For IFB Solutions employee Diana Baker, using tools from the Community Low Vision Center in the kitchen has helped her regain her independence. Check out her recipe for Cream Cheese Brownies, and see these tools and resources in action!

Find the recipe and video here.

Summer vacation—it’s something almost every school-age kid eagerly anticipates. But that wasn’t the case for Sam Chandler at age 11. Sam’s been nearly blind since he was very young—he has no vision in the left eye and 20/1600 in the right eye. That means that what he can see at 20 feet, the average person can see clearly at 1600 feet.

Read more about how our SEE Summer Camps impact children who are blind or visually impaired.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A unique summer program for the severely visually impaired or blind is teaching local teens life skills and self-worth.

The best part– it is even helping them land jobs.

Curtis Chase,  director of operations at IFB Solutions, formerly Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind, says he hopes to give these kids a chance at a normal life.

Read the whole story here.

For IFB Solutions employee Diana Baker, using tools from the Community Low Vision Center in the kitchen has helped her regain her independence. Check out her recipe for Cream Cheese Brownies, and see these tools and resources in action!

Find the recipe and video here.

The city’s oldest and most respected community newspaper rolled out the red carpet and invited more than 1,000 people from all walks of life to come together and celebrate those in our community who go the extra mile to make a difference during The Chronicle’s Annual Community Service Awards held on the campus of Winston-Salem State University.

IFB Solutions was honored with The Chronicle Innovation Award.

Read more about the award ceremony here.

For IFB Solutions employee Diana Baker, using tools from the Community Low Vision Center in the kitchen has helped her regain her independence. Check out her recipe Buffalo Chicken Dip, and see these tools and resources in action!

Find the video and recipe here.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.– Eighteen bars, restaurants, and music venues in Winston-Salem are engaging in a friendly competition this month to see who can raise the most money to send kids who are blind to summer camps for free.

Every year since Ben James was six years old, he has been blessed with the opportunity to go to summer day camps called S.E.E., or Student Enrichment Experience. It is hosted by IFB Solutions and it is for kids who are blind or visually impaired.

Read more here. 

HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. – Community Foundation of Henderson County recently made $228,890 in grant awards through the Perry N. Rudnick Endowment, its Community Grant process, and an emergency ask.

IFB Solutions, Asheville Division was awarded $15,000 in support of the Focus on Literacy Program.

Read more here.

LITTLE ROCK, A.R. – Curtis Chase has been promoted to director of operations at IFB Solutions Little Rock, formerly Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind. Chase has been with the company for 19 years, most recently serving as production manager. In his new position, he will oversee a staff of 140, with 75% being blind or visually impaired, in all manufacturing functions at the Little Rock facility.

Read the story here.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – During the month of May, a handful of local restaurants, breweries and others will be raising money for the Help Kids S.E.E. camps of IFB Solutions. The program sends blind children to summer camp for free. The camps are part of IFB’s programs to help blind children develop skills for independent living, including such skills as cooking. This month, participating businesses will raise money for the camps in a variety of ways.

Read more about the events here.