[tabi] New Building Update: Opportunities to help!

From: Lighthouse of the Big Bend <lighthousebigbend@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tabi <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:05:50 -0500
Hi everyone!
Now that the Lighthouse of the Big Bend is so fortunate to be buying
this amazing, accessible building, we need classroom furniture and
equipment inside it! Below are specific items we need, and what folks
have already helped with... (Or, if you would prefer to make a
substantial gift to the Lighthouse, we'd love to "name" a room after
your family, a loved one or a business.)

WISH LIST (see below for details*)
 - Kitchen: dining room table and eight matching dining room chairs

- Playground: sturdy outdoor climbing play equipment, a covered
sandbox, a picnic table

- Community Technology Stations: 2 desks and desk chairs, 3 cubical
walls, one computer with access technology and printer, one CCTV to
magnify documents for reading 3 new tables, 12 new chairs, small desk
for the instructor in the corner

- Adult Classroom: 3 new tables, 12 new chairs, small desk for the
instructor in the corner

- Kids Classroom: 6 ft folding child-size tables, 8 stack-able
children's chairs, a plastic playhouse with doors that open and shut
on a colorful carpet

- Computer Lab: 5 new computer towers with a ton of memory

- Conference Room: 14 ft. conference table & 15 matching chairs

- Listening Library: large flat screen TV

- Low Vision Lab: Two sturdy black 24” wide X 8 ft long folding
tables, two sets of 6 ft sturdy wall shelving to go above tables

- Porch: two matching park benches

- Production Room: a countertop for cabinets, and bookshelves to hold
embossed materials

- Offices: 20 matching, padded chairs

*DETAILS of the WISH LIST

Kitchen: Since the Lighthouse kitchen will be used to teach folks how
to cook and clean, we have outfitted it just like a kitchen in your
home. It will have a dishwasher with a water heater, flat-top stove
with an oven hood and a refrigerator. (A BIG THANK YOU to Evelyn
Sewell for buying our new refrigerator with an ice maker, and the
Davidson's for donating an awesome sink!) If you'd like to assist with
the other appliances ($1,800) we already had to purchase, we would be
most grateful. Wish list - dining room table and eight matching dining
room chairs (approximately $2,000)

Playground: Now that we will have a small back yard, we'd love for the
kids to have fun using it to learn additional mobility skills & for
physical fitness. Wish list: sturdy outdoor climbing play equipment, a
covered sandbox, a picnic table (total approximately $2,000)

Community Technology Stations: We've always wanted a place for anyone
who is visually impaired to be able to drop by and use the special
technology that folks may not have at home to read mail, hunt for
jobs, or even just connect & network with others... and now we will
have space for it! Wish list: 2 desks and desk chairs, 3 cubical
walls, one computer with access technology and printer,  one CCTV to
magnify documents for reading (total approximately $5,000)

Classroom “A” for Adults: This classroom will be used for our
Independent Living Program classes, and will utilize the old furniture
we have in our current classroom. Wish list: 3 new tables, 12 new
chairs, small desk for the instructor in the corner (total
approximately $1,500)

Classroom ‘B” for Babies and Teens: This classroom will be used for
our Transition Program (teens transitioning to living on their own)
and early intervention program playgroups. (BIG THANK YOU to Robert
Miller of Easy Talk for donating 3 folding tables and 12 folding
chairs for the Transition kids!) Wish list: 6 ft folding child-size
tables, 8 stack-able children's chairs, a plastic playhouse with doors
that open and shut on a colorful carpet (total approximately $2,500)

Computer Assistive Technology Lab: While we already have a small lab
in our old building, this new lab will make it pale in comparison!
Twice as big with a half-door between the AT instructor's office and
the Lab classroom, it will be an amazing improvement. (A BIG THANKS to
DBS for our $40,000 Stimulus Assistive Technology Grant coming this
year that will be helping us update much of our equipment, plus get
many new items for clients that we've never had!) Wish list: 5 new
computer towers with a ton of memory (approximately $2,500.)

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Conference Room: We can hardly imagine
holding a Career Workshop or practice interviews in a room that is not
a kitchen, but it is becoming a reality! Wish list: 14 ft. conference
table & 15 matching chairs (approximately $7,000).

Listening Library: Instead of just waiting for a ride or a lesson, now
we will have a listening library for educational DVDs/videos, books,
newsline, music, you name it!  (A BIG THANKS to Tallahassee Council of
the Blind who is sponsoring the furniture in this room.) Wish list:
large flat screen TV (approximately $1,000).

Low Vision Lab: In one of the larger offices we are going to line two
of the walls with tables and have a huge variety of lighting,
magnifiers and CCTV’s for demonstration purposes, with storage for
more above the displays. (Thanks to Easy Talk, Florida Reading &
Vision, Freedom Scientific, and Mike Hage for letting us barrow fancy
equipment to keep there!) Wish List: Two sturdy black 24” wide X 8 ft
long folding tables, two sets of 6 ft sturdy wall shelving to go above
tables (approximately $1,000)

Porch: With some many folks waiting for Dial-A-Ride, we'd love to have
a place for folks to sit outdoors, with another fountain as an
auditory landmark. Wish list: two matching park benches, fountain
(approximately $800)

Production Room: Ever wonder how someone who is blind views a map, or
how Braille is made? Well now the Lighthouse will have a specialized
room just for producing Braille and tactile graphics such as a map of
a college campus. (A BIG THANKS to the Davidson's who donated lots of
cabinets to use as workspace and storage for materials!) Wish list: a
countertop for cabinets, and bookshelves to hold embossed materials
(total approximately $1,500).

Office “Guest” Chairs: Because in our current building there are no
private offices or space for clients to talk confidentially with their
Specialist, we have no place for them to sit! Wish list: 20 matching,
padded chairs (approximately $50 each x 20 = $1,000)

Thank you again to everyone who has helped – and a HUGE thank you to
all the volunteers that will be helping us move in the near future! We
will continue to keep you posted.


Take care,
Barbara
------------------------
Lighthouse of the Big Bend
Guiding People Through Vision Loss
(850) 942-3658
www.lighthousebigbend.org
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