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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 [...]

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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:

• The Carroll Center’s Cause page on Facebook
• Causes on Facebook
• The Case Foundation’s Giving Challenge

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Karen Ross, Ph.D., V.P. of Educational Services at the Carroll Center, was recently selected as the recipient of the Fr. Carroll Award at the annual conference for the Northeast Chapter of the Assoc. for Education and Rehabilitation held at the Boston/Quincy Marriott Hotel on Nov. 14. This award recognizes an individual known as an innovator, a mover, a shaker, who has a positive impact on the lives of people with visual impairment.

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Brian Charlson, VP of Technology Training, was honored with an award from the American Foundation for the Blind at their recent meeting held at the Carroll Center on Nov 1st. Brian is rotating off of the AFB board, where he completed a 9 year term of service, and was presented with the Trustee Emeritus award by AFB Board Chairman Dick O’Brien. The award was a complete surprise to Brian who was surrounded by his Technology staff at the presentation.

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Josh Pearson and Jameyanne Fuller, students in Carroll Center educational programs, have returned home, after successfully completing their trek through the Andes mountains of Peru The two students had an experience of a lifetime and will be sharing their personal comments at a reception at the Carroll Center, soon to be announced.

“I don’t know who I was before and I don’t know who I am now, but I know I’m different,” _— Josh Pearson_

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John McCarthy, and Carl Augusto present Rachel Rosenbaum with the Migel AwardRachel Rosenbaum of Newton, President and CEO of the Carroll Center for the Blind, was awarded the M.C. Major Migel Award, the highest honor in the blindness field, at the annual Taylor Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA on Saturday March 4, 2006. The Migel Medal, established in 1937 by the late M.C. Migel, honors professionals whose dedication and achievements have improved the lives of people throughout the country who are blind or visually impaired.

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