Montana Association for the Blind offers free orientation program

Havre Daily News staff

Montana Association for the Blind has extended an offer to all visually impaired people 18 and older in the state of Montana to attend an orientation program over the summer.

At no cost to the student, the association will be hosting its Summer Orientation Program. The program is designed to help people regain their independence again by teaching skills inside and outside the home.

The four-week program will cover how to travel safety, computer instruction, writing alternatives, and more. The classes are not only designed to help, but to provide a warm, safe environment with people who understand — “Because many of us have gone through it ourselves,” a release from Montana Association for the Blind said.

The program will be hosted at Rocky College in Billings June 14 to July 9. Room, board and training is free to the students.

“What a pleasure to see an organization with sighted and unsighted people who bring together a program that enriches and creates the opportunity for sightless and poorly-sighted people to learn and enjoy things in life that they thought were gone forever,” the release said one person said about the program. “What a pleasure to see the transformation in such a short time.”

If anyone is in the process, or knows someone in the process, of their sight, they can contact Rhonda Cochrane at 406-442-9411 or [email protected] for more information and an application.