The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.’s President and CEO, Kirk Adams, is one of 34 individuals selected to serve on Governor-Elect Jay Inslee’s Transition Advisory Committee (TAC). The TAC will be asked to advise the Governor-Elect as he fills cabinet and staff positions, as well as shaping future legislative and executive action. The Lighthouse has worked with Inslee’s office over the [...]
In October, I had the opportunity to travel to Baltimore for the annual National Industries for the Blind/ National Association for the Employment of People Who Are Blind (NIB/NAEPB) conference. I really looked forward to this trip because as the Development and Public Relations Director at Inland Northwest Lighthouse (INL) I would have the opportunity [...]
U.S. Congressman Rick Larsen, from the Washington State 2nd congressional district, visited the Seattle Lighthouse on Monday, September 24th. He met Lighthouse employees from Aerospace, GSA, Communications, and the Contact Center as he walked through our facility. Employees shared their stories of how they came to work at the Lighthouse, as well as the various [...]
The Lighthouse Government Relations Team and the Deaf-Blind Program have been working together to bring another leader in the blind and Deaf-Blind communities to The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. On Wednesday, August 1, Seattle Lighthouse was proud to welcome Greg Hlibok, Chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Disability Rights Office. He visited the [...]
In 1938, Congress created a program enabling agencies serving people who are blind to sell products to the Federal government termed the Wagner-O’Day Act. By 1971, the original act was amended to permit people with other significant disabilities to also benefit and is known today as the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act. This act implemented The Committee for [...]
Courtesy of Paula Hoffman, Lighthouse Vice President of Government Affairs, and Disability Services Committee Member at Seattle Human Services Coalition Lighthouse Government Relations staff Mark Landreneau and Paula Hoffman attended the City’s Annual Human Service Awards at City Hall on Tuesday evening. Awards in different categories were presented by City Council members Bruce Harrell, Tim [...]
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