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Meet Blind Business Owner Earl Smith

Updated as of October 8, 2024. We are privileged to present interviews with a successful businessman who became blind recently. He got training, persevered, and is now growing his very successful catering business. Earl Smith Earl Smith has owned Smith’s Catering for 20 years. When he lost his vision in 2015, he did not give […]

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Reflections on Volunteering from Young Blind Adults

Updated as of October 8, 2024. #NationalVolunteerWeek In 2021, the Free Bridges Helpdesk celebrated #NationalVolunteerWeek by highlighting skills needed for volunteer work and paid employment with national experts in blindness and low vision employment David DeNotaris and Eileen Rivera Ley. Join us as we hear from young blind adults about how volunteering impacted them and […]

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Benefits of Volunteer Service

Updated as of October 8, 2024. #NationalVolunteerWeek In 2021, the Free Bridges Helpdesk celebrated #NationalVolunteerWeek by highlighting skills needed for volunteer work and paid employment. Impact of volunteering In this video, we learn about the incredible impact of volunteering in our country. We also hear from blind college students and adults about the benefits volunteering […]

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“Are We There Yet?”: Stress-Free Travel for Thanksgiving

Let’s look at some ways to make traveling for the holidays stress-free, even when “the traffic is terrific.”

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Bridges Blog Recreation Resources Series: National Days November 2023

Loosen Up Lighten Up Day

National Days November with Our Bridges Resource Library We love celebrating “National Days,” so we have chosen a few Bridges Resource Library entries that help us celebrate the following National Days in November: We invite you to “check out” the Bridges Resource Library’s offerings that share information about activities that help us “Loosen Up” and […]