2020 Northern California Regional Braille Challenge: Leaping into Literacy

Each year blind and low vision students, families, teachers and community members from all over northern California gather for a day-long event dedicated to Braille Literacy. This gathering will have blind and low vision youth demonstrate their braille skills in a series of contests ranging from: braille reading and comprehension, speed and accuracy, spelling, proofreading, and tactile graphics. The challenge this year will have students leaping into literacy on the 2020 Leap Day, Saturday, February 29 at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Headquarters in San Francisco.

WHO: Youth from Northern California in grades 1-12
WHAT: Leaping into Literacy: the 2020 Northern California Regional Braille Challenge
WHEN: From 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 29, 2020
WHERE: On the 10th floor of the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Headquarters, 1155 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103
CONTACT: Students, families, teachers, transcribers and community members that would like more information or would like to get involved with this year's challenge please contact, Jamey Gump, Youth Services Coordinator at jgump@lighthouse-sf.org or by phone at (415) 694-7372.

This year's 2020 Norther California Braille Challenge will be hosted by the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, in collaboration with Vista Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired, California School for the Blind, and Braille Institute of America.