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the organization. In 1958 the San Francisco Association and Center merged with another non-profit known as Recreation for the Blind, to become the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind. This marked the beginning of the LightHouse's involvement with the Enchanted Hills Camp as it belonged to Recreation for the Blind.
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In 1914, the organization became the San Francisco Association for the Blind and offered occupational classes in addition to employment opportunities to the blind in the production of brooms, baskets, and furniture. This manufacturing process was known as "Blindcraft" but has been discontinued since
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The Association continued to expand and in 1924 moved to a new facility with the financial support of the Cowell family. The organization continued its manufacturing aspect and began providing braille classes, white cane instruction and counseling. In 1956 a Recreation/Education Center was added to
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Founded in 1902 under the direction of Josephine Rowan as the Reading Room for the Blind in the San Francisco Public Library's basement, the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired has grown out of a series of nonprofit mergers throughout its century-long existence into an organization that
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The organization offers a wide range of services for the visually challenged in order, according to its mission statement, to "promote the equality and self-reliance of people who are blind or visually impaired through rehabilitation training, employment placement, Enchanted Hills Camp and other
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In 2016, the LightHouse moved into a $ 45M headquarters at 1155 Market Street in San Francisco. The LightHouse occupies the 9th-11th floors of the building, in a three-story office space designed by blind architect and former Board of Directors President Chris Downey together with
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relevant services." In 2014, the LightHouse received a $ 125 million bequest from Seattle construction insurance businessman Donald Sirkin, which is arguably the most sizable donation given to a blindness organization.
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Center, to become the Rose Resnick Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired and provide more services for those with blind and low vision. In 2004, the name Rose Resnick was omitted from the organization's title.
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Today the LightHouse has multiple locations in Northern California, including, LightHouse Marin, LightHouse North Coast, LightHouse East Bay, Enchanted Hills Camp and LightHouse Industries Sirkin Center.
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has been awarded "to support the emerging adventurousness and can-do spirit of blind and low vision people worldwide". Entrants must initially upload a 90-second video pitch to
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The LightHouse also maintains a blog and produces podcasts about the concerns and issues of the blind and visually impaired.
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LightHouse Marin, LightHouse East Bay, LightHouse North Coast, Enchanted Hills Camp, LightHouse Industries Sirkin Center
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is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization, and is the oldest and largest of its kind in Northern California.
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provides a wide range of services for the visually challenged in the Bay Area.
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In 1993 the LightHouse had yet another merger, this time with the
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offers a variety of services for the blind and visually impaired
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As of 2023 Sharon Sacks is Board of Directors President.
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