Have you always dreamed of working with a small but mighty team of people who are passionate about making the world a better place? If so, this might be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for! We are currently looking for an Administrative & HR Manager in a full-time capacity. This position reports to the Director of Finance and Administration and would be also responsible for the administrative pieces of volunteer management, while providing basic financial administrative support. The ideal candidate would be excited to support the evolution of our systems, policies, and practices to mee ..read more

Join us on June 17th for a Family Lunch and our Annual General Meeting. We’ll kick the afternoon off with a lunch and time to connect socially. Blind Beginnings will provide the food, all you and your family need to bring are your appetites! Afterwards the adults will gather for our Annual General Meeting while there will be activities for the kids that will include  a trampoline, indoor climbing gym, books, toys, musical instruments, LEGO, and much more (Child-care will also be provided during the AGM). This is a family friendly event. Any member of Blind Beginni ..read more

Growing up, I didn’t really have the opportunity to witness accurate and positive representation of persons with disability in media. Whenever a character with a disability was present in a show or movie, they were usually a side character with no real character development or were often portrayed with negative stereotypes that were presented as a joke.  Media has come a long way in the past couple of decades, and representation for persons with disabilities is becoming more normalized and is moving in a more positive direction. I wanted to focus on one particular show that I have been wa ..read more

Our Limitless Life Skills Camp will take place August 8 – 12th, 2023. Teens from across BC will come together for five days at Victory Hill Dorms in Burnaby where they will learn and practice independent living skills with their peers. This is a unique opportunity for your teen to learn and practice the skills they will need to someday live independently.  In a supported environment, with the support of Teachers of the Visually Impaired and Blind Beginnings staff, teens will: Cook meals from scratch at a nearby Home Economics Kitchen Do meal preparation and place gro ..read more

Are you forward thinking, reliable, organized, and like to contribute your skills and ideas? Do you have 4 – 5 hours a month to volunteer your skills to help a growing and evolving non-profit in its mission to help children and youth who are blind or partially sighted reach their full potential? If so, Blind Beginnings would love to have you on our Board of Directors! The ideal candidates would have experience in one of the following areas to complement the expertise already on our Board: Fund Development, Government Relations, Human Resources, Marketing, Media Relations, or a legal background ..read more

In December I went to the Dark Table Restaurant with a grade 11 Co-Op class from my school and I would like to talk about my experience and what I liked about the restaurant. I really enjoyed going to a restaurant that is completely dark, because it gives sighted people the experience of how it feels to be blind. The waiters and waitresses at the restaurant are all blind or visually impaired. When a sighted person goes into the restaurant they have to figure out how to eat their food in the dark, without using any light. This also allows them to be able to use their sense of taste more, becaus ..read more

The Limitless Gala Silent Auction has now begun and will run until 9:30pm on May 6th, the night of the Limitless Gala. Some of our HOT items include Vancouver Whitecaps tickets, a Wine Tasting Experience at Krause Berry Farms, tickets to a Granville Island Stage Arts Club presentation of ‘Million Dollar Quartet’, several Sid Dickens Memory Blocks, a classic Canucks Jersey, Ballet BC tickets and so much more! To get started, text AUCTION to 604-757-1982 from your mobile device. A link will be sent to you via text that will take you to the sign in page for the Aucti ..read more

On this Volunteer Appreciation Week I find myself reflecting on the incredible volunteers at Blind Beginnings. You may or may not know that for the first two years of Blind Beginnings it was entirely run by volunteers.  Everything from bookkeeping, grant writing, program planning and delivery was done by volunteers.  For the next few years we had one full-time staff and one very part-time grant writer, but all other work was done by volunteers.  This ratio of a few staff to many volunteers still exists today.  From our Directors of the Board, to our fundraising committee, t ..read more

Camp Hornby 2023 July 21 – July 25, 2023 We can’t wait to welcome you and your family back to Camp Hornby this summer!  Camp Hornby will take place Friday July 21 to Tuesday July 25, 2023 at the Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Centre on Hornby Island. What to Expect: children and youth to participate in a variety of outdoor activities including; wall climbing, repelling, high ropes, leap of faith, an introduction to kayaking, team building games, and an opportunity to drive a tractor and have a boat ride. A chance to play and explore on the beach a ..read more

We are pleased and honored to announce that applications for the Lori Sheppard Memorial Fund Bursary are now being accepted! The Lori Sheppard Memorial Fund was created in December of 2006 and is held in trust by the Vancouver Foundation.  Lori was an impassioned advocate who embraced life.  She was active in campaigns for the United Way, CNIB, and the 20/20 Foundation.  She was the founder and Executive Director of PAWS International and worked tirelessly to establish the biannual guide dog conference which was hosted by the charity she founded until 2017.   Lori was ..read more