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(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 will manufacture plastic prescription bottles for Express Scripts and military families. The signing of this new contract will expand services and provide resources to hire employees.
Two years ago, Cameron Black decided that he wanted to learn how to throw a baseball. Most would assume that a person who is blind wouldn’t be able to throw a baseball. Those people were proven wrong. On Friday, Aug. 27, Cameron because the first person who is blind to throw out the first pitch…
Alphapointe recently unveiled a striking new display in its Richmond Hill, N.Y., facility highlighting portions of the history of serving New Yorkers with vision impairment. The story of programs to employ people who are blind in New York City began with an organization called the New York Association for the Blind (later called The Lighthouse),…
On June 22, four students from the Kansas Braille Regionals earned top honors at the National Braille Challenge, which was held on the campus of the University of Southern California. The competition, sponsored by the Braille Institute of America, invited the top fifty students, who read and write braille, to compete in five divisions–ten contestants…
Alphapointe secured agreements to manufacture thousands of physical fitness pants for the U.S. Navy and dress uniform skirts to be worn by members of the U.S. Army. Both apparel items will be manufactured at Alphapointe’s facility in Richmond Hill, which features a workforce largely comprised of people who are blind. “We are thrilled to announce…