Wyoming Council of the Blind

You are cordially invited to apply for the 2025 Wyoming Lions Summer School for the Visually Impaired, Sunday, August 17th, through Thursday, August 21st, on Casper Mountain.  Download the information and application packet here, and for more info contact email Gary Toadifer at garyroadifer@rtconnect.net.

Read about our Wyoming Low Vision Support Groups.

The Wyoming Council of the Blind gathered at the Capitol for a proclamation reading, recognizing October 15, 2024 as White Cane Awareness Day.  President Cheryl Godley emphasized the importance of advocacy for the visually impaired and raising awareness among sighted individuals.  She explained the importance of Friday’s gathering. "This is pretty exciting because what it does is, it's an opportunity to advocate on behalf of people with visual impairments. The white cane allows us to navigate our environment and be oriented to what is around us. And then the white cane also serves as a reminder to people who are sighted, to be more aware and more considerate."

You can access the video on the Your Wyoming Link's website here. You can read more here.
 

We want to express our sincere gratitude to Natrona Collective Health Trust for approving a very generous boost grant to fund the completion of our website projects: updating our website with new features including a searchable resource list, searchable Sightings archive, Facebook presence, and much more. This assists us in our mission to inform, educate, encourage, and support those with visual impairments or blindness.

Dan Grace, of Casper, donated $2,000 to WyCB in March.
 
Dan Grace moved to Wyoming to pursue a job as a pilot for a Caterpillar dealer in Casper. He worked in that position for 35.5 years. When he started his position, he flew “tiny” planes, and over the years the size of the planes he flew, grew. “Aviation was my life”. Over time, he stopped instructing others on flying aircraft, and has now stopped flying planes himself. Now, his focus is to “care for people who themselves have problems”. He remembers as a child, his mother reading for blind persons. He recognizes the significance of vision loss and the challenges associated with it.
 
Thank you Dan for your generous donation!

by Cheryl Godley

Last year’s motto was “Revive, Strive, and Thrive.” This year our motto is “Moving Forward.”

During the last year, our organization has become rejuvenated. As you will see by our Standing Committee reports, the Board of Directors and Officers have accomplished a great deal. My hope is that this motto, “Moving Forward” will be maintained by WyCB becoming better known, not only to the B/VI community, but to all communities within the state of Wyoming.

I would like to commend our Board. They are strong and active. They have effectively and efficiently addressed projects and have worked together as a team. What a great job you each have done!

This year we have acquired financial stability in a way not known before to WyCB. Please read more here.

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