LightHouse will be closed on Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday.
Events in January 2020
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Farmer's Market Friday's
Farmer's Market Friday's
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Jan 10The Civic Center Farmer's Market is full of good finds but can often be a challenge to navigate. Meet us at the LightHouse San Francisco on Farmer's Market Friday's to partner with a volunteer to enjoy a stroll through the Farmer's Market. RSVP is required. Please call or email Amber Sherrard at 415.694.7353 or asherrard@lighthouse-sf.org.
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Healthier Living Series
Healthier Living Series
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Jan 15Healthier Living is a 6-week health education workshop for persons with ongoing health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, lung disease, asthma, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, Parkinson's, depression, Hepatitis B or C, HIV, etc. You will cover the following topics, setting goals that are achievable, making daily tasks easier, relaxing and managing stress, managing fatigue, finding support and solutions to problems, improving nutrition and eating healthier, dealing with anger, frustration and depression, developing & maintaining a realistic and effective exercise program, and communicating more effectively with family, friends and health care
providers.RSVP is required. Please call or email Amber Sherrard at 415.694.7353 or asherrard@lighthouse-sf.org.
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New Year, New You! Get Healthy in 2020
New Year, New You! Get Healthy in 2020
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Jan 18New Year, New You! Let's get healthy in 2020. This event will feature two segments. You will spend time with a Certified Personal Trainer in our LightHouse Headquarters Fitness Room, learning how to put together your own complete home workout routine and the second half with a Registered Dietitian learning how to eat healthy and clean, easily, without being a chef or breaking the bank! Light breakfast and snacks will be served.
RSVP is required. Please call or email Amber Sherrard at 415.694.7353 or asherrard@lighthouse-sf.org.
Milestone Meetup: Annual ETC Winter TripMilestone Meetup: Annual ETC Winter Trip
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Jan 18 – Jan 20Milestone Meetup: Annual ETC Winter Trip
Saturday, January 18 through Monday, January 20Each year, LightHouse partners with our friends from Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) for their always awesome overnight seasonal adventures. 2020 will be no different for our LightHouse thrill seekers with a ski trip in January, kayaking in June and rafting in August. These always awesome trips are led by fantastic ETC guides who will introduce you to the basic techniques of that trip's sport while we experience the fun and magic of the wilderness with our blind and low vision friends.
In January, LightHouse invites all students ages 14 and up that are blind or have low vision to join us for our annual winter trip with ETC over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. Our two-night adventure starts Saturday afternoon and will take us to the ETC winter cabin in Arnold, where we will meet our guides and friends from ETC for our adventure. The weekend will consist of all day cross country skiing Sunday and a hike through the world's largest giant sequoias on Monday before we return to the Bay Area that afternoon.
Who: Youth and Adults that are blind or have low vision (ages 14 and up)
What: LightHouse overnight winter adventure with friends from ETC
When: Saturday, January 18 through Monday, January 20
Where: ETC Winter Cabin in Arnold, CA
Transportation: Round trip transportation will depart to the ETC Winter Cabin from the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 18 and return by 4:00 p.m. Sunday, January 20
Cost: The cost of the trip is $150.00 per student and includes ski equipment, food, round trip transportation and two night in shared accommodations in the ETC Winter Cabin
Residents of San Francisco: Thanks to a grant from the city of San Francisco, LightHouse students that reside within the city and county of San Francisco can join us for this trip FREE of charge!
RSVP: Please note limited space is available and students must submit payment and ALL necessary paperwork before their spot on the trip will be confirmed. Deadline to sign up for this trip is Wednesday, January 9.If you are interested in signing up for this trip or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at 415.694.7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org.
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Milestone Meetup: Annual ETC Winter Trip
Milestone Meetup: Annual ETC Winter Trip
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Jan 18 – Jan 20Milestone Meetup: Annual ETC Winter Trip
Saturday, January 18 through Monday, January 20Each year, LightHouse partners with our friends from Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) for their always awesome overnight seasonal adventures. 2020 will be no different for our LightHouse thrill seekers with a ski trip in January, kayaking in June and rafting in August. These always awesome trips are led by fantastic ETC guides who will introduce you to the basic techniques of that trip's sport while we experience the fun and magic of the wilderness with our blind and low vision friends.
In January, LightHouse invites all students ages 14 and up that are blind or have low vision to join us for our annual winter trip with ETC over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. Our two-night adventure starts Saturday afternoon and will take us to the ETC winter cabin in Arnold, where we will meet our guides and friends from ETC for our adventure. The weekend will consist of all day cross country skiing Sunday and a hike through the world's largest giant sequoias on Monday before we return to the Bay Area that afternoon.
