Upcoming Events

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9 am: ACB Presents The Daily Schedule

Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule, and sharing time.

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11 am: ASK Bits

Join us to explore today’s tech across Windows, Android, iOS, and Mac, along with screen readers and helpful assistive tools. Bring your questions and connect with our BITS team for tips, tricks, and real-world advice to help make your tech work for you.

Sponsored by BITS

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11 am: Saturday Morning Trivia

Play Saturday morning trivia with Danette and your fellow Community members. Some of these are pretty easy. Some will break your brain. Fun and laughter will be plentiful.

12 pm: Blindness Prematurity Call

Itinerant teaching for Resource Rooms.

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1 pm: ACB Government Employees Open Chat

This call is open to current and former local, state, and federal government employees and contractors who are concerned about their status or looking for resources to assist them with next steps, related to the current administration's nonstop flurry of activity concerning the federal government. Families and friends of this group are also welcome.

To encourage the sharing of thoughts, views, and concerns of the participants, only first names will be used and the call will not be podcasted.

Sponsored by ACB Government Employees

1 pm: Friendship Circle

Take your connection to the next level! Participate in smaller gatherings of three to five people in friendship circles and will do them as many times as we can in one hour.

Note: This event is using breakouts. Everyone must identify themselves to participate.

2 pm: Cajun Debate

This call is to debate various topics, such as, canes versus guide-dogs, bus transport versus car transport, and things like that.

2 pm: Demand Our Access

Jonathan will be finishing the calendar year of Demand Our Access with an open session. Bring any questions or comments you have. Specifically, he would like to hear what you would like covered in the new year and what you think of using scenarios to learn the material.

Sponsored by Demand Our Access

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3 pm: Personal Finance and Investments

Discussion of personal finance, debt management, and assorted investment techniques. Bring any questions you may have!

4 pm: Tar Heel Tailgate

Your virtual tailgate party is back! Join Bel for games, gab, and good vibes. Tailgating has never been this easy (or this funny). No ticket required!

5 pm: ACBDA: Friends Supporting Friends with Diabetes

Grab your favorite snack and/or beverage and join us for an hour of all things diabetes. This is an open forum for sharing tips and tricks that may help one better manage one’s diabetes with vision loss! This is a peer to peer support group; any suggested changes should be discussed with your medical team.

Disclaimer: The purpose of this group is for peer support only. It is not a therapy group; will not be facilitated by a health care professional; and does not purport to provide mental health services.

Sponsored by ACB Diabetics in Action

6 pm: Basic iPhone Class

Whether you're new to the iPhone or have used one for years, come join us with your questions or problems. We will try to help you use your phone more effectively and efficiently.

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6 pm: Weekend Braille Together - Drawings

Deck the halls with dots of Braille! Join us to create small Braille drawings that have a Christmas theme and a Braille mug which may be adorned with them! Bring your slate and stylus or Perkins Braille and 8.5 x 11“ paper to make these drawings.

Sponsored by Braille Together

8 pm: Community Karaoke

Meka and Cindy invite you for another night of karaoke with your community friends. Performances are all pre-recorded. Those wishing to perform should email community@acb.org to be included in the weekly communication.

Note: Please remain muted throughout the evening with only a brief unmuting to provide verbal applause at the end of each performance. Hosts will mute as needed and remove repeat offenders if necessary.

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9 am: ACB Presents The Daily Schedule

Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule, and sharing time.

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11 am: The Breakfast Bunch

Can you tell us about the first Christmas you remember or a favorite Christmas memory you like to look back on? Join The Breakfast Bunch and share with us!

11:30 am: Mind Your Mind - How to Create Calm at a Moment’s Notice

Constantly worried? Stressed by small stuff? Scared even when safe? Join Sandra to learn simple, effective grounding techniques to create calm mental space in seconds, when and wherever needed. Some of this may be useful if experiencing panic attack and/or multisensory flashback.

Disclaimer: The purpose of this group is for peer support only. It is not a therapy group; will not be facilitated by a health care professional; and does not purport to provide mental health services.

