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Morgan Stanley Hosts A Transformative Career Workshop
The Morgan Stanley Enable Employee Network provided a career workshop and exchange for twelve young people who are visually impaired from Lighthouse Guild’s Youth Services, Tech Pals and Scholarship programs. Hosted at Morgan Stanley's New York headquarters, the event began with remarks by Shavonne Gordon, Managing Director and Global Head of Diversity for Company and Infrastructure at Morgan Stanley.
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Legally Blind Baldwinsville Graduate Receives Scholarship
Jack Lamson of Baldwinsville, a legally blind student who graduated from Cato-Meridian High School this year, has won the $10,000 Lighthouse Guild Scholarship. Lamson will be attending the Rochester Institute of Technology in the fall and the scholarship provides money for resources needed by legally blind students.
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Blind Glencoe Grad Receives Lighthouse Guild Scholarship
Posted by The Messenger By Kaitlin Hoskins, News Editor Charli Strawn, a legally blind recent graduate of Glencoe High School, will be attending Auburn University in…
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Tech On the Go: Apps that Make Travel Easier
The summer is the perfect time to explore new neighborhoods and travel to new cities or countries. For people who are blind or visually impaired, navigating new destinations can pose potential challenges, but thanks to the advancement of assistive technology, traveling has never been easier or more accessible!
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Lighthouse Guild Boosts Blind Students with Scholarship Initiative
Lighthouse Guild for the visually impaired announces the 16 students receiving the $10,000 scholarship in an effort to level the playing field for higher education.
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Lighthouse Guild Names Jamie Ridout as the New Director of Buffalo GuildCare
June 11, 2024 - Jamie Ridout has been named director of GuildCare in Buffalo. GuildCare, a division of Lighthouse Guild, is the only Adult Day Health Care program in New York State specializing in services for people with vision loss and provides services in Buffalo, Albany, Niagara Falls and Manhattan.
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Dr. Calvin W. Roberts of Lighthouse Guild is Awarded The John Milton McLean Medal
Dr. Roberts, President and CEO of Lighthouse Guild presented his lecture titled, “This Present Moment Used to Be the Unimaginable Future.”
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Visually Impaired Students Learn to Play the Adaptive Sport of Blind Baseball
On Saturday, May 4, nineteen students ages six to thirteen from Lighthouse Guild’s Youth Skills Program gathered in Central Park’s Heckscher Ballfields 5 to participate in a clinic for the adaptive sport of blind baseball. The mission of the Youth Skills Program is to provide social and recreational services to legally blind children to help them build self-confidence. During the school year the students gather monthly to participate in social and recreational activities that include drama, physical education, yoga, technology, arts and crafts, and community field trips.
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Lighthouse Guild Youth Transition Program Participates in Event for Visually Impaired
Posted by Vision Monday NEW YORK—The Lighthouse Guild, an organization that provides services to those who are visually impaired as well as inspiration to help them…
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