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Support A.V.R.E.'s
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Going Blind: Coming Out of the Dark About
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| Going Blind is a unique documentary film that increases public awareness of sight loss and low vision issues profoundly affecting the lives of more and more people around the world. Director, Joseph Lovett (pictured above) has glaucoma and after years of slowly losing his sight, he decided to investigate how people respond to vision loss. Learn more about him, vision loss and how you can view Going Blind... |
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| Learn more about what A.V.R.E. is doing now! Connect to the latest edition of our quarterly newsletter, InSight. Visit our News and Events page... |
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We serve people with vision disabilities in twelve counties - Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler, Tioga and Tompkins in New York and Bradford, Susquehanna and Tioga in Pennsylvania! If you or someone you know might benefit from our services, call us at
(607) 724-2428.
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A.V.R.E. Attends 2012
Public Policy Forum in Washington, DC
This was an exciting year for A.V.R.E.! Accounting Associate, Stephen Comency, was a member of the inaugural class of NIB's Advocates for Leadership and Employment. Advocates were nominated by affiliate agencies to champion the AbilityOne Program on Capitol Hill, as well as throughout the year. Advocates participated in special training sessions as part of the Forum and joined other attendees for the main program. During the year, the group will work with the NIB Public Policy team to further hone their advocacy skills!
Stephen joined A.V.R.E. colleagues Jenn Cubic and Rick McCarthy for Hill visits with staff from Rep. Reed's and Senator Schumer's offices. They were honored to actually meet Rep. Richard Hanna from the 24th district (pictured above with Stephen). A significant portion of our service territory is in the 24th district. Rep. Hanna has been a long time supporter of the AbilityOne Program and a good friend to our sister agency, Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Utica. We're proud of Stephen's accomplishments and look forward to his continued work for the AbilityOne program.
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Check Out Our New Senior Vision Video!
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