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LightHouse ECO and PRIDE Industries Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration, Set Precedent for Inclusive Employment

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  April 1, 2024 CONTACT: Summer Sanzo Dittmer 415-694-7661 | press@lighthouse-sf.org   LightHouse ECO and PRIDE Industries Announce Groundbreaking Collaboration, Set Precedent for Inclusive Employment SAN...
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LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Announces Launch of LightHouse ECO

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PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2024 CONTACT: Summer Sanzo Dittmer 415-694-7661 | press@lighthouse-sf.org   LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Announces Launch of LightHouse ECO SAN...
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Bobbi Pompey, right, works in the LightHouse Training Kitchen with a student

RSVP This April for May Class “Meet Me in the Kitchen,” a Non-Visual Kitchen Skills Course

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“Meet Me in the Kitchen,” is a five-week course designed to empower LightHouse students with the non-visual techniques needed to prepare and present delicious meals independently. This course is created...
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LightHouse Staff and Students Compete in National Paraclimbing Competition

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Image looking down on Andrew climbing up a paraclimbing rock wall For over a year, LightHouse Community Services Coordinator, Andrew Martinez, has been organizing paraclimbing outings for the LightHouse community....
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Dr. M. Leona Godin stands on a dock holding her white cane

LightHouse Offers Storytelling Weekend with Workshop and Performance Salon, March 30 & 31

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During the weekend of March 30 & 31, LightHouse welcomes Dr. M. Leona Godin, a writer and performer who is blind, to lead a two-day storytelling workshop and to host our next...
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Meet EBC!

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As many of our newsletter subscribers may remember, we excitedly announced our collaboration with fellow blindness agency, the Earle Baum Center (EBC) in Santa Rosa, who have joined the LightHouse...
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Civic Center BART Station to Install New Accessible Fare Gate on Platform Level, Beginning March 22

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As part of their Safe and Clean plan to reimagine the rider experience, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) will be replacing its more than 700 fare gates systemwide. The new fare...
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LightHouse Little Learners holding spring-themed decorated bags hunt for beeping eggs at an accessible egg hunt at last year's Spring Celebration

Save the Date: Spring Celebration Hosted by LightHouse and Guide Dogs for the Blind, April 6

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We are thrilled to invite families with young children who are blind or have low vision to our Spring Celebration 2024 event featuring beeping egg hunts, fun family activities and more!...
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The EHC Summer 2023 Staff pose together at a picnic table at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa

Youth can Register for the 2024 Enchanted Hills Camp Counselor-in-Training and Leadership Development Program

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The Enchanted Hills Camp (EHC) Counselor-in-Training and Leadership Development Program is designed to nurture blind and low vision leaders through immersive soft-skills development and career exploration. Participants engage in discussions,...
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LightHouse Board Meeting Open to the Public on March 7, 2024

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Members of the public are invited to attend the Thursday, March 7th meeting of the Board of Directors of San Francisco’s LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. This...
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