Celebrating 20 Years of Serving our Veterans
Alphapointe is pleased to be serving the proud men and women who have served our country.
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Alphapointe’s move to Richmond Hill on track
(Originally published in the Times Ledger newspaper on August 19,2018) By Naeisha Rose Alphapointe, one of the largest employers of the legally blind, is less than one month away from completing a move of its headquarters to Richmond Hill from Brooklyn. The new home of the facility is at 87-46 123 St. and 50 of…
Alphapointe Hosts United States AbilityOne® Commission
Top executives from the U.S. AbilityOne Commission based in the Washington, D.C. area visited Alphapointe in Kansas City to see first-hand the many ways in which the agency is creating job opportunities for people who are blind and visually impaired
Low Vision Awareness Month – Answering the Most Frequent Questions
In February, we drawn attention to Low Vision Awareness Month – an effort started by the National Eye Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. Low vision affects millions of Americans, including many older adults. Low vision can make it hard to do things like reading, shopping, cooking, or writing. And it…
Kansas City Area Students Named Braille Challenge National Champion & 3rd Place Finisher
Kansas City area student Brooke Petro was named a 2021 Braille Challenge National Champion for the sixth time, while Emrie Wisner finished in third place. Students learned of the results by watching a live online awards ceremony on Friday, July 30. Petro, a resident of Leawood, Kan., became a national champion for the sixth time…
Alphapointe Closes On Purchase of Future Home in Queens
June 16, 2017, Brooklyn, NY ~ Alphapointe, the non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals who are legally blind secure gainful employment, announced today that it has acquired a 138,000-square-foot building at 87-46 123rd Street in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, which is to become the official home of the organization. The 501(c)(3) organization is…
Legally Blind Queens Village Resident Receives I Make It Happen Award
Originally published in the Queens Gazette on May 17, 2017 Yuet Yuen Chao (aka “Charlie”) is legally blind. Born in China in 1933, he spent his early adulthood in Cuba and then lived briefly in Miami in 1961 before relocating to California and then settling in New York. While he was in Miami, he suffered…
