Year: 2013
Freedom Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc.
To help drive continuing increases in enrollments at the Northeast’s lowest-cost provider of guide dogs for people who are blind.
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey
To train 20 blind working age adults for call-center work and place at least 12 of these trainees in paid call-center and customer-service jobs.
Learning Ally
To research, develop, and pilot a faster, more efficient, and more effective method of providing blind and visually impaired students with accessible instructional materials like talking books, on demand.
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
To provide free physician-led ophthalmic examinations, assistance with medical benefits, and medical referrals to needy seniors who reside in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg and Midwood neighborhoods.
Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany
To support year-round rehabilitative, educational and recreational programming for blind and visually impaired youth ages, 8-17, in NABA’s East-Central New York catchment area.
VIA
To establish a satellite low vision clinic in Buffalo’s inner suburban ring, thus increasing the combined annual total of Olmsted low vision patients served from 1,000 at baseline to 1,400.
Seva Foundation
To improve access to and utilization of five Primary Eye Care Centers (PECCs) and one new eye hospital in Nepal and four Vision Centers (VCs) in North India – and also to increase the efficiency and productivity of these facilities.
The Research Foundation for SUNY
To recruit and train a minimum of 900 NYS-based physical education teachers and athletic directors, paraeducators, youth who are blind and visually impaired, and parents of such youth in effectively including these youth in adaptive sports and physical education programs.
VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
To support VISIONS, together with its partner Helen Keller Services for the Blind, in launching an employer-centered and -guided job training and placement program for adults who are legally blind and reside in NYC or Long Island.