Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation’s Visually Impaired Students to Cook Thanksgiving Meal for Their Families

WHAT: Just in time for the holiday season, students from the Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation (NBCF) are hosting their annual Thanksgiving meal! Utilizing skills learned in NBCF’s cooking classes, low and no vision students will prepare a warm turkey meal and invite families and friends to join them in celebrating the holiday and skills they have learned in their class. Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation’s cooking program is one of the many afterschool programs they provide and focuses on teaching low and no vision students how to operate kitchen appliances, follow a recipe, and create delicious meals.

WHEN: Saturday, November 19^th from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.

WHERE: Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation, 95 S. Arroyo Grande Blvd., Henderson, NV 89012 

MEDIA OPP:

• Footage of students serving the Thanksgiving meal.
• Footage of students preparing the meal.
• Footage of families, students, and friends enjoying the meal.
• Interviews with students and/or their parents at NBCF.
• Interviews with NBCF Executive Director, Maribel Garcia.

 About Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation

Founded in 2006, by Kevin and Toni Spilsbury, Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation (NBCF) is the only non-profit organization solely dedicated to improving the lives of children, ages 0-22, who are visually impaired in Southern Nevada. NBCF provides comprehensive services for children and their families including: advocacy, family support, employment and life skills training, education, adaptive recreation, and health services. To learn more about Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation, visit nvblindchildren.org or call (702) 735-6223.

Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation’s programs and services are provided through the generous support of individual and corporate donors.