experience as smooth and seamless as we possibly can. To register to attend the LightHouse vaccination clinic at 1155 Market Street, you will first need to make an appointment by calling 628-652-2700 On that call you will be able to make your first and second appointment for the vaccination at the LightHouse site. When you call this number, you will be asked for some basic personal information and will be given an appointment time. This line is open and staffed from 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Monday to Friday. Voicemail messages can be left for call back outside of these hours. This line is available to speakers of both Spanish and English. Other language interpreters are available once you leave a voicemail requesting a call back. Please note: if you have not registered using this method, you will not be able to get the vaccine at this site. Dates: April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7, 2021 Address: LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired – San Francisco headquarters, 1155 Market Street, 10^th floor, San Francisco CA 94102 Getting to Your Appointment The LightHouse Headquarters is located on 1155 Market Street between 7^th and 8^th streets. The closest public transit is Civic Center Bart station and the most efficient exit is it the civic center/United Nations Plaza exit The closest bus stops are Jones and 6^th and Orpheum Theater. People using Rideshare apps can ask to be dropped on the Eastern corner of 7^th and Market. LightHouse will have volunteers available to meet people outside of 1155 Market Street. They will then guide you to the lobby where your information will be checked. All volunteers will practice social distancing and will be wearing masks. You will then be directed to the elevator where the number for the 10^th floor will be pressed for you so touching of elevator controls can be limited to help keep everybody safe. Surfaces will be regularly cleaned and disinfected (with Safer Choice products made and sold by the LightHouse). The number of people who can ride an elevator at the same time will be restricted to a designated number by the site manager. Once on the 10^th floor, another group of friendly volunteers will show you where to wait for your vaccination. After your injection, you will wait for 15 minutes before being shown back to the lobby and out of the building. Volunteers will be available to help locate Ride Shares if required. The LightHouse is proud to be able to offer our headquarters as a central, easy, and welcoming location for our extended community to vaccinate. More about LightHouse hosts COVID-19 Vaccination at HQ	May 1

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