[Colorado-Talk] Fwd: Celebrating Seniors and Duncan Larsen

Wed Nov 20 14:51:16 UTC 2024

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From: Julie Deden <jdeden at cocenter.org>
Date: Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Subject: Celebrating Seniors and Duncan Larsen
To: <burke.dall at gmail.com>

*Colorado Center for the Blind*

*Take Charge with Confidence and Self-Reliance*

Make a Colorado Gives donation that celebrates Duncan Larsen and our blind
seniors!

Duncan Larsen’s commitment to instilling confidence in all blind people
goes back to her earliest professional years in Nebraska. She was one of
our founders in 1988 after moving to Colorado. In fact, Duncan was the cane
travel instructor on that storied first day when she traveled to the Center
with those first students in a blizzard. Since that time, Duncan has
changed thousands of lives.

So, we’re dedicating the Senior Resource Room at the Colorado Center for
the Blind as the Duncan Larsen Senior Resource Room, and we invite you to
designate your 2024 Colorado Gives contribution to Duncan’s legacy.

It’s only fitting. From 2003 to her retirement from the Center in 2023,
Duncan Larsen directed Senior Services at the Colorado Center for the Blind
through an extraordinary period of growth. When she began, we had a
once-a-month senior support group. In 2023, we served more than 150
individuals in three weekly groups at the Center, five monthly groups in
outside locations, and made dozens of home visits as well.

But of course, the hundreds of seniors losing vision who met and worked
with Duncan remember her for her warmth, genuine concern for others, and
her calm intellect. We all miss Duncan at the Center, but even though she
“retired” from the Center, it’s pretty tricky tracking her down. And when
you get her on the phone, you never know where she might be!

[image: Duncan shows a student how to hold the knife while slicing a tomato]

So, you can designate your Colorado Gives contribution this year by
selecting “Duncan Larsen” in the “Designation” drop-down on the Colorado
Center for the Blind Donate page.

Want to Be Named as a Donor? Make a donation of $250 or more designated to
the Duncan Larsen Senior Resource Room and we’ll include your name on the
commemorative certificate to be hung in the entrance of the room!

Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 10, but all donations made online
or off-line count toward our total, and a percentage of the $1 Million
Incentive Fund from First Bank.

Isn’t that great? There’s no need to wait to make your 2024 Colorado Gives
donation!

Donate Now for Colorado Gives Day!
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The Colorado Center for the Blind is a training center and community of
blind and low vision people, proudly affiliated with the National
Federation of the Blind.

We believe blind people can do anything. Every day, we encourage and
challenge each student—and they come to understand their potential as they
build the skills and confidence to live the life they want. Because when
you believe in yourself and experience a thriving community of positive
blind people, nothing can hold you back from pursuing your dreams.

*Phone: *(303) 778 1130
2233 West Shepperd Ave
Littleton, Colorado 80120
United States

*Web:* cocenter.org
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"Blindness is not what holds you back.  You can live the life you want!"

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