Calendar

Events in January 2021

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Dec 31(1 event)

(All day): New Year's Eve Holiday (No Classes)

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Dec 31

Jan 1(1 event)

(All day): New Year's Day Holiday (No Classes)

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Jan 9(2 events)

1:00 pm: Eco-friendly Arts and Crafts Club for Youth


Jan 9

Eco-friendly Arts and Crafts Club
Saturday, January 9th from 1:00 pm

Do you like making things? Do you have a green thumb with plants? Would you like to have fun with friends creating art that is friendly to our environment? LightHouse might have the perfect virtual gathering for you. Join us for our Eco Arts and crafts club, where we will explore different arts and craft projects with other youth who are blind or have low vision friends from all overr. Our January art project will have those that RSVP making our very own Biodomes. Future projects will range from things we can make out of recycled materials you can find around your house or projects that you can put into nature knowing you will not have a negative impact on our world.

Who: elementary and middle school students that are blind or have low vision
What: monthly arts and crafts lesson over zoom
When: Saturday, January 9th from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Where: anywhere you can access a zoom meeting
RSVP: a list a program supplies and the zoom meeting information will be shared with those that RSVP by 5:00 pm of the day before the program
Parents & Guardians: we’d love your help getting your children connected to our virtual program, however once they have joined, we ask that you please give them the space to participate individually

If you are interested in signing up for the Eco-friendly Arts and Crafts Club, please contact Jamey Gump by email at youth@lighthouse-sf.org or by phone at 415-694-7372.

7:00 pm: Enchanted Hills Camp Virtual Campfire


Jan 9

Camp Director, Tony Fletcher will serve as your host and hopes you will be able join. The campfires are designed for all ages and will focus on camp updates, music, laughter and fun. Please RSVP if you are interested in attending and we are happy to provide the Zoom information. You will be able to use the same Zoom link for the campfires between January and May of 2021.

The structure for the February campfire will be:

  • Welcome and camp music
  • Updates on camp building efforts
  • Summer camp program updates
  • Camper check-ins
  • Special acknowledgments of campers and staff that have passed
  • LightHouse Virtual Program Announcements
  • Breakout rooms for open discussion

RSVP to Alyah Thomas at ehc@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7345.

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Jan 15(1 event)

5:00 pm: Community Bingo Goes Virtual


Jan 15

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.

Jan 16
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Jan 18(1 event)

(All day): MLK Jr. Holiday (No Classes)

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Jan 18

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Jan 20(1 event)

3:00 pm: Wildlife of the San Francisco Bay and Shorelines


Jan 20

Join East Bay Regional Park Naturalist Michael Charnofsky for a virtual tour of the wildlife of the San Francisco Bay and shorelines: Although the SF Bay is much different now than 200 years ago, it is still home to a fascinating array of wildlife big and small.

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Jan 27(1 event)

2:00 pm: Meet You At The House


Jan 27

Pull up a comfy chair and join Community Outreach Coordinator, 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 don’t know what to do? LightHouse of San Francisco is here to help. This is the perfect place to come and ask the questions that you need answers to.

For the January meeting, our guest will be Kate Williams, LightHouse Director of the LightHouse Employment Services. The Employment Immersion virtual workshop is now being offered nationally on Zoom. Come talk to Kate about what her team has been doing to assist people who are blind or have low vision join the workforce. We will also have a member of our Adaptations Store on hand to let us know about the latest and greatest in blindness and low vision products on the market.

RSVP to Sheri Albers at SAlbers@lighthouse-sf.org or 415-694-7331.

Jan 28
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Feb 1(1 event)

(All day): Enchanted Hills Camp 2021 Applications Open

(All day)
Feb 1

The moment you've all been waiting for is here... the 2021 EHC Applications go live on Monday, February 1st at 9:00am. We're planning for a hybrid summer, with a mix of both in-person and virtual camps for groups of all ages. Regardless of our plans, we will continue to monitor the latest reports regarding COVID-19 and will make a final verdict regarding in-person sessions on April 1st. For a full list of summer 2021 EHC programs and a link to both the downloadable and electronic applications, please visit https://lighthouse-sf.org/ehc2021/. EHC is the place to be!

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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.

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