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This year’s Walkathon web site is http://acb.donorpages.com/2016ACBWalk/.  ACB would like to raise $60,000 from ACB’s 10,000 Steps Walkathon this year.  You can help us reach our goal by registering as a walker, making a donation, or by becoming a sponsor.  You may also form a Team and seek donations from friends and family. Teams will have the chance to win prizes for raising the highest amount of funds and/or for having the largest number of Walkers at the event.   The Walk is on Sunday, July 3, 2016…

Attention sponsors, advertisers and exhibitors: www.acbconvention.orgis up and running for the 2016 ACB Conference and Convention in Minneapolis, MN, July 1-July 9, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.  Sponsors, advertisers and exhibitors may now browse the site and place their orders.  A new secure login procedure has been created, so users will need to create a new login and password - logins and passwords used in previous years will no…

Enjoy reading "The 2015 ACB Scholarship Winners: Stars Shining Bright into the Future", by Michael Garrett at www.acb.org/2015-scholarship-winners.

Please meet at the left and right, 16 of the ACB 2015 scholarship winners in attendance at the 2015 ACB Conference and Convention in Las Vegas.

ACB 2015 scholarship winners that were not available for photos at the Awards Ceremony at the ACB 2015 Conference and Convention are:

  • Cassandra Mendez
  • Michael Rouillard

September 25-27:

South Dakota Association of the Blind convention at the Governor’s Inn in Pierre, SD. For more information, contact Dawn Brush at (605) 229-4129 or Amy Chappelle at (605) 224-6801.

September 25-27:

Oklahoma Council of the Blind convention at The Tower Hotel, 3233 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City. Our theme this year is “LIFE, Learning Is for Everyone.” For more information, contact Vicky Golightly, [email protected].

October 1-4:

The 56th ACB conference and convention will take place

Friday, June 30, 2017 - Friday, July 7, 2017

Nugget Casino Resort, 1100 Nugget Avenue, Sparks, Nevada

 
Approximately 1,000 blind and visually impaired people are expected to attend this conference (ACBconvention.org) from across the United States and many foreign countries. Countless others will listen to selected broadcasts from the conference on ACB's internet radio service.  Still others will read…

from the Mesquite News by Kenny Green

Blind People Take in the Mesquite Championship Rodeo

Texas resident and American Council of the Blind tour participant Patrick Sturdivant tries out the mechanical bull at Mesquite Arena.
Caption: Texas resident and American Council of the Blind tour participant Patrick Sturdivant tries out the mechanical bull at Mesquite Arena.