(Originally published on News 12 Brooklyn here) Rent forces nonprofit to move jobs for the blind, visually impaired Posted: Aug 20, 2018 5:06 PM CDT Updated: Aug 20, 2018 9:26 PM CDT BROOKLYN – Rising rent is forcing the nonprofit Alphapointe to move its manufacturing jobs for the legally blind or visually impaired. Alphapointe will move its jobs…
Year: 2018
Dating with a disability: ‘I don’t feel like a burden … Why should I act like one?’
(Originally published on August 16, 2018 in the Kansas City Star) BY AARON RANDLE arandle@kcstar.com August 16, 2018 05:30 AM When Kirby Hough meets a man for a first date, she deceives him until she believes he is worthy of the truth. He will walk into the bar or restaurant and find Hough already there,…
Alphapointe is pleased to announce the addition of two new members of Alphapointe’s Board of Directors.
Joseph F. Danowsky is a Managing Director/Private Client Advisor at U.S. Trust. Previously, he was a Managing Director and Head of the Strategic Solutions Group for Barclays Wealth Americas. He began his Wall Street career in the legal department of Bear Stearns, later becoming a Senior Managing Director in the firm’s Wealth Management/Advisory Services Group. …
Employee of the Year - David Brown
(Originally published in the Bronx Times Reporter on July 13, 2018 by Patrick Rocchio.) David Brown, a Kingsbridge resident who happens to be blind, is celebrating a decade employment anniversary working in the assembly department of Alphapointe. Alphapointe, previously known as New York City Industries for the Blind, is a non profit agency that employs him…
Lives of Service
(Originally published on pages 6-7 of the Summer 2018 issue of Opportunity magazine published by NIB by Sharon Horrigan. To read whole magazine click here) …”Alphapointe, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, offers customer support services for the VA in California, Missouri, and New York. In addition, the agency has been making medicine bottles for the…
Alphapointe opens opportunities for blind workers
Originally published in Spanish on June 7, 2018 in El Diario Nueva York by Carmen Molina Tamacas. Read original article here. “Ricardo Rivera is a Puerto Rican who began losing his vision 14 years ago due to illness. At Alphapointe he has developed skills that allow him to have a decent job. With a skill…
Beep Ball Clinic Has Been Rescheduled
Due to the I-70 shutdown, our Beep Ball Clinic that was originally scheduled for tomorrow June 9th, has been rescheduled for September 8, 2018. Parents, if you have any questions, contact Jake: jmclaughlin@alphapointe.org Volunteers, if you have any questions, contact Sharon: sbrown@alphapointe.org We’re sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see you in September!