ALACHUA COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE BLIND



The Alachua County Council of the Blind (ACCB) is proud to have its information become available on the Internet. Please check back for updates as we add information to our section of the FCB website.

You can reach us by phone by calling the Alachua County Council of the Blind at (352) 338-7951 or you can send an E-mail to: accb.org@gmail.com. Our current mailing address:

Alachua County Council of the Blind
P.O. Box 5094
Gainesville, FL 32627


MISSION STATEMENT

Purpose

The purpose of the ACCB is to strive for the betterment of the total community through the following:

1. Through a representative community organization primarily of blind people;
2. By elevating the social, economic and cultural level of visually impaired people;
3. By improving opportunities in all areas of education, vocation, recreation and rehabilitation;
4. By encouraging and assisting the visually impaired to develop their abilities and potentialities and to assume their responsible place in the community;
5. By conducting a program of public education aimed toward improving the understanding of the problems of blindness and the capabilities of the visually impaired;
6. By improving public relations with various agencies and organizations in the community;
7. By providing for the free exchange of ideas, opinions, and information relative to matters of concern to visually impaired people;
8. Provide for the free exchange of ideas, opinions and information relative to matters of concern to blind people through periodic publications.


ACCB has an ongoing Computer Literacy Training Program. Information about this is downloadable as a Microsoft Word document. To download it, click or press Enter on the following link:

Download ACCB Computer Literacy Flyer


ACCB wants all to know that White Cane Safety Awareness T-Shirts are available. If anyone wants to order them, please send requests to whitecanesafety@gmail.com.


White Cane Safety Day 2007 is coming up fast. And ACCB has plenty of events planned this year. Please check out the following flyer for more information, aa we look forward to White Cane Safety Day 2007 in our area:

2007 Poster for ACCB White Cane Walk


There was an article in the local newspaper THE STAR-BANNER that may be of interest to many, including the blind and visually impaired. Please click or press Enter on the link below to read it:

Sign Draws Protest from the Disabled


We at ACCB would like to share some links to various resources for the blind. Some of these are for employment purposes and others just for information. Please check them out!

A source of information in Braille
National Braille Press
Phone: 1-800-548-7323
Website: http://www.nbp.org

www.nish.org
www.yourtickettowork.com
www.respectofflorida.org
www.customs.gov


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