Year: 2013
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.
Brother James Kearney Scholarship Program
The Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
To help underwrite the launch of what is expected to become a sustainable neurologic vision rehabilitation program.
Seva Foundation
Aurora of Central New York, Inc.
To partner with the Association for Vision Rehabiliation and Employment and the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in developing and delivering a technology exploration and training program for blind and visually impaired children, ages 10-14, and their parents in a twenty-county Central New York catchment area.
VIA
Benetech Initiative
To “revolutionize the availability of educational materials for people in India who are blind and visually impaired.”
Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
To help underwrite cost-saving and productivity-enhancing improvements in the heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC) and insulation systems of CABVI’s large 1920’s headquarters building.
Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital
To enable New Dehli’s Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital to build sustainable capacity to train a combined total of 50 new vision technicians and ophthalmic nursing assistants per year.
Enrichment Audio Resource Services, Inc. (EARS)
To support the program’s continuing operations.