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CoolRunning.com puts the spotlight on the Vision 5K
Premier running site calls the Vision5K a “do not miss” event
To read the article in full, visit CoolRunning.com.
To learn how you can support the Carroll Center by participating and/or fundraising, visit our Vision 5K web page.
To learn more about this fundraising event, visit the Vision 5K web site.
2008 VISION 5K - Feel It. Live It.
| June 7, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 am |
The Carroll Center for the Blind participates in its sixth VISION 5K.
Join your fellow alumni, instructors and friends on June 7 to show your Carroll Center pride and walk or run in support of The Carroll Center!
The VISION 5K is a run or walk for everyone. Blind, visually impaired or sighted individuals will enjoy a sun filled morning in Boston’s Back Bay Fens.
For beginners or experienced runners and walkers, this Flat and fast two loop course through Boston’s scenic Back Bay Fens (on road course ending on the track of Roberto Clemente Field) is made for personal bests and easy navigation.
The race begins at Roberto Clemente Field on Park Drive. The VISION 5K course is spectator friendly with music at start, finish, and 2 mile mark. Family and friends can cheer you on in multiple spots along the course.
After you run or walk, enjoy our great post race party . Live music, post race BBQ, Legal Sea Foods Famous Chowder, Ice-cream and more!
View photos from last year’s Vision 5k
Our Goal
Our goal is to raise $60,000 to support technology training, braille literacy, independent living, vocational skills and other support services at the Carroll Center that enhance the quality of life of those experiencing vision loss.
Registration
Register now to feel the power and live the experience of the VISION 5K!
If you would like to fundraise or support one of our Carroll Center Team members, follow one of the links below:
- Become a Fundraiser for the Carroll Center
- Support Lisa Miracle as she takes the Blindfold Challenge with her friend Carolyn
- Support Nancy Jodoin, Recent CCB Graduate
- Sarah’s Running Blind Again!
- Bruce wants to give something back to the Carroll Center
- Jonathan Caldwell is taking the blindfold challenge again!
- Support Team Knutsen as they take the blindfold challenge
- Build your own Fundraising Page
Vision 5K Sponsors and Partners
The Carroll Center extends a special thanks to our sponsors and partners in the 2008 vision 5k:
The Bookbinder Group
Blindsight showing at Kendall Square Landmark Theatres
After a successful world debut at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Blindsight is now out in limited release in theatres worldwide. If you are from the Boston area, you can see Blindsight at the Kendall Square Cinemas daily at 1:30, 4:00, 7:10 and 9:40 PM. Show times are subject to change so please visit The Kendall Square Cinemas Showtimes page to verify.
For other release dates and showtime info, visit the official Blindsight the movie website
About the Movie
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, Blindsight follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest.
A dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more
remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind.
Blindsight Movie Premiere- a great success
The Boston premiere of the movie, Blindsight, held at the Museum of Fine Arts, was very well received by the near capacity audience, including many from The Carroll Center. The film is a powerful and touching documentary that highlights the lives of six Tibetan teenagers and their teacher, Sabriye Tenberken, who along with Paul Kronenberg founded their school, Braille Without Borders in Tibet. Their challenging mountain climb was led by famed mountain climber, Erik Weihenmayer.
After the showing of the film, Sabriye and Paul were available for questions and answers and made a special point to mention the great experience the Tibetan teens had when they visited The Carroll Center. They gained so much from their Carroll Center visit that all said it was the best part of their trip to the USA.
Tibet Students and Stars of Film, Blindsight, Visit Carroll Center
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Sabriye Tenberken and five of her blind students from Tibet visited the Carroll Center to promote their upcoming film, Blindsights, a gripping adventure of the struggle and triumphs of the young students and their teacher as they are led on an extreme climb up the north face of Everest led by famed mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer. The students are graduates from Braille without Borders, the first school for blind children of Tibet and founded by Sabriye.
Their visit to the Carroll Center was widely covered by the Boston media: Boston Globe, Boston Herald, WCVB-TV and CN8. Included among the activities provided to the Tibetan visitors was a presentation of adaptive technology, a lesson in fencing to the students, a visit to the Museum of Fine Arts and lunch at a nearby Tibetan restaurant. The highlight of their visit for us was an introduction of the students and their teacher Sabriye Tenberken, who provided a moving and passionate presentation of her successful struggle to establish the school in Tibet and her students’ triumph over adversity.
The movie Blindsights is being shown throughout the world with a special premiere screening scheduled for Boston in mid March.
Clients Meet Gov. Deval Patrick
Clients from the Carroll Center Rehab Program travelled to the State House to hear Gov. Deval Patrick present his state-of-the-state address.
Following the address, the group made their way through the vast crowds to the governor’s office, where he graciously spent a few minutes talking to the group. Clients George Kamara ,Nancy Jodoin, Bruce Howell and Jen Harnish were joined by staff Naomi Zabot and Maria Goldstein.
8th Annual Braille Literacy Celebration
For the 8th consecutive year, The Carroll Center conducted the Annual Braille Literacy Celebration on Saturday, February 9th, 2008 and by all accounts it keeps getting better each year.
Thirty-three blind children who read and write Braille and range in age from 6-18 years, were tested in Braille speed and accuracy, reading comprehension, spelling, [...]
February Graduation Speeches
Carroll Center programs conclude with a graduation ceremony where each graduate receives a Certificate of Completion, comments from their teachers on the overall progress and success the individual has achieved, and the opportunity for the graduate to express him or herself on their experience.
Recently three individuals graduated from Carroll Center programs on Friday February [...]
Support the Carroll Center through the Causes Giving Challenge on Facebook
The Causes Giving Challenge is an initiative by the popular social networking site Facebook, in concert with The Case Foundation, to raise money for charity. If you’re a member of Facebook or have always wanted to join, now is the time to do it! Visit the Carroll Center’s Cause Page and click the Donate button. Any donation will be greatly appreciated and will make us eligible for a $1000 daily prize (most number of unique donors in a day). At the end of the initiative the organization with the most unique donors will win $50,000!
If you are a member of Facebook and have friends that will support the Carroll Center’s Cause, simply return to the Carroll Center’s Cause Page and click the Invite button to invite all of your friends. Use the power of the social web to support a good cause!
This contest will run until the February 1st, 2008. For more information, please visit:
Karen Ross Receives Father Carroll Award
