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Transportation

Paratransit – Understanding a Valuable Resource

By Holly Spoor | September 23, 2019 | 0
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RTC Paratransit is a wonderful opportunity to help people with low vision and blindness navigate the city.

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We partnered with @mondaysdark in September 2017! Cowbell Jam is one of the highlights of the show and they are taking it to the streets! For the entire month of October, Mondays Dark will be sponsoring a virtual 5K, The Mondays Dark 5K Cowbell Jammer. For each registration of $50, Mondays Dark will donate $20 to its charity partners. Make sure to select Nevada Blind Children's Foundation!Each registered runner receives a Mondays Dark 5K Cowbell Jammer Finisher Medal, a print-at-home Runner’s bib. There will be a few fun contests as well. Check it out at: http://ow.ly/lzYW50BrxeG
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We are so thankful to be a part of such a wonderful community! Thank you to #CoxCharities for selecting NBCF as a grant recipient this year! @coxcommunications is supporting our after-school adventures programs and our technology needs. Thank you so much for investing in our participants! {Image Description: Two women in red shirts hold a poster }
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The CLC Preschool crew heard that Vegas temperatures are supposed to dip down into the 90s next week, so they did a fun online exercise with tiny tactile coats they received in their take-home activity kits! 😆 #brrrr #BundleUp Miss Kat made up a series of tiny coats using different textures such as felt, rubber, and sandpaper. The coats had raised puff paint to enhance the outline and features, as well as real buttons. The students, led by Miss Kat, practiced counting the buttons and learning the difference between textures. They also discussed what type of clothing you might wear for different seasons. Dolores even got creative and glued her coat to a piece of paper and drew pants to match! . . . #TactileLearning #nvblindchildren #blind #lowvision #VisuallyImpaired #ArtsAndCrafts #texture #counting #MotorSkills #preschool
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J is for JELLYFISH! The CLC preschool kids worked on a fun ocean-themed tactile art project with Miss Kat and Miss Mae making their very own jellyfish! Once the project was complete everyone named their jellyfish: Joy, Jorge, Josh, Elsa, Josh (2), Googly Eyes, Mr. Sting, and One-eyed Jack! This was a fun way to work on listening skills, following directions, and motor skills. Today's online fun was capped off with singalongs to Baby Shark and Under the Sea! . . . #jellyfish #tactilecrafts #nvblindchildren #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired #seacreature #ocean #underthesea #tactilelearning
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Our CLC students are learning about bears this week. Today, they did a virtual art project with Miss Mae and Miss Kat focusing on the letter "B." They transformed B into a cute bear and loved showing each other their works of art. Such a fun and creative project! #NVBlindChildren #VisualImpairment #BearHunt #Art #Creativity #creativityforkids #Blind #Crafts #VirtualLearning
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Who remembers the story of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by @officialericcarle? Well, it's a favorite of our CLC Preschool kids. They joined Miss Mae and Miss Kat for a virtual lesson about caterpillars. Our kids love the story so much, they decided to make their own! . . . . #NVBlindChildren #Storytime #Art #TactileLearning #VisuallyImpaired #Blind #LowVision #Reading
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It was a rockin' good time today during Music with Miss Emily - featuring Rrrrrrrrrrrrico! 🦜 With Miss Emily on the piano, Miss Kat and Miss Debbi joined students Liam, Max, Harry, Dolores and Maverick for a fun afternoon singalong. . . . #nvblindchildren #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired #kids #singalong #music #drumsticks #tambourine #wheelsonthebus #hokeypokey
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Who wants to make a tactile crocodile 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️🐊 The CLC Preschool kids joined Miss Mae and Miss Kat for online Art Time. Based on the book they read yesterday, "Ready or Not, Mr Croc?" by @jo.lodge the kids made their very own crocodile puppets! This project helped the kids practice listening, following directions, fine motor skills and counting! . . . #nvblindchildren #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired #tactilelearning #tactilecrafts #art #artsandcrafts #crocodile #puppets
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Our virtual learning continues at NBCF! Miss Mae and Miss Kat lead story time tonight. There was also a sing-a-long to celebrate the birthday boy, Levi. #NVBlindChildren #VirtualLearning #SummerLearning #VisuallyImpaired #preschool
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Well, that's a wrap on our Virtual Discovery Summer Camp! This was the first time in NBCF history that we held summer camp completely online. While we would have loved to have camp in person, we loved seeing the smiles and engagement from our campers and their families the entire week. Miss Carly led a wonderful lesson on balloons to end the week. Campers used supplies to make an edible balloon out of marshmallows. The lesson continued by making a balloon rockets. Campers were also given special awards to highlight the unique qualities they all brought to camp to make it extra fun! Thank you to our students and families for joining us on this adventure. #NVBlindChildren #SummerCamp #VirtualLearning #STEM #STEAM #STEMLearning #DistanceEducation
