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In 2016, the LightHouse moved into a $45M headquarters at 1155 Market Street in San Francisco. [5] The LightHouse occupies the 9th-11th floors of the building, in a three-story office space designed by blind architect and former Board of Directors President Chris Downey together with Mark Cavagnero Associates.
Lighthouse Guild is an American charitable organization, based in New York City, devoted to vision rehabilitation and advocacy for the blind. Its mission statement is "To overcome vision impairment for people of all ages through worldwide leadership in rehabilitation services, education, research, prevention and advocacy."
Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind was founded on May 17, 1900, by Francis R. Cleveland, an attorney from Connecticut, and H. R. W. Miles, a graduate of the Perkins Institute for the Blind, in an effort to establish a presence for the blind community in the U.S. Capital. Since 2005 Tony Cancelosi serves as president and CEO. [2]
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Resnick was a concert pianist, and trained as a teacher, but as a blind woman was barred from employment in the New York City public schools. She taught music to blind students and gave recitals in New York, [6] and was active on stage as an actress with the Lighthouse Players.
George Wurtzel is an American artist, craftsman, and blind woodworking instructor. [1] He has taught classes in woodworking at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired's Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa County, California [2] and owned a furniture studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, [3] with a new shop set to open in 2019 in Greeneville, Tennessee.
What is now WTBBL began in 1906 when the Seattle Public Library (SPL) introduced the first Braille service in Washington State. Early Braille transcriber groups included the Junior League, Seattle Council of Jewish Women, and the Seattle chapter of the American Red Cross. In 1919, SPL assigned Fanny Howley part-time to specific duty as a ...
Center Park, Seattle Center Park , located at 2121 26th Avenue South, is a subsidized mid-rise building complex located in the Mt. Baker neighborhood of Seattle , Washington , designed to provide living accommodation to physically or mentally challenged individuals and their caretakers.