Sponsored by Inner Action Counselling

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3 pm: Ask the Pastor

Ask Pastor Bill your questions about the Bible or the Christian life. A teaching will be followed by your questions. Prayer requests can then be shared if desired.

5 pm: Let's Encourage Each Other with Scripture

Join us in sharing favorite scriptures, inspirational thoughts, and prayer requests, along with discussing related resources and the technology used to access them.

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6 pm: Braille Room

Whether you are just beginning your braille learning journey, trying to quicken your reading pace, need help with your eReader, or looking to advance any braille skills, we are here to help! Join us to work together to help our community progress with braille.

Note: This event is using breakouts. Everyone must identify themselves to participate.

7 pm: A Sunday Chat

Merry Christmas! Come and join us for a festive call about this most joyous time of year, and share your favorite Christmas memories, be they fairly recent or of Christmases long, long ago!

8 pm: Happy Hospitality Lodge

Come in and enjoy lively conversation and hospitality. Patty Fletcher, and Bartender Judy, are in the lodge serving it up southern style.

8 pm: Let's Just Talk About Jesus

Come and celebrate the birth of our Savior in the gospels. This is a nonjudgmental, warm, welcoming place where we talk about Jesus and pray for one another. Different denominations or spiritual views will not be discussed.

9 pm: Sunshiny Moments

Share your memorable 2025 community moments. What are you looking forward to from community in the future? We learned about glimmers and funny sunshiny moments. What other sunshiny moments would you like us to cover?

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9 am: ACB Presents The Daily Schedule

Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule, and sharing time.

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10 am: A Message of Love

Join DJ for a word of motivation, inspiration, edification, and encouragement for the soul.

11 am: Manic Monday

Join Judy with your favorite morning beverage to get ready for the week ahead.

11 am: Scriptural Rosary

We'll pray the "Joyful Mysteries" from the book, "The Mysteries of the Holy Rosary Prayers".

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2 pm: JC's Community Corner – Holiday Traditions

We all have various ways of celebrating the holidays differently. So what's your holiday tradition? Join JC and your community friends as we share our holiday traditions.

3 pm: The Blind Spot

This call will discuss the various aspects of being blind or visually impaired. We will ask ice-breaker questions and spend 15 minutes on each topic to insure we can cover a variety of different topics.

3 pm: The Jewish Hour - Our Annual Chanukah Stories

Chanukah stories.

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4 pm: Deciphering Dots

Join us to explore "Camp Time in California" by Mary Pope Osborne (BARD: BR24598), a dual-format braille book with both contracted and uncontracted text. We’ll review its layout and take turns reading aloud to practice our skills.

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4 pm: Easy Chair Yoga

Come and enjoy easy chair yoga with modifications. We will be doing poses either in the chair or wherever you need to modify.

Sponsored by ACB Get Up and Get Moving Committee

5 pm: Sports Roundtable

Join the Sports Spelunkers as we highlight the wonderful, wide, and wacky world of (primarily) U.S. team sports.

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6 pm: The Friendship Circle

Take your connection to the next level! Participate in smaller gatherings of three to five people in friendship circles and we'll do them as many times as we can in one hour.

Note: This event is using breakouts. Everyone must identify themselves to participate.

7 pm: Get The Scoop

Join Kaila and friends to tell the story behind your answer to the daily question. Choose one of the previous week's questions and give us the full scoop!

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7:30 pm: ACBDA Friends Supporting Friends

"Grab your favorite snack and/or beverage and join us for an hour of all things diabetes. This is an open forum for sharing tips and tricks that may help one better manage one’s diabetes with vision loss! This is a peer to peer support group; any suggested changes should be discussed with your medical team.

Disclaimer: The purpose of this group is for peer support only. It is not a therapy group; will not be facilitated by a health care professional; and does not purport to provide mental health services.

8 pm: Monday Game Night

Sit back, relax and join the CCLVI crew as we enjoy another game night. You never know what game will be played and everyone is welcome!

