Resource Center at Wills Eye
Hospital of Philadelphia
Sponsored by The Little Rock Foundation
840 Walnut Street, 12th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: (856) 629-9223 Fax:
215-825-9085
Debbie Nichols, Director
Hours (10:00AM to 2:00PM)
Email:
dnichols@tlrf.org
The Little Rock Foundation and Wills Eye Hospital of Philadelphia, PA, have joined together to establish the Family Resource Room dedicated to supporting families of blind and visually impaired children.
Located outside the Pediatric Division on the 12th floor, the Family Resource Room is accessible to parents who bring their children to eye appointments.
Our literature is placed
throughout the hospital. We
encourage all of the
hospital staff to direct
patients to the Family
Resource Center. These
centers provide computer
workstations with access to
the Internet and resourceful
links to information about
medical technology, specific
eye diseases and support
services. There are
shelves of categorized
periodicals on the many
services available for
families raising children
with poor vision or no
vision at all.
Resource Center at Children’s
Hospital of Philadelphia
The Little Rock Foundation
and The Children's Hospital
of Philadelphia have joined
together to establish the
Family Resource Center
dedicated to supporting
families of children with
disabilities. The center
specializes in blind, visual
and hearing impairments.
Services and resources
include:
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Computer workstations,
adjustable to accommodate
wheelchairs and equipped
with specialized software
for visually impaired and
hearing impaired children
and adults
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Closed-circuit television (CCTV)
that magnifies hardcopy and
pictures
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Braille printer
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Teletypewriters (TTY), Voice
Carry Over (VCO) telephones
and various communication
and signaling devices for
hard-of-hearing children and
adults
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Reading material, pamphlets
and videos on a variety of
disabilities as well as
catalogs featuring adaptive
and assistive devices, games
and toys for
children with
disabilities
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Information on community
resources
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Periodic In-Services and
Open Houses where new
technology is introduced and
demonstrated
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Come visit and discuss your
concerns and needs, observe
demonstrations of today’s
latest technology in a warm,
friendly and comfortable
environment.
The Family
Resource Coordinator and is
located in Children's
Seashore House on the first
floor.
The hours are Monday through
Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
After hours & weekend
appointments available.
For more information,
please call 267-426-7285
Camp Little Rock
Camp Little Rock is the
only camp in the tri-state
area that provides blind or
visually impaired children
the opportunity to
participate in a day camp
program.
Camp is held on the
beautiful grounds of the
YMCA Camp Ockanickon in
Medford, New Jersey.
Activities include fishing,
boating, hiking, swimming,
horseback riding, challenge
course, talent show and many
other camp related
activities.
Our buddy system
consists of teenagers from
the age of 13 to 17 who
would love to volunteer
their time to attend our
summer program and lend a
helping hand to one of our
campers. Each Buddy is
assigned a camper who has a
visual or physical
challenge, they assist in
all areas of encouragement,
friendship and
responsibility for their
camper. This is a
great way for middle-high
school students to collect
their hours of community
service.
This year camp will be
held the week of August 24th
through August 28th, 2009.
Volunteers need to arrive on
Sunday, August 23rd for
orientation and training.
Our training program gives
you the opportunity to
experience life in darkness
through difference tasks and
games.
Holiday Party
December 5, 2009
The Palace "Paris Catering"
(Directions)
http://www.paris-caterers.com/contactus/directions.asp
109 North Black Horse Pike
Blackwood, NJ 08012 UNITED
STATES
12pm to 4pm
Seating will be limited
If you would like to
attend or volunteer for the
Holiday Party 2009,
please
contact The Little Rock
Foundation at 877-220-2500
or email
dnichols@tlrf.org.
The Holiday Party was
organized in 2003 to help
families of blind and
visually impaired children
to come together and meet
other families that may have
similar challenges. It is
not uncommon for families to
think there is no one else
sharing their experience. By
attending the Holiday Party,
families can witness first
hand that they are not
alone. You may have a blind
or visually impaired child
right in your own
neighborhood!
Invitations are distributed
through the New Jersey
Commission for the Blind and
Visually Impaired for
children who are registered
under the age of twelve. The
children and their families
are invited to share a day
of fun and excitement.
The party consists of games,
prizes, face painting, world
famous balloon twister,
music and buffet lunch.
Children leave with smiles
on their faces and can’t
wait to return next year!
Scholarship Award
Presented in June 4,
2009 at the Mansions on Main Street
in Voorhees, NJ
The Little Rock Foundation
Scholarship Award was
established to enable those
less fortunate blind or
visually impaired students
to attend the college of
their choice giving them
educational opportunities to
excel in their chosen
fields. Scholarships are
available for undergraduate
programs and are granted in
recognition of extraordinary
leadership, scholastic
enterprise and service to
others.
Scholarship winners are
students who go beyond the
disability of visual
impairment and continue to
achieve great things.
From Left to Right
Esha Mehta, Melissa Hurff,
Tina Fiorentino, Sean
O'Keefe, Jaclyn Petrow
Seeing Eye Puppies
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The Seeing Eye,® Inc., is
the oldest existing dog
guide school in the world.
Twelve times a year, as many
as 24 students at a time
visit the Morristown, N.J.,
campus to discover the
exhilarating experience of
traveling with a Seeing Eye
dog.
Our students – people who
are blind or visually
impaired – come from all
over the United States and
Canada to spend up to a
month training with a new
Seeing Eye dog. They range
in age from 16 to senior
citizens, their home
environments may be rural or
urban, and they may be
homemakers, volunteers, or
judges. But they all have
this in common: They are
motivated by a sense of
independence and armed with
the knowledge that Seeing
Eye dogs will provide an
extra edge to attain
success, however they may
choose to define it.
People who are blind or
visually impaired truly
benefit from The Seeing Eye
organization.