Senior Retreat
2025 Virtual Senior Retreat
February 16-22, 2025
Anywhere and Everywhere
This virtual retreat promotes a sense of well-being and self-confidence regardless of your lack of vision. Our collective experience has taught us that learning about blindness from competent blind people, while sharing the camaraderie of fellow retreat members, strengthens personal growth and guides seniors to advocate for themselves. Participants can look forward to receiving training in basic nonvisual skills, the development of new strategies for solving problems, and an introduction to valuable resources, all to be better able to determine for themselves what steps they can take to live the Life they want. We cannot overstate the positive impact an individual will experience as a member of a group of seniors, working together and sharing life-changing activities in a retreat of this nature. Just ask one of our recent graduates!
Schedule
NOTE: All times listed are in Eastern Time.
| Sunday, February 16, 2025 | 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM | Meet & Greet |
| Monday, February 17 through Friday, February 21, 2025 | 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM | Classes |
| Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM | Wrap Up |
ELIGIBILITY
- Legally Blind
- Strong desire to learn nonvisual techniques
- 50 or over
Featured Topics
- Cane Travel
- Daily Living Skills
- Beginning Braille
- Organizational Skills & Tactile Learning
- Useful Aids & Devices
- Cooking Techniques & Food Preparation
- Technology Topics
- NFB-NEWSLINE®
Cost
The cost is $50 per attendee. Money must be received by February 7, 2025. Payment can be made by check, PayPal, or Zelle. PayPal accepts credit cards and debit cards.
Checks should be made payable to NFB Seniors Division with 2025 Senior Retreat in the memo, and sent to:
NFB Senior Division
c/o Duncan Larsen
304 East Simpson Street
Lafayette, CO 80026-2326
To pay using PayPal, complete the online registration form and then submit payment via the PayPal payment link found on the form's confirmation page. You can pay via PayPal by using a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account.
If you prefer to make an instant payment using Zelle, you may do so by choosing to send money and adding NFB Senior Division as a recipient. When asked whether you want to add a mobile number or email address to send, choose mobile number and use 979-583-6343 as the number.
Registration Form
The registration form for the 2025 Senior Retreat can be found here.
Archived Retreats
Please visit our Archived Senior Retreats page to listen to the audio archives of previous Senior Retreats.
Additional Information
Questions should be directed to gcrosby@nfbtx.org or to 443-681-9345. If you have difficulty completing the online form, call or email us for assistance. We will be happy to help. If we are not available when you call, someone will contact you as soon as possible.