Craft class was wonderful, with Peter Broody leading us through the art of soap making. Pete mixed up a concoction that blended olive oil and other natural substances where students then chose from many essential oils. Orange, strawberry, coffee, vanilla-oatmeal, lilac, lavender and others. The mixture was heated up in the microwave, the oils added […]
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On Tuesday, June 11, 2024, FOCB had a wonderful UZURV Outreach Event. Senior Director, Ron Brooks, and Client Success Manager, Rebecca Rodgers, joined our staff and students for lunch, an informal conversation and Q&A about UZURV and our partnership with Palm Tran Connection. Fantastic lecture and workshop! We learned a lot! Thank you to our
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Amy Elakman with the Talking Books Department at the Palm Beach County Library helped FOCB students work on gorgeous wreaths, giving them large, wonderful sayings to glue and pin onto the almost-completed projects. Our students made so many different varieties of wreaths using fabric swatches and other materials. Go FOCB crafters! And thank you, Amy!
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Tuesday March 31 and April 7, 2026 FOCB’s IL instructor, Luz Norris, led FOCB students in a workshop on practicing their sewing skills. They used the Colorino device that tells you the colors of the fabrics and thread you are choosing. Students also used special needles for the visually impaired they put into a bar
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Amy Elakman from Talking Books Library led FOCB students in a wonderful art workshop, creating beautiful paintings. Students chose their paints and worked with boxes to roll pieces, creating incredible, colorful art. Then Amy had them work with ropes and materials to join them together for hanging collages. Thank you, Amy, for your creative and
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FOCB’s blind and visually impaired students enjoyed practicing and honing their dining skills with Judy and Luz today, focusing on the proper techniques for safely using knives for cutting and eating food. Today’s menu: Spaghetti and sauce with garlic bread and salads.
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FOCB students attended an important mobility workshop with Judy Porro, our certified orientation and mobility instructor. Topics included: Being aware of what’s in your environment and any changes that could potentially be a threat to you physically or to your health. Being aware of your surroundings, understanding what is normal, identifying what an anomaly is
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A fantastic art workshop was done at our Center by Amy Elakman of Talking Books Library. It was an incredible experience for students (and our own Exec Director, Carolyn Lapp), working to create art using a box to hold the art pieces and rolling marbles in paint colors and textures all around. It was so
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Our talented FOCB students getting crafty on Tuesday, June 10, with special guest Peter Broody teaching everyone how to make bracelets with beautiful, decorative items. Thank you, Peter, for a wonderful day had by all! Come join our free craft class every Tuesday, 10AM to 1130AM, open to the blind and visually impaired!
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Students and staff had a wonderful experience on Tuesday, with Amy Elakman from Talking Books Library. She brought hardcover books for us to take an create an incredible flower vase out of the pages inside. Each of us received a tray to hold pins, beads, and wire to create at type of bookmark that hung
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