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Did you know it takes 72 heartbeats to move blood throughout our bodies in 1 minute? That was just one of the many fun facts our campers learned tonight during our third day of our Virtual Discovery Day Camp. Campers had help from their families to create an edible heart model and learn about heartbeats led by Miss Carly. #NVBlindChildren #SummerCamp #stem #stemeducation #VisualImpairment #VirtualLearning #FamilyTime #Heartbeat
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Day 2 of Virtual Summer Camp is all about the bubbles! Campers made two different solutions and wands to create their own bubbles. One of our campers even had a little too much fun with foam. This is just one of the many hands-on activities NBCF staff members are leading as part of our Virtual Summer Camp this week! (Image description: A collage of people on a video conference call including: a girl with glasses pouring water into a cup, a man in a red shirt against a purple backdrop, a blonde girl looking at a red cup, two girls sitting outside under a purple umbrella, a boy with a red cup, a woman in a red shirt smiling, a young boy sitting at a table with a red cup)
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Summer Camp is officially in session! Our Virtual Discovery Day Camp kicked off today. Campers were provided with a take-home activity kit with supplies for different hands-on projects they can participate in led by NBCF Program Staff online. Today, campers got to "grow" their imaginations by planting seeds that will be revealed at the end of the week. Traditionally, NBCF campers would participate in adaptive sports and engage in hands-on craft and science projects. Instead, camp is heading online with projects bringing smiles to all our faces! #NVBlindChildren #SummerCamp #STEM #OnlineLearning #ProjectBased
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Hello to our lovely friends - it's time for another round of the alphabet game and today's Letter is L. Tell us about something around your house that beings with the Letter L. We found Levi, Lexi, Liam, Ladybug cars and helmets and Life Skills, one of the many programs we offer at NBCF. . . #ladybugs #lifeskills #love #nvblindchildren #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired
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Special thanks to the @lasvegasfd recruits and their Training Officers, Moke and Chris, for their help last week! This team was ready to work. For two hours, on their day off, they pulled weeds, trimmed trees & bushes and spruced up the front of the NBCF Learning Center. We are so grateful for their help. Thank you to recruit Paul for organizing the effort and the rest of the team: Chris, Jamie, Victor, Johnny, Cody, Jared, Ashton, and Tyler! These recruits will soon be graduating from the academy and joining those who bravely serve our community. ❤️ #community #thankyou #volunteering #nvblindchildren
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Remembering and honoring our heroes who fought for our freedom. #freedom #thankyouforyourservice #memorialday2020
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5! It's Counting with Miss Kat! Using items from their take-home activity packet including flashcards, glue, and cotton balls Dolores and Maverick joined Miss Kat in creating tactile flashcards to help with their counting skills. And, then of course they sang Baby Shark to end the class. . . . #nvblindchildren #blind #visuallyimpaired #distancelearning #flashcards #tactileflashcards #tactilelearning #counting #learningisfun #babyshark
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Happy Tuesday! It’s time for another round of the alphabet game and today’s letter of the day is K! Tell us about something around your house that begins with the letter K! . . . #kids #kindness #kitchen #keyboard #nvblindchildren #blind #lowvision #visuallyimpaired #alphabetgame
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Today our CLC Preschool kids, led by Miss Mae and Miss Kat, talked about texture! Texture plays a big role in learning, the kids enjoy tactile lessons and craft projects. Miss Kat brought her dog, Castle, because he is smooth and soft and such a good boy! 🐾 (Image Description: a screenshot from an online meeting featuring Miss Mae in a red shirt, Dolores and Maverick smiling, Miss Kat and her pug dog Castle, and Liam with his hands up by his ears) . . . #nvblindchildren #lowvision #visuallyimpaired #tactilelearning #distancelearning #texture #pug #gooddog
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Wednesdays mean music with Miss Emily! Today she hosted an online singalong / listening party with the NBCF students which included teaching the younger generation about cassette tapes and records. 😆 . . . #nvblindchildren #music #listeningparty #blind #visuallyimpaired #distancelearning #stayingconnected #namethattune #records #cassettetapes (Image Description: screenshots of Miss Emily holding up a cassette tape and a record along with screenshots of students Emily, Jensen, Kristlynn, Ava and Yael)
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