Center for The Visually Impaired
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CVI offers many services to the visually impaired.
Do you or a loved one fear that loss of vision has affected your ability to live independently or to pursue goals you once had? The Center for the Visually Impaired is a non-profit agency dedicated to serving the special needs of blind and visually impaired individuals and has been providing a wide variety of critical services for the past 20 years. The full range of rehabilitation and training programs, as well as social services, low vision services, and employment services for teenagers enables students to preserve their independence and achieve their highest potential.
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Click here to see all of our news articles and press releases. "DINING IN THE DARK" is coming to the Daytona Beach Ocean Center - March 10, 2010. The "Dining in the Dark" Event is a unique dinner to raise awareness about the visually impaired in our community and to raise funds for the Center. Experience food, drink and conversation as you may never have before - without your sight. Your other senses are stimulated to savor the smell, taste and texture of your dining experience.
The Center is pleased to announce that the Center will be presenting the Larry J. Kelly Sr., "Distinguished Community Service Award " to Ms. Rose Ann Tornatore, president and CEO of Wholesale Lighting. While Ms. Tornatore business grew, so did her role as a community leader. She has worked with a variety of agencies and serves on numerous civic and community boards. Rose Ann has a strong track record of service within her community. Last fall at the Daytona 500 Club, The Center for the Visually Impaired honored Mr. L. Gale Lemerand with the 2008 - 2009 Larry J. Kelly Sr., " Distinguished Community Service Award". The benefit dinner was a tremendous success and our guests enjoyed a comedy routine by nationally renowned blind comedian, Gord Paynter. Read more...
Stephanie “Taffie” Cash
August 30, 1977 - April 13, 2009
"It's easy to become absorbed in our own work and worlds, but there is so much more to learn and experience "out there." While we may not feel that we effect much change or have a great deal of influence as a single worker, we are, in fact, very important to the total process and the larger world.
It’s important that we see the bigger picture and always feel that we are part of something much larger and grander than ourselves. We don’t always get the positive feedback and reinforcements that we need, but be assured that individuals that we do serve still benefit from us being there for them. Together we unite to form an intricate patchwork of services to people, in my case individuals with vision impairments.
If the agency was not functioning as a whole many individuals would be not able to reach their full potential. It’s important to alert each other to new resources, techniques and skills, mentor new professionals, and tap the strengths of individuals with many years of experience. In other words, we need to shine in our own space and in our own way and reach out to others as best we can.”
- Taffie Cash
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