Sponsored by CCLVI

8 pm: PCB Peer Engagement Presents - Kaila Allen and ACB Crafters

The holiday season can be difficult for many of us in the Blind and Low vision community. Kaila Allen and a few friends from ACB will be stopping by to talk about how we can enjoy this time of year using a little creativity to become fully engaged using all of our senses.

Sponsored by Pennsylvania Council of the Blind

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9 pm: Bookability

Join Meka and other bookish friends of the community as we answer fun questions, give lots of book recommendations, and extend your book list to infinity and beyond.

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9 am: ACB Presents The Daily Schedule

Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule, and sharing time.

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10 am: Herbie's Community Cooking Corner

Get ready for another cooking adventure. This time: Quiche and Cornbread with guest Sharon. If cooking along, you will need the following (for the Quiche): one unbaked 9 inch deep dish pie crust, aluminum foil and pie weight such as dried beans or dried rice for baking. Custard filling ingredients: 4 Eggs,1 and 1/3 Cups Half and Half. You can substitute with whole milk. Don’t use skim milk. Salt and fresh pepper to taste. Filling ingredients: 8 strips bacon or cubed ham,1 and 1/3 Cups Shredded cheese. Fresh or dried chives to garnish. If making a second quiche, substitute bacon for spinach. Second quiche filling: 1 1/3 cup chopped and cooked spinach, dried thoroughly. One and 1/3 cup cubed smoked Gouda cheese.

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11 am: Morning Mingle – Tips and Tricks

Grab your beverage of choice and join the mingle! Come share your unique feelings surrounding navigating blindness, and we will attempt to break down any barriers through the sharing of resources and strategies.

12 pm: Adventures with Vision Loss

Open Discussion on strategies for gatherings; should you say yes, no or maybe. How can you navigate friends and family with your new vision changes? We will also cover shopping and in general, how to keep your holiday-stress manageable.

Sponsored by VIP Coaching In The Dark

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2 pm: Games to Play With Lady A

Lucy loves to play games, so come in and find out about new games to play with your Lady A device.

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4 pm: The Ins and Outs of Sight Loss Later in Life

Come discuss the unique issues and feelings you may experience if you are losing sight later in life. Hear from those who have taken this journey before you.

Disclaimer: The purpose of this group is for peer support only. It is not a therapy group; will not be facilitated by a health care professional; and does not purport to provide mental health services.

Sponsored by Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss

5 pm: All Paws on Deck

Wipe those back paws and raise one front paw and join the discussion about Guide Dogs or any and every pet you have ever had.

6 pm: Braille Room

Join fellow braille learners and enthusiasts to study the code; practice skills, and troubleshoot problems in break out rooms.

Note: This event is using breakouts. Everyone must identify themselves to participate.

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6 pm: Cats, Cats Everywhere

We will talk about cats and Christmas.

9 pm: Conversational French

Join Kathy to learn conversational French.

9 pm: The She Shed

A place for the discussion of fun and lively topics by women for women.

Disclaimer: The purpose of this group is for peer support only. It is not a therapy group; will not be facilitated by a health care professional; and does not purport to provide mental health services.

10 pm: The Chat Cafe

December is here: Christmas, Hanukkah, the Solstice, online shopping, family drama, and plenty of good times too. We’ll talk about it all, toss in some fun icebreaker questions (like “Does Santa wear boxers or briefs?”), so grab a mug of hot chocolate or eggnog and come chat.

Sponsored by VIP Coaching in the Dark and ACB of Oregon

All times listed are in Eastern.

9 am: ACB Presents The Daily Schedule

Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule, and sharing time.

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11 am: Lisa's Living Room With DJ Freshness

Come join us for hot topics, what's on your mind, show and tell, interviews, and DJ’s corner. Join our wacky Wednesday reboot.

1 pm: The Classical Music Place

Whether you're a lifelong classical music fan or just curious to learn more, join an open discussion to share, explore, and deepen your appreciation—no lectures, just conversation!

5 pm: Better Living, Better Life

Come and share what "Better Living" means to you.

5 pm: Conversational Spanish

Are you interested in learning Spanish but don't know where to start? Have you studied Spanish in the past but don't remember it well? During this hour, we practice Spanish at an introductory level, and everyone is encouraged to participate.

