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Meet Two Blind Entrepreneurs: Eileen Rivera Ley and Mike Bullis

Updated as of February 10, 2024. We are privileged to present interviews with some fabulous blind small business owners. One dove right in as a young man and has operated several businesses, including restaurants, bars, and even a motorcycle shop. Another started her business slowly, while still working a full-time job and caring for her […]

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Meet Blind Business Owner Earl Smith

We are privileged to present interviews with a successful businessman who became blind recently. He got training, persevered, and is now growing his very successful catering business. Earl Smith Earl Smith has owned Smith’s Catering for 20 years. When he lost his vision in 2015, he did not give up his business; he took another […]

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Reflections on Volunteering from Young Blind Adults

Updated as of February 10, 2024. #NationalVolunteerWeek In 2021, the Free Bridges Helpdesk celebrated #NationalVolunteerWeek by highlighting skills needed for volunteer work and paid employment with national experts in blindness and low vision employment David DeNotaris and Eileen Rivera Ley. Join us as we hear from young blind adults about how volunteering impacted them and […]

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Benefits of Volunteer Service

Updated as of February 10, 2024. #NationalVolunteerWeek In 2021, the Free Bridges Helpdesk celebrated #NationalVolunteerWeek by highlighting skills needed for volunteer work and paid employment. Impact of volunteering In this video, we learn about the incredible impact of volunteering in our country. We also hear from blind college students and adults about the benefits volunteering […]

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Bridges Blog Recreation Resources Series: National Days November 2023

Loosen Up Lighten Up Day

National Days November with Our Bridges Resource Library We love celebrating “National Days,” so we have chosen a few Bridges Resource Library entries that help us celebrate the following National Days in November: We invite you to “check out” the Bridges Resource Library’s offerings that share information about activities that help us “Loosen Up” and […]