Mission Statement
Inform, educate, encourage, and support those with visual impairments or blindness. Please read about WyCB here.
2025 WyCB Hybrid Annual Convention
Mark your calendars for Saturday September 27, 2025. The 2025 WyCB hybrid annual convention’s theme will be “Strong Voices, Bright Futures.” You may attend either in person at Pineview Elementary School located at 539 S. Payne in Casper or online via Zoom. See the convention page that will be updated as we have more information.
Do you have an idea for “Sightings”?
Do you have an idea for an article for our semi-annual newsletter “Sightings?” We’d love to hear it. Click the link below and email our editor with your idea. We’ll promptly get back to you.
editor@wycb.info
2025 Wyoming Lions Summer School for the Visually Impaired, August 17 – 21st
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.
Wyoming Council of the Blind Marks White Cane Awareness Day at Capitol
The Wyoming Council of the Blind gathered at the Capitol for a proclamation reading, recognizing October 15, 2024 as White Cane Awareness Day. You can read more here.
President’s Address by Cheryl Godley
Hello Folks,
As I was thinking about what to write for this Newsletter, the word that kept coming to me was “change.”
So much of what we have known and depended upon throughout the years is changing. I am hearing about changes being made on governmental levels that affect many aspects of our lives in general, and also our lives as people with Blindness/Visual Impairment. Funding sources that have supported programs, assistance, etc. are changing, and I am hearing of concerns being expressed through national organizations as well as state councils and agencies. At this time, how the changes will shake out is unknown.
I will focus on the things in which we do have choice or control on a personal level. Please read more in the 2025 Summer Sightings here.
Thank You Natrona Collective Health Trust
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.
A Generous Donation
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!