Who: Youth and Adults that are blind or have low vision (ages 14 and up)
What: LightHouse overnight winter adventure with friends from ETC
When: Saturday, January 18 through Monday, January 20
Where: ETC Winter Cabin in Arnold, CA
Transportation: Round trip transportation will depart to the ETC Winter Cabin from the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 18 and return by 4:00 p.m. Sunday, January 20
Cost: The cost of the trip is $150.00 per student and includes ski equipment, food, round trip transportation and two night in shared accommodations in the ETC Winter Cabin
Residents of San Francisco: Thanks to a grant from the city of San Francisco, LightHouse students that reside within the city and county of San Francisco can join us for this trip FREE of charge!
RSVP: Please note limited space is available and students must submit payment and ALL necessary paperwork before their spot on the trip will be confirmed. Deadline to sign up for this trip is Wednesday, January 9.If you are interested in signing up for this trip or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at 415.694.7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org.
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Milestone Meetup: Annual ETC Winter Trip
Milestone Meetup: Annual ETC Winter Trip
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Jan 18 – Jan 20Milestone Meetup: Annual ETC Winter Trip
Saturday, January 18 through Monday, January 20Each year, LightHouse partners with our friends from Environmental Traveling Companions (ETC) for their always awesome overnight seasonal adventures. 2020 will be no different for our LightHouse thrill seekers with a ski trip in January, kayaking in June and rafting in August. These always awesome trips are led by fantastic ETC guides who will introduce you to the basic techniques of that trip's sport while we experience the fun and magic of the wilderness with our blind and low vision friends.
In January, LightHouse invites all students ages 14 and up that are blind or have low vision to join us for our annual winter trip with ETC over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. Our two-night adventure starts Saturday afternoon and will take us to the ETC winter cabin in Arnold, where we will meet our guides and friends from ETC for our adventure. The weekend will consist of all day cross country skiing Sunday and a hike through the world's largest giant sequoias on Monday before we return to the Bay Area that afternoon.
Who: Youth and Adults that are blind or have low vision (ages 14 and up)
What: LightHouse overnight winter adventure with friends from ETC
When: Saturday, January 18 through Monday, January 20
Where: ETC Winter Cabin in Arnold, CA
Transportation: Round trip transportation will depart to the ETC Winter Cabin from the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, January 18 and return by 4:00 p.m. Sunday, January 20
Cost: The cost of the trip is $150.00 per student and includes ski equipment, food, round trip transportation and two night in shared accommodations in the ETC Winter Cabin
Residents of San Francisco: Thanks to a grant from the city of San Francisco, LightHouse students that reside within the city and county of San Francisco can join us for this trip FREE of charge!
RSVP: Please note limited space is available and students must submit payment and ALL necessary paperwork before their spot on the trip will be confirmed. Deadline to sign up for this trip is Wednesday, January 9.If you are interested in signing up for this trip or have any questions, please contact Jamey Gump at 415.694.7372 or youth@lighthouse-sf.org.
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Healthier Living Series
Healthier Living Series
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Jan 22Healthier Living is a 6-week health education workshop for persons with ongoing health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, lung disease, asthma, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, Parkinson's, depression, Hepatitis B or C, HIV, etc. You will cover the following topics, setting goals that are achievable, making daily tasks easier, relaxing and managing stress, managing fatigue, finding support and solutions to problems, improving nutrition and eating healthier, dealing with anger, frustration and depression, developing & maintaining a realistic and effective exercise program, and communicating more effectively with family, friends and health care
providers.RSVP is required. Please call or email Amber Sherrard at 415.694.7353 or asherrard@lighthouse-sf.org.
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Healthier Living Series
Healthier Living Series
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Jan 29Healthier Living is a 6-week health education workshop for persons with ongoing health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, lung disease, asthma, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, Parkinson's, depression, Hepatitis B or C, HIV, etc. You will cover the following topics, setting goals that are achievable, making daily tasks easier, relaxing and managing stress, managing fatigue, finding support and solutions to problems, improving nutrition and eating healthier, dealing with anger, frustration and depression, developing & maintaining a realistic and effective exercise program, and communicating more effectively with family, friends and health care
providers.RSVP is required. Please call or email Amber Sherrard at 415.694.7353 or asherrard@lighthouse-sf.org.
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Winter Woodworking Workshop
Winter Woodworking Workshop
(All day)
Jan 30 – Feb 2Interested in woodworking? Want to learn the fundamental skills? Join carpenter hobbyists Brian Buhrow, Jerry Kuns and others with the same interests at Enchanted Hills Camp for our popular workshop for both beginning and intermediate woodworkers.
