Residents at the Newfield House in Plymouth can now access TIC via channel 17 on their televisions. Newspapers, magazines, books and more are all easily accessible!
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TIC recently participated in Furnace Brook Middle School's "Wonder Fair" for sixth graders held January 27th! Designed to raise awareness and give the Marshfield middle school students a better understanding of what it would be like to have vision or hearing impairment, learning disorder or other disability, the Wonder Fair offered different "simulator" stations.
Jim Bunnell, Executive Director of TIC led the station simulating visual impairment. Working with more than 300 students in groups of six at a time, Jim helped to teach the students about visual impairment and blindness awareness, including how to assist and guide someone with a visual impairment and how to approach someone who has a visual impairment. In an exercise that was similar to the Blindfold Run/Walk that TIC held with Furnace Brook Middle School last October, the children participated in an exercise where they were paired together, one guiding the other blindfolded partner, for a firsthand experience of what it is like to be blind.
TIC is proud to announce that our Boston studio, located at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB), 600 Washington Street, Boston, is now in operation. Our new location serves as a direct link to our Marshfield studio and provides a more convenient location for state officials and other guests who would
otherwise have to commute to Marshfield.
Best of all, the Boston studio may be used to advocate for different agencies,
as it enables MCB and others to reach the community.
Lights, Camera, Action!
Kathy Devine and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs recently had Jim Bunnell as a guest on Senior Scene! Jim appeared along with Barbara Salisbury, CEO of
MAB Community Services to talk about the important services that TIC and MAB provide.
Happy Birthday to Natalie Loomis, a former TIC volunteer who recently turned 100! We love Natalie's vivacious energy that she always brought to her readings and to the TIC office. Thank you Natalie for your many years of dedicated service!
Jim will be guiding Cleveland based veteran, Jose, in the marathon!
Greg Brasso of WATD's
Veterans' Voice Radio recently interviewed Jim and Anna, and Jose was able to join them on the show via phone along with Diane Peters, Chief of the Blind Rehabilitation Center at the Cleveland VA Medical Center.
Click on the button below to hear the interview and learn more about Jose's incredible story and about the many wonderful services the
