May 19, 2008: MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE SPONSORS USABA
ATHLETES COMPETING IN BENCHPRESS AND POWERLIFTING WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually
Impaired will sponsor Team USA in the upcoming 2008 International
Blind Sports Association’s (IBSA) Benchpress and Powerlifting World
Championships, to be held in Miami July 2-5 at the Hyatt Hotel Grand
Ballroom.
April 23, 2008: MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE HOSTS “MUSIC UNDER
THE STARS: A TASTE OF BRICKELL” TO BENEFIT HEIKEN CHILDREN’S VISION
PROGRAM
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired hosted a fundraiser
Wed., April 30, to benefit its Heiken Children’s Vision Program, a new
mobile outreach program that provides free eye care services to
schoolchildren in need.
April 8, 2008: MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE CEO VIRGINIA A.
JACKO RECEIVES AXA ADVISORS 2008 BUSINESS WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Virginia A. Jacko, President and CEO of Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and
Visually Impaired, has received the AXA Advisors 2008 Business Woman of
the Year Award in the Public Service/Non-Profit Award category.
March 27, 2008: MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND
DOG-A-THON RAISES AWARENESS OF SERVICE DOGS
Walkers and their dogs, including guide dogs, other service animals and
regular pet companions, walked to support Miami Lighthouse for the Blind
and Visually Impaired.
March 3, 2008: MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE AWARDED 2008 HEALTHY
VISION COMMUNITY AWARD BY NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is one of fifty
institutions in the U.S. to receive the 2008 Healthy Vision Community
Award from the National Eye Institute (NEI). The award recognizes the
achievements of Miami Lighthouse in the field of providing essential
vision care to school-age children.
January 14, 2008: MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE RECEIVES 4-STAR
RANKING FROM CHARITY NAVIGATOR
Miami Lighthouse has achieved an unprecedented level of fiscal wellbeing
and increases in net revenue in the past two years. Recently the
independent evaluator of not-for-profits Charity Navigator awarded Miami
Lighthouse an overall rating of four stars, its highest ranking,
reflecting fiscal stability and accountability.
December 10, 2007: MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE KIDS SING ABOUT
“A BETTER CHANCE”
New CD Available Now By Calling 305-856-9100
This summer blind and visually impaired high school students enrolled in
the music program at Miami Lighthouse, along with sighted kids
participating through the ACT (All Children Together) program of The
Children’s Trust, produced a new CD titled “A Better Chance”. This CD is
the third by Miami Lighthouse musicians and the first produced completely
at the Lighthouse’s new state-of-the-art Henry & Inez Stone Music & Sound
Studio.
October 25, 2007: PHILANTHROPIST GLORIA MARTIN
HONORED AT INAUGURAL MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE WOMEN OF VISION LUNCHEON
Philanthropist Gloria Martin received the first Miami Lighthouse Woman of
Vision award at the inaugural Miami Lighthouse Women of Vision luncheon,
in recognition of her incentive matching gift of more than $1.1 million to
Miami Lighthouse in 2006.
October 18, 2007: WHITE CANE DAY CELEBRATION AT
MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE INCLUDES DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATIVE ISSUES FOR THE BLIND
Eric Bridges of the American Council of the Blind spoke to a large
audience at Miami Lighthouse with information regarding accessible
currency.
October 4, 2007: STATE REPRESENTATIVE LUIS GARCIA
LEADS
WHITE CANE WALK OCT. 15 FROM MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE
Thanks to newly-installed auditory pedestrian signals at Eight Avenue and
Seventh Street, blind and visually impaired clients of the Miami
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired can walk to Walgreens, a
block away from the Lighthouse on the corner of Eighth Street. The
auditory signals were a joint project between state and county highway
authorities.
August 2, 2007: AGUSTIN ARELLANO SR. RECEIVES
COMMENDATION FROM COMMISSIONER JOE SANCHEZ FOR PRO BONO WORK FOR MIAMI
LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND
City of Miami District 3 Commissioner Joe Sanchez presented Agustin
Arellano, Sr., with a commendation from the City of Miami Tuesday in
recognition of his pro bono general contracting services by Agustin
Arellano Construction Co. for the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and
Visually Impaired.
July 13, 2007: MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE CEO VIRGINIA A.
JACKO IS SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Miami Lighthouse CEO Virginia Jacko received the Business Woman of the
Year award in the Non-Profit Leader Category from the South Florida
Business Journal at the publication’s sixth annual Business Woman of the
Year Awards.
June 29, 2007: MIAMI LIGHTHOUSE ACQUIRES HEIKEN
CHILDREN’S VISION PROGRAM
In a move heralded as a new way of doing business in the not-for-profit
community, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired has
acquired the Heiken Children’s Vision Program.
