At Alphapointe’s 2022 holiday party and awards event, the organization formally recognized Michael Williams as the Alphapointe Volunteer of the Year! Michael has supported Alphapointe in many ways, including serving on Alphapointe’s Boards of Directors, volunteering for many youth-related camps and activities and working with clinical, rehabilitation and Foundation teams on numerous projects. Michael served…
Alphapointe is pleased to honor its dedicated team members with our annual series of recognition awards. These individuals represent the collective spirit and determination as Alphapointe pursues its commitment toward achieving its mission of empowering people with vision loss to achieve their goals and aspirations. Since our founding in 1911, thousands of individuals have worked…
Organizations around the nation are making a new commitment to embrace the concept of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the workplace (often shortened to “DEI”). But, there’s one important element of DEI that frequently is not addressed: and that’s a “D” for Disability. Alphapointe Manager of Donor Development & Community Relations Cheryl Rayburn recently addressed…
Every year, Alphapointe invites students in high school and college to participate in the Career Enhancement Internship Experience program. Erin Walden participated in the program in the summer of 2022 and we caught up with her to ask about her experience. Q&A with Erin Tell us about you… I am from Wichita, Kansas. I grew…
“We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” isn’t only one of the most famous songs from country music’s most decorated female singer, Loretta Lynn. The phrase aptly and succinctly describes the journey of Alphapointe. Today, Alphapointe marked the 20th anniversary of the organization’s completion of its Life Skills Campus at 75th St. and Prospect Ave. in…
Rightfully Sewn, a subsidiary of Alphapointe, is hosting the latest event in its FUTURE FASHION series on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at Little Theatre. Presented by The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, FUTURE FASHION is a night focused on the future of fashion in Kansas City. For this year’s event, Pamela Lucas, owner & fashion designer of…
The next time you play Monopoly, you might pass by Alphapointe a few dozen times. Top Trumps USA recently launched a Kansas City edition of the classic board game with Alphapointe featured prominently as a “Community Chest” space on the game board. Other Kansas City icons featured in the game include GEHA Field at Arrowhead…
Every year, Alphapointe invites students in high school and college to participate in the Career Enhancement Internship Experience program. Madeline Abrams participated in the program in the summer of 2022 and we caught up with her to ask about her experience. Q&A with Madeline Tell us about you… I am from Overland Park, Kan. Outside…
Alphapointe is pleased to announce the addition of Ann-Marie Birns to the organization’s Board of Directors. Birns is an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley within the Institutional Securities Technology and leads the Research Technology team globally, which is comprised of more than 200 employees and consultants. She is currently responsible for the technology strategy and…
“I came to the conclusion that when I was in public school, the less I bothered anyone, the more appreciated I would be.” Former New York Governor David Paterson shared those words when reflecting on his experiences in the public school system as a child – one of many jarring and insightful comments he offered…