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Lighthouse of SWFL seeks sponsors for 11th Annual Dining in the Dark By Staff | Jul 14, 2021 Lighthouse of SWFL is seeking sponsors for its 11th annual Dining in the Dark. Dining in the Dark is a unique, sensory awareness experience which gives guests a first-hand glimpse into the challenges of living with blindness or low vision while raising much-needed funds to achieve our mission of guiding people to independence. The event will be held virtually this year at 7 p.m. Sept. 23, using the Remo Platform for an interactive dining experience. An online auction with fabulous gift packages will...

Daytona Beach, FL - The merger between two non-profit agencies offering services for the blind happened in January, and CEO Ronee David of the now-named Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired, said she looks forward to welcoming more than 50 em...

Four years ago, Norton moved to Daytona Beach, home of the Division of Blind Services' rehabilitation center, where he learned new skills, graduated from the Daytona State College paralegal program and, at age 72 earlier this month, passed the Florida Bar exam — more than 40 years after clearing it the first time. For Norton, life is again going swimmingly. One day in Miami Norton had a charmed childhood. Born in San Diego in 1949, his family moved to New York, then later Miami, following the career arc of his father, Dr. Edward Norton, an ophthalmologist who was on his way to founding th...

Conklin Davis Center for Visually Impaired's merged mission   Ronee David, president and CEO of the merged Conklin Davis Center, said the residential program will remain as it was, to teach people with blindness and at least one other disability skills to work and live independently.  “We’ve been getting calls from all over Florida from parents and former clients who want to come back,” David said. “There definitely is a great need.”  The Conklin Center’s residential program was closed in March 2020 after the state canceled its contract supplying about 60% of the o...

Program for people with blindness, multiple disabilities in Daytona Beach plans reopening Mark Harper, The Daytona Beach News-Journal Lois Butterfield, who is 64 and blind, walked and ran 2,020 miles in 2020 Replay Video UP NEXT A recently merged nonprofit is on track to reopen the residential program previously offered by the Conklin Center for the Blind in Daytona Beach.  Officials at the Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired say they are working with the state Division of Blind Services to restore funding and reopen the 8-acre campus at 405 White Street by J...