[humanser] LightHouse Highlights August Special Programs for Youth

[LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired]

1. The Bay Area is Your Oyster - Transit Trek Week for Youth and Teens
The LightHouse will host a totally free Transit Trek week from Monday, August 4 through Friday, August 8. If you are blind or low vision and between the ages of ten and nineteen and you'd like a week of adventure while learning and experiencing various public transportation routes in the San Francisco Bay Area, then you're with us. Blind youth and LightHouse mobility instructors will take on a different destination adventure each day, such as riding BART to the International Airports in Oakland and San Francisco, MUNI to Golden Gate Park and CAL TRAIN to San Jose for lunch. The goals (besides lots of fun) include: accessing and gaining exposure to all forms of public transit including BART, Caltrain, MUNI and Sam Trans; honing cane travel skills and confidence, and most of all, developing the desire to travel with gusto and savvy.

Dates: Monday, August 4 through Friday, August 8, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day

Space is limited to 15 students, so sign up now. East Bay students will meet at the Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley at 9:00 a.m. to travel to San Francisco and arrive by 9:30 a.m. For more information and to register contact Debbie Bacon at dbacon at lighthouse-sf.org<mailto:dbacon at lighthouse-sf.org> or Kathy Abrahamson at kabrahamson at lighthouse-sf.org<mailto:kabrahamson at lighthouse-sf.org>.



2. Blind Musicians Take Note
We have just a handful of openings for the August session at our brand new Music Academy for blind and visually impaired musicians. The Academy, which will be held at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa, is open to blind musicians ages 14 to 25. The session is led by Dancing Dots founder Bill McCann.

Dates: The session runs from August 3 through August 9

If you are a serious blind musician or are thinking of entering the profession, this academy will introduce you to new ways you can write down your own music, read the works of others, and gain the capacity necessary to compete for and win employment in the music field.

Find out more about the Music Academy at http://bit.ly/musicacademyatehc.