The Workshop features four days/three nights of instruction in the beautiful hills outside Napa. Instruction will cover wood turning, hand tool work and an introduction to power tools. We will learn how to measure accurately without sight, using click rules, gauge blocks, Vernier calipers and talking tape measures. The workshop leaders will talk about wood types and construction techniques and learn when to glue, when to nail and when to use screws. We will also touch on finishing techniques. Each participant will have a completed project to take home.
Individual tutoring will be available for beginning woodworkers to give them a broad familiarity with woodworking machines and tools. We all started somewhere, and this is a great opportunity to begin gaining the skills, confidence and enjoyment of woodworking.
Spouses, Companions and Partners are welcome. Registration limited to 6 participants.
Please Note: ALL campers must be able to take care of their own daily needs with little assistance.
Participation Notes:
- Aspects of instruction will take place under occlusion
- Telescopic or folding cane desired for ease of movement while in workshop
- Bring click rule if already owned. (loaners will be available)
- Click rules along with other measuring tools will be available for purchase.
Who: Adults (ages 21 and older) who are blind or have low vision and are eager to learn woodworking
Where: Enchanted Hills Camp
When: Thursday, January 30, 2020 through Sunday, February 2, 2020
Cost: $300.00 plus $40.00 for transportationSpouse/Companion Cost: $150
Spaces are limited & are reserved on a first come, served basis, so sign up now!For questions and registration, please contact Alyah Thomas at athomas@LightHouse-sf.org or call 415-694-7310.
About Brian Buhrow
Brian Buhrow works as a computer network engineer by day and as a wood working hobbyist and handy man by night. Brian has always been handy and creative. Brian has built drawers, tables, small cabinets, shelves and a design or two of his own creation. He doesn't promise to know everything in the class, but he promises to teach what he knows and to help the students learn to teach themselves what they need to know.
About Jerry Kuns
Jerry Kuns is an amateur but reasonably skilled woodworker and project designer. He will be happy to assist students achieve basic skills and comfort with tool handling, measurement techniques and surface finishing. Come explore and enjoy working with woods!
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Winter Woodworking Workshop
Winter Woodworking Workshop
(All day)
Jan 30 – Feb 2Interested in woodworking? Want to learn the fundamental skills? Join carpenter hobbyists Brian Buhrow, Jerry Kuns and others with the same interests at Enchanted Hills Camp for our popular workshop for both beginning and intermediate woodworkers.
The Workshop features four days/three nights of instruction in the beautiful hills outside Napa. Instruction will cover wood turning, hand tool work and an introduction to power tools. We will learn how to measure accurately without sight, using click rules, gauge blocks, Vernier calipers and talking tape measures. The workshop leaders will talk about wood types and construction techniques and learn when to glue, when to nail and when to use screws. We will also touch on finishing techniques. Each participant will have a completed project to take home.
Individual tutoring will be available for beginning woodworkers to give them a broad familiarity with woodworking machines and tools. We all started somewhere, and this is a great opportunity to begin gaining the skills, confidence and enjoyment of woodworking.
Spouses, Companions and Partners are welcome. Registration limited to 6 participants.
Please Note: ALL campers must be able to take care of their own daily needs with little assistance.
Participation Notes:
- Aspects of instruction will take place under occlusion
- Telescopic or folding cane desired for ease of movement while in workshop
- Bring click rule if already owned. (loaners will be available)
- Click rules along with other measuring tools will be available for purchase.
Who: Adults (ages 21 and older) who are blind or have low vision and are eager to learn woodworking
Where: Enchanted Hills Camp
When: Thursday, January 30, 2020 through Sunday, February 2, 2020
Cost: $300.00 plus $40.00 for transportationSpouse/Companion Cost: $150
Spaces are limited & are reserved on a first come, served basis, so sign up now!For questions and registration, please contact Alyah Thomas at athomas@LightHouse-sf.org or call 415-694-7310.
About Brian Buhrow
Brian Buhrow works as a computer network engineer by day and as a wood working hobbyist and handy man by night. Brian has always been handy and creative. Brian has built drawers, tables, small cabinets, shelves and a design or two of his own creation. He doesn't promise to know everything in the class, but he promises to teach what he knows and to help the students learn to teach themselves what they need to know.
About Jerry Kuns
Jerry Kuns is an amateur but reasonably skilled woodworker and project designer. He will be happy to assist students achieve basic skills and comfort with tool handling, measurement techniques and surface finishing. Come explore and enjoy working with woods!
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!
