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Apply to our Marathon Team!
Interested in running the Boston Marathon in 2015? Apply to our Team With A Vision of visually impaired and sighted runners!
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Volunteer Trainings
Make a difference in someone's life by lending your sight for just a few hours each week or month. MAB will provide training on how to assist someone who is blind, and will match you with an individual in or near your community.
Our upcoming new volunteer training dates are:
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Thursday,
Oct. 16th
9:30-11:30 a.m.
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Volunteer Testimonial
"I've volunteered for Dean for years and he has become a very close friend. He was even the officiant at my wedding."
- Marissa
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Volunteer Marissa
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INSIGHT Blog
Have you checked out the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired's blog?
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Donate
Want to help support our work? Any amount can transform lives.
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Technology Panel Discussion at MAB's Annual Meeting Oct. 8: "An App A Day Keeps the Doctor Away"
When: Wednesday, October 8
Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Where: MassHousing, fourth floor
One Beacon Street, Boston 02108
Technology has long been assumed to be the province of the young. Our panelists will discuss how visually impaired seniors are increasingly using high tech strategies to compensate for vision loss and promote healthy aging.
Panel speakers:
Jennifer Kaldenberg, MSA, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA, Clinical Director at the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired and Clinical Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at BU College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College.
David Morrison, Co-leader of a MABVI low vision support group and expert user of low vision adaptive technology.
Paul Rumul, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Davenport Companies, operator of The Cove at Thirwood Place, an assisted living facility in South Yarmouth with apartments tailored to the needs of visually impaired residents.
Moderated by Paul Saner, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Joshua Warren by Friday, October 3 if you would like to attend.
 
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Blind NASA Chief Explains "Why You Should Always Wear Clean Underwear" in New Blog
Benjamin "Tracy" Minish has only minimal vision remaining, but that doesn't stop him from serving proudly as the Chief of NASA's Mission System Operations branch. His condition has, however, put him in some interesting situations, but Tracy faces them all with his trademark sense of humor. Recently, Tracy wrote a post for our Insight blog about one particular incident years ago in a Russian hotel:
"I wake up several times, trying to adjust to 'rocket lag,' and at one point I stumble to the bathroom, half asleep. I see myself in the mirror and step closer. Strangely, my image in the mirror turns and briskly walks away. I do that pinch thing again, and nope, I am not sleeping. I look around and notice my bathroom is incredibly large, so large it could be... A HALLWAY. Yikes!
I turn quickly, but the door is shut closed. I rattle the door knob, and yes, it is locked. I reach instinctively for my key in my back pocket, but my 'tighty-whities' have no pockets. 'Moscow, we have a problem!'"
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About Us:
The Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired is a program of MAB Community Services. MABVI has been creating opportunities for blind and visually impaired individuals since 1903. Our experience allows us to forge strong community partnerships to meet the pressing need for high quality services and transform lives.
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