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6 pm: 6th Annual Community Christmas Tree Lighting

It’s time for our sixth annual Community Christmas Tree Lighting and we hope you’ll join in the festivities. Please bring an ornament to hang on our virtual tree and be prepared to describe both the ornament and its significance. Is it handmade or a family heirloom, big or small, made of paper or tin, shiny or sparkly, and does it light up or play music? The lights and garland are already in place. We just need the ornaments and to plug the lights in. And you’ll want to be there to learn who is chosen to place the star atop the tree!

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8 pm: Sharing and Caring Support Group

Come talk with others who understand the stresses of caring for loved ones, to share resources, or ask questions.

Disclaimer: The purpose of this group is for peer support only. It is not a therapy group; will not be facilitated by a health care professional; and does not purport to provide mental health services.

9 pm: Hang Up Your Sock

Please join us to describe and hang your stocking by the fireplace for Santa. The event will conclude with a reading of "Twas the Night Before Christmas."

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10 pm: The Light of Christmas, A Story of Hope

Join us to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. We will read "Luke" chapter 2, followed by a time of sharing, and end our time together with a prayer.

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9 am: ACB Presents The Daily Schedule

Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule, and sharing time.

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11 am: Let's Talk Together

We will talk together in small groups. Breakouts are fun and we learn more about each other.

Note: This event is using breakouts. Everyone must identify themselves to participate.

12 pm: Christmas and Holiday Entertainment with a Dose of Fun

Enjoy holiday sharing, trivia, jokes, perhaps recipes, and whatever else reminds you of being in this community.

5 pm: Beginning Spanish

If you have always wanted to learn Spanish but don't know where to start, this group is for you. We will start with easy phrases and sentences and try to make them as relevant and interesting as possible. We will include some pronunciation practice and perhaps other exercises. Come and enjoy learning this beautiful language, which has almost a half a billion native speakers!

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8 pm: 12-Step Recovery Meeting

For anyone needing the support of a 12-step meeting designed to reflect the unique perspectives of those who are blind or visually impaired.

Disclaimer: The purpose of this group is for peer support only. It is not a therapy group; will not be facilitated by a health care professional; and does not purport to provide mental health services.

9 pm: Thursday Night Cap

Join Diane for an hour of lively conversation.

10 pm: Speed Friendship

Join us for a new and exciting way to get to know each other, one on one.

Note: This event is using breakouts. Everyone must identify themselves to participate.

All times are listed in Eastern.

9 am: ACB Presents The Daily Schedule

Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule, and sharing time.

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10 am: Stroke Survivors & Caregivers Support Group

Have you ever had a “Stroke?” Are you a caregiver of a stroke survivor? We would like for you to come and share your story and experiences; you never know who you might help.

Disclaimer: The purpose of this group is for peer support only. It is not a therapy group; will not be facilitated by a health care professional; and does not purport to provide mental health services.

11 am: Alison's Community Cafe

Celebrate the end of the week with Alison and your fellow community members with some lively chatter and fun. Meet new people, or re-acquaint with old friends.

12 pm: Mindful Movement in a Chair

Join a yoga class designed for guide dog handlers and white cane users, focusing on gentle movements for hips, back, shoulders, and hands. Practice while seated, with clear instructions and guided relaxation.

2 pm: Pathways with Patty

Bridging the great chasm which separates the disAbled from the non-disAbled by finding the necessary tools and information building blocks.

Sponsored by Patty's Worlds Publishing

5 pm: In Perspective

Featuring Brock Kitterman, American Council of the Blind scholarship winner

Sponsored by Branco Events

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9 pm: It's Play Time

Meka and Cindy welcome you to join in for another fun Friday night filled with games and laughter.

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9 pm: Unspoken Truths: Employment & Disability

Looking beyond the superficial to uncover what is unsaid, unexpressed and unrecognized in life, society, behaviors, relationships and more. Join us, as we seek understanding and engagement through self reflection and open-minded dialogue on some common unspoken truths.