We will continue to expand our free virtual offerings this winter, thanks to grants from The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and The Grotta Fund for Senior Care. We’re so grateful to these foundations for helping us remove barriers, so people with vision loss can access programs and interact with peers and our professional staff. The grants allow us to run online classes, support groups, and educational and enrichment programs at no charge to adults with vision loss.
Delores ‘Dee’ Eliassen smiles and holds light weights.
Our free winter 2021 virtual sessions offer 13 weekly Beyond Sight wellness classes that run through April 9, plus several shorter skills training and enrichment opportunities for adults with vision loss.
While VLANJ plans to resume in-person programs once the coronavirus is no longer a risk, virtual classes will continue as a means to serve people who cannot get to VLANJ. Transportation has long been a challenge for people with vision loss, and we also simply want to extend our free and virtual programs to everyone we can!
For more information about enrolling or supporting VLANJ, contact VLANJ Senior Program Manager Linda Groszew at lgroszew@vlanj.org or (973) 627-0055, ext.1312.
Read the full article about our virtual program continuation as seen in Parsippany Focus here: https://bit.ly/vlanjexpandsprograms