June 3, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT Youth Activity: Smoothie Bowls & Games: ZOOM Make one or both of these breakfast smoothie bowls. If you are the sweet and salty type, then the chocolaty peanut butter and banana smoothie bowl is for you. Maybe you prefer something light and fruity, which perfectly describes the strawberries and cream breakfast smoothie bowl. Participants will be emailed a list of ingredients ahead […] None
July 24, 2023 - July 28, 2023 Guide Dogs for the Blind–Camp GDB Save the date for our 2023 Guide Dogs for the Blind’s summer camp program! Get ready for a weeklong deep dive into what it would be like to live and work with a guide dog! Mark your calendars for July 2023 and discover what it means to be ready for a guide dog, experience hands-on […] FREE
August 7, 2023 - August 12, 2023 Careers and Canine Connections This week of excitement, learning, and personal growth is an innovative collaborative effort between Guide Dogs for the Blind and APH Career Connect, a program of the APH Connect Center. Get ready for a weeklong exhilarating deep dive into career exploration and how a Guide Dog fits into your future employment. Mark your calendars for […] FREE
August 22, 2023 - August 24, 2023 Camp Abilities New Jersey @ The Field of Dreams Educational sports camp for youth ages 9-21 with visual impairment and blindness. Come play beep baseball, golf, track and field, disc golf, and so much more! Check out campabilities.org for more information on camp! Registration is required. Hope to see you there!
February 1 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST Career Conversations: Interview with Chari Chauvin Zoom https://unh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UQw6Tq_DTLafGyiIEZ7biA?fbclid=IwAR1gZUC0PiIjjhoOckHpi4p9VVySUWkvWpX6V51b2eavQB_v52WtnXGX_mw Join APH CareerConnect for our very popular Career Conversations Series. Chari Chauvin, Senior Operations Manager in Global Apparel Samples, at Nike will share her journey from working in the sighted world into being low vision and working. We will begin with a discussion on how our featured professionals started and ended up in their careers, […]
February 8 @ 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm EST Career & Canine Connections Information Webinar Online Imagine a week where career dreams meet wagging tails! Join the Careers & Canine Connections Info Session to explore exciting job options, discover the power of guide dogs, and make lifelong connections. A collaboration between Guide Dogs for the Blind and the APH ConnectCenter will offer a week-long career readiness and hands on with guide […]
Featured Featured February 17 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EST Connect the Dots 2024 – Light & Shadow Louisville Main Library 301 York Street, Louisville, KY, United States Embark on an adventure of discovery into the playful world of Connect the Dots—an educational series that turns the history and innovation of blindness and low vision into an exciting adventure for kids! We’re on a mission to make learning a blast and inspire a world of inclusivity so while our building is under renovation, […]
February 25 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST How The Blind Can Do STEM Online How The Blind Can Do STEM The Science and Engineering Division of the National Federation of the Blind and the National Association of Blind Students are presenting a joint Zoom conference on how blind college and graduate students, and blind professionals, are succeeding in courses and Careers to do with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. […] None
February 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST Career Conversations: Interview with a Workflow Manager Join APH CareerConnect for our very popular Career Conversations Series. Nefertiti Matos Olivares, Workflow Manager for Quality and Inclusion at Descriptive Video Works and a freelance Voiceover Artist will be joining us. Nefertiti will share her work voicing description in both English and Spanish as well as describing live and recorded events. We will begin […]
March 30 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT Connect the Dots 2024 – How do people who are blind read? Highlands Shelby Park Library 1250 Bardstown Road, Louisville, United States Embark on an adventure of discovery into the playful world of Connect the Dots—an educational series that turns the history and innovation of blindness and low vision into an exciting adventure for kids! We’re on a mission to make learning a blast and inspire a world of inclusivity so while our building is under renovation, […]
April 4 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT Career Conversations: Interview with a Senior Software Engineer at Apple Zoom https://unh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UQw6Tq_DTLafGyiIEZ7biA?fbclid=IwAR1gZUC0PiIjjhoOckHpi4p9VVySUWkvWpX6V51b2eavQB_v52WtnXGX_mw Join the team at APH ConnectCenter for our very popular Career Conversations Series. APH ConnectCenter staff will welcome, Andres Gonzalez, Senior Software Engineer at Apple. Andres will discuss his journey to become a blind Senior Software Engineer. The interview will begin with a discussion on how our featured professional started out and ended up in […] Free
April 13 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT Connect the Dots 2024 – Career: Sports Iroquois Library 601 W Woodlawn Avenue, Louisville, United States Embark on an adventure of discovery into the playful world of Connect the Dots—an educational series that turns the history and innovation of blindness and low vision into an exciting adventure for kids! We’re on a mission to make learning a blast and inspire a world of inclusivity so while our building is under renovation, […]