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Beep Baseball event creates possibilities for youth with visual impairments
Thank you Amanda Becker from CBS 58 for all your time and interest in our #BeepBaseball event. This is an…
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Events, In the News
Spring event for visually impaired offers inclusion
Thank you to all the families, staff and Divine Savior Holy Angels High School volunteers who helped to make our…
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Member news
We are saddened to share the news of Patricia Keating’s recent passing. Providing support and services for people with vision…
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Vision Forward welcomes new members to the board of directors
Vision Forward Association is proud to welcome the following members to their Board of Directors: Guillermo Baena, Milwaukee Youth Symphony;…
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Living with Vision Loss
Safe Winter Travel Tips
During winter months, pedestrians with visual impairments are affected by increased difficulty in keeping a line of direction on sidewalks,…
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Advocacy
Public Hearing Set for January 11 on Statewide Vision Service Registry
Contact Your State Representative and Ask Them to Support AB 490! The Wisconsin State Assembly’s Committee on Health is holding…
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Vision Forward’s Dining in the Dark featured on the Steve Scaffidi show
Thank you to guests Steve Scaffidi and Carole Caine for your recent interview with Terri Davis, Vision Forward CEO. The…
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Events
Dining in the Dark aims to raise awareness of blindness
Thank you to Lori Fredrich, OnMilwaukee Senior Writer & Dining Editor, for her recent article featuring Dining in the Dark…
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Events
Annual sensory experience to raise awareness of blindness and visual impairment
Contact: Dena Fellows, Marketing Director, Vision Forward Association 414‐615‐0134 • dfellows@vision‐forward.org October 22, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DINING IN THE…
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Living with Vision Loss
National Fall Prevention Week
Join Hands with Vision Forward this National Fall Prevention Week Impaired vision, low vision, and other similar symptoms are just…
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Thank you for your support in the Trexo Robotic gait trainer contest
Thank you to all who voted for Vision Forward in the contest to win a Trexo Robotic gait trainer! Even…
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In the News
Fox 6 visits Rainbow Day Camp
Vision Forward in collaboration with Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center hosted Rainbow Day Camp July 19-22, for…
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Colleen Kickbush honored with special award
Colleen Kickbush, Vision Forward Teacher of the Visually Impaired, recently received the WAER, (Wisconsin Association for the Education and Rehabilitation…
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Catholic Community Foundation funds vision rehabilitation therapy programs
May 6, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vision Forward has been awarded a $15,000 grant from The Catholic Community Foundation for…
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Living with Vision Loss
More than Meets the Eye
Four-year-old Andre is learning to navigate the world, despite the visual, physical and communication challenges imposed on him by Cortical…
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Volunteers
National Volunteer Week
National Volunteer Week (April 18 – 24) is an annual celebration and opportunity for organizations around the world to recognize…
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Volunteers
DSHA students give back to Vision Forward
Thank you to the students at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School who chose to volunteer at Vision Forward during…
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Discussion about vision loss on the OWL program
Thank you to Amy Schmutte, host of and program director of the OWL (Older.Wiser.Local) segment on Riverwest Radio WXRW (104.1…
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Living with Vision Loss
MCTS Bus Route Changes
MCTS has implemented route changes as of early March, 2021. Routes affected are Routes 15, 19, 31, 33, 35 and…
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Volunteers
Remembering Volunteer Norm Koscinski
One of Vision Forward’s members and longtime volunteer, Norman E. Koscinski, passed away this past Friday. Norm and his wife Karen…
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Living with Vision Loss
More than Meets the Eye
Whether you are new to Vision Forward or have been a supporter for years, we know you will find this…
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In the News
Vision Forward featured on Milwaukee’s Philanthropic Community
Vision Forward was featured recently on the Ellenbecker Radio Program on WISN Radio. Terri Davis, Executive Director at Vision Forward, …
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In the News
Vision Connections webinar scheduled for September 25
Free, virtual, interactive webinar to help attendees learn more about vision health, understanding low vision, and how assistive devices can…
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In the News
Event Addresses Unique Issues Faced by Voters with Disabilities in the 2020 Election
WISCONSIN – Several nonprofit organizations hosted a joint event to bring awareness to issues faced by voters with disabilities on…