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Pilates is Back
Pilates is Back with Hearts for Sight! Join Us for Movement, Strength, and Connection! We’re excited to announce the return of Pilates with Hearts for Sight, led by Jaimee Kadish—an inclusive movement experience designed to help you feel stronger, more confident, and...
Expanding Mental Wellness for VIPs: Social, Recreational, & Wellness Activities
Learn wellness strategies while connecting with others in fun and inclusive activities. We are thrilled to invite you to sign up for one of Hearts For Sight's exciting new programs. This program is sponsored by the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health! These...
Join HFS’s New Program: Nature Socials!
RSVP Now to Join "HFS’s Nature Socials"! Are you living with visual impairment and love spending time outdoors but aren't necessarily a hiker? The Hearts For Sight Foundation and the Sierra Club are thrilled to introduce HFS’s Nature Socials, a new series of easily...
End-of-Year Campaign 2024
End-of-Year Campaign: Celebrate and Support Hearts for Sight Foundation's Impact in 2024! 2024: A Year Full of Achievements This year has been a groundbreaking one for Hearts for Sight Foundation (HFS)! Thanks to your support, we’ve brought unforgettable adventures,...
Happy Thanksgiving from HearTs for Sight Foundation
As we gather to reflect on the many blessings in our lives, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to each of you—our program participants, dedicated supporters, incredible volunteers, generous donors, and cherished friends and family. Your unwavering support has...
Community Garden
Join Us at the Hearts For Sight Community Garden We are excited to announce a new program- the opening of the Hearts For Sight Community Garden!!! Join us in this unique collaboration between Hearts For Sight, John Milton Manor, and generous funding by the Adams...
Easily Accessible Nature Program
Hearts for Sight and the Sierra Club understand not everyone who enjoys nature is interested in or up for energetic hikes. So we're planning to provide more laid back events that we might call "park visits." These would be 2 or 3 hour occasions to visit peaceful...
Join Our Beginner Core Fitness Class!
Are you eager to achieve your fitness goals, whether it's losing weight, building strength, enhancing balance, or simply feel better through a regular exercise practice? if you want a foundation for any of these and more, look no further.! Hearts for Sight is thrilled...
Resources
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American Diabetes Association: Finds ways to manage your diabetes
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American Foundation for the Blind: Expanding possibilities for people with vision loss.
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Audio Eyes: Producers of excellent quality description that benefits media producers and the community.
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Blind Planet: Your one-stop resource for anything blindness related.
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Braille Challenge: Event Braille skills competition for children.
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Braille Institute: Empowering the visually impaired to live fulfilling lives.
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Center for the Partially Sighted: A nationwide model for low vision care.
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Dayle MacIntosh Center: A program dedicated to creating access and independence for people with disabilities by people with disabilities.
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Discovery Eye Foundation: Support and education for people with impaired vision and total vision loss.
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FamilyConnect: provides parents of visually impaired children a place to support each other, share stories and concerns, and link to local resources.
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Foundation Fighting Blindness: Making a difference for people with eye diseases.
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Guide Dogs of America: An international guiding eyes program.
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Hadley School for the Blind: Independent living through lifelong, distance education programs.
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Home Loan and Mortgage Guide for the Disabled: Created to help individuals living with disabilities and their family members, to buy a home of their own. Mortgage Guide audio version.
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Internet Accessibility Guide for the Blind and Impaired: Covers how to effectively use the internet for e-learning, remote work, shopping, and more.
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Junior Blind of America: Helping the blind and visually impaired achieve independence..
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MyPlate: MyPlate is a reminder to find your healthy eating style and build it throughout your lifetime.
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Resources for Students with Vision Impairment: Includes assistive technologies, parent involvement, and college life.
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SeroTalk: Your portal to the accessible digital lifestyle.
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Social Security and Disability Resource Center: Answers many questions concerning how to: apply for disability, appeal a claim if it’s been denied, navigate the federal system, and avoid common mistakes made in filing for SSD or SSI benefits.
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The Wellness Center: The Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, also known as County/USC, is one of the largest public hospitals in the country, providing full spectrum emergency, inpatient, and outpatient services.
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VisionAWARE: The Self-help Resource Center for Vision Loss.
Podcasts coming soon!
A discussion of barriers experienced by the Vision Impaired
