Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Rehabilitation services:- blindness skills provides instruction to people who are new to blindness or low vision to help them learn to use a white cane for mobility, read braille, utilize accessible technology and acquire adaptive methods for cooking and daily living.- the Lighthouse's employment immersion program is our job training program specifically designed for Blind and Visually Impaired jobseekers in the bay area. Our graduates have the skills to find jobs, starting them on a path of self-reliance and life fulfilment.- enchanted hills camp for the Blind in napa is one of the west's only camps for Blind, Visually Impaired, deaf-blind and multi-disabled youth, adults and seniors. Enchanted hills camp is a place for Blind campers to explore and create, gain courage, try new things and make lifelong friends.- deaf-blind services include a communications equipment and training program that is open to deaf-blind individuals throughout the state. We also host a special enchanted hills camp session specifically for the deaf-blind.the program served 1,020 individuals and delivered 19,588 hours of program services.

Lighthouse enterprises:- Lighthouse operates adaptations, a brick-and-mortar store selling Blind adaptive technologies and tools, such as white canes, guide dog supplies, magnifiers, talking watches and other items.- Lighthouse industries provides direct employment at the sirkin Lighthouse, our light manufacturing plant in alameda. 75% of all direct labor is performed by Blind or Visually Impaired employees.

Community & information:community services offers social, health promotion and educational classes for the Blind. Some of the opportunities include, yoga, dance, a book club, and many other programs. Cultural, artistic and fitness programs bring people together for social engagement and to build a community of low vision and Blind people. the program served 445 individuals and delivered 9,954 hours of program services.