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| Miami Lighthouse for the Blind Center, 601 SW 8th Avenue, Miami, FL |
MIAMI – Miami Lighthouse
for the Blind will break ground on a new addition to its growing campus -- the
72,000-square-foot Lighthouse Learning Center for Children™ -- during a
ceremony to be held on Wednesday, August 3 at 10:30 A.M.
Miami Lighthouse, located
at 601 Southwest 8th Avenue, is
co-hosting the groundbreaking ceremony in collaboration with MCM, and Wolfberg
Alvarez Partners.
The new facility was made
possible by private donations in response to a challenge grant from a local
philanthropist. Elected officials, civic leaders and education professionals
will participate in the groundbreaking ceremony, along with supporters of Miami
Lighthouse.
Tours of Miami Lighthouse
programs, including special summer classes for blind and visually impaired
children, will be conducted immediately after the ceremony.
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| Helen Keller |
In addition to housing
innovative intervention programs for youngsters from birth through four years
old, the Lighthouse Learning Center for Children™ will provide the community
with a first-of-its-kind pre-kindergarten program.
Blind and visually impaired
children from communities throughout Miami-Dade will attend alongside sighted
classmates from the surrounding Brickell neighborhood.
Miami Lighthouse is introducing
this unique initiative, in partnership with Miami-Dade County Public Schools
and the Early Learning Coalition, to more easily transition blind and visually
impaired students to our public schools.
The Lighthouse Learning Center for
Children™ has been designed as a safe, child-oriented environment with a wide
array of tactile experiences through which toddlers and young children can
learn about the world around them in an engaging and fun way.
Established in 1931 by Dolly Gamble with the aid of Helen Keller and support from the Miami
Lions and Miami Rotary Clubs, Miami Lighthouse is the oldest and largest
private agency in Florida assisting persons of all ages who are blind and
visually impaired.
Today, the agency serves more than 14,000 clients per year
with an array of programs that enable blind and visually impaired persons to
achieve independence. For more information about Miami Lighthouse for the Blind
and Visually Impaired, visit MiamiLighthouse.org, or call 305-856-2288.
For a complete copy of the company’s news
release, please contact:
Yarden Cohen
Director of Social Media,
BoardroomPR
O 954-370-8999
C 954-559-0827
@Yardycohen
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