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On December 7, join Blind Beginnings for a family skate! From 5:45 – 6:45pm, we have a sheet of ice just for Blind Beginnings families. Whether you’ve never put on a pair of skates or you’re a speed-skating superstar; everyone is welcome to join! Skates, helmets, and ice sleds will be available for loan. When: Friday,… Read more Family Ice Skating Event
Blind Beginnings is going bouncing at Sky Zone! Come join us. Join us for a hour of bouncing and playing at the Sky Zone trampoline park in Surrey! Blind Beginnings has rented out a section of the facility just for our members – it will be a safe space for children of all sizes and… Read more Community Discovery: Sky Zone Trampoline Park
Full-time Fundraising & Communications Opportunity with Blind Beginnings This is an opportunity to enhance the impact of our established and growing charitable organization whose mission is to inspire children and youth who are blind or partially sighted, and their families. At Blind Beginnings, we provide diverse programs, experiences, counselling and peer support, and opportunities to… Read more Full-Time Fundraising & Communications Opportunity
Parents of children who are blind or partially sighted from birth to kindergarten age are invited to participate in our Drop-in Online Parent Group. If your child is older than kindergarten age, but you think you’d benefit from this parent group, please reach out to us! You have a child with a visual impairment which… Read more New Online Drop-In Parent Group
Join Blind Beginnings on a trip to the Stanley Park Ghost Train – described by the VocalEye! October’s Community Discovery outing will take us on a spooky, described train ride through Stanley Park. Thanks to the VocalEye for providing live description and a guided tour of the Spooky Maze, Pumpkin Patch, Creatures of the Night… Read more Community Discovery – Ghost Train
Okanagan Family Retreat – November 2, 3, and 4, 2018 Blind Beginnings in partnership with CNIB, is pleased to invite you and your family to participate in our first Okanagan Family Retreat. Families with children with a visual impairment from birth to eight years of age living in the Okanagan and surrounding region, are invited to… Read more Invitation to Okanagan Family Retreat
Invitation to our Blind Beginnings AGM and Family BBQ/Pot Luck When: Saturday, September 29th, 2018 from 12:00 – 3:30pm. 12:00-12:45 Paint Art Project 12:45-1:30 Eat Lunch 1:30-3:00 AGM 3:00-3:30 Assemble Art Project Where: 7915 Elwell St., Burnaby. Thank you to Marilyn & Ken Rushton for the use of their home for this event!… Read more 2018 AGM & Family BBQ/Potluck
Blind Beginnings with the support and involvement of CNIB is planning an early intervention retreat for families with blind or partially sighted children who live in the Okanagan and surrounding regions. Telus’ Thompson-Okanagan Community Board and the Vernon-based Foord Family Foundation have each donated $5,000 to help cover the cost of the retreat. Blind Beginnings… Read more Blind Beginnings Planning Okanagan Early Intervention Retreat
Attention Artists and Non-Artists alike! Thank you to those families who came out last Sunday to create clay contributions for our community art project! If you missed it, you have another chance to be part of this wonderful project. And if you were with us on June 10th – now’s your chance to add some… Read more Community Art Project – Installment 2
Kamloops and surrounding area families are invited to come out for Pizza in the Park together with Blind Beginnings. It has been a hectic year!! Come out and celebrate the end of the school year with this opportunity to relax, play some simple games, visit with each other, eat pizza in the sun and check… Read more Kamloops Community Discovery – June 23
