FOCB had a wonderful, informative workshop with financial advisor, Katherine Chacon, from Edward Jones in Palm Springs. She discussed with us the various ways to make your money grow and work for you along with investment planning, retirement, and more. If you’d like to talk with Katherine, feel free to contact her: Katherine ChaconFinancial Advisor …
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FOCB’s workshop on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 was incredible. Fatou Benoit came to our school to teach students and staff life-saving skills. She is the Fire Safety Specialist with the Community Risk Reduction Division of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. The hour was filled with many things, such as the proper CPR techniques to use, …
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FOCB students and staff received a wonderful, informative lesson on self-defense and being safe out there in the world, whether we are walking to our cars, sitting on a park bench, or just being out on the streets.
Amy Elakman from Talking Books Library came to FOCB on Tuesday, 7/16, to share her creativity with our visually impaired students. She taught our students how to mold art pieces out of clay. Such a wonderful day. Thank you, Amy!
Amy Elakman of Talking Books Library joined FOCB for a craft workshop, creating beautiful vases of flowers from glass jars, yarn, trinkets and other pieces of art. They came out looking amazing and our students had a wonderful time!
Renowned scientist and researcher, Dr. Maruit Ram Gudavalli (“Ram”), joined FOCB today to lead students and staff in an amazing chair yoga workshop. A Ph.D. and professor at Keiser University, Ram has received several awards for his research on spinal biomechanics and has traveled throughout the world to present his research at bioengineering conferences related …
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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 …
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 …
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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FOCB was joined today by Gabriel Habech of Beyond Sight, who shared his new, innovative technology for the blind and visually impaired he and his team are developing. His AI headset captures the surrounding environment and translates it into intuitive vibration and audio feedback. It detects objects at various levels (floor, waist, and head level) …
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