Events
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Is your school, district, or community organization registered for College Ready Florida?
College Ready Florida is a series of four statewide initiatives aimed at supporting a college-going culture. The four initiatives are:
- Apply Yourself Florida: Provides students the opportunity to complete their college applications during normal school hours with the help of trained volunteers.
- Florida FAFSA Challenge: A statewide campaign to increase the proportion of high school seniors completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
- Florida College Decision Day: An adaptation of the NCAA's National Signing Day that celebrates all students for their plans after high school, whether they are attending a four-year university, a two-year institution, a technical college, or enlisting in the military.
- Plan It Florida: Seeks to ensure every Florida student graduates high school with a college or career plan.
The start of a new school year is the perfect time to register for College Ready Florida. Among the benefits for schools and community organizations that register as a host site:
- Get free stuff! FCAN provides stickers and other promotional materials to schools to help promote their College Ready Florida events.
- Get inspired! When host sites register, FCAN will share weekly inspiration about what peer schools are doing, as well as free tools, resources, and templates.
- Get recognized! FCAN loves to celebrate the successes of our host sites. We highlight awesome College Ready Florida events on social media, on our blog, and in our newsletter.
Keep Your Future in Focus at FIMC-VI's Florida Festival of Families
September 17th and 18th, 2021 via Zoom
The Florida Festival of Families is a free event for children with visual impairments and their parents, family members and caregivers. Sessions are led by mentors who are visually impaired, other parents, and/or professionals in the field. Activities for families to do together are sprinkled throughout, making this a time for families to learn and have fun together.
Register by August 31st to receive a Family Activity box in the mail.
Download the complete agenda with session descriptions.
Friday
06:30 p.m. – Fit and Healthy Future
07:15 p.m. – Healthy Future with Food
Saturday
08:45 a.m. – Zoom meeting room opens to mix and mingle
09:00 a.m. – Welcome and Introductions
09:15 a.m. – Planning Ahead: Part I
- Future in Reading Technology with Jule Ann Lieberman (focus on print and/or braille readers) OR
- Future in Insight with Diane Sheline (focus on students with multiple disabilities)
10:00 a.m. – Family Activity: Future in Robotics
10:45 a.m. – Planning Ahead: Part II
- Future in Writing Technology with Jule Ann (focus on print and/or braille readers) OR
- Future in Research with Diane (focus on students with multiple disabilities)
11:45 a.m. – Planning Ahead: Part III
- Future in O&M Technology with Jule Ann (focus on print and/or braille readers) OR
- Future in Functional Vision with Diane (focus on students with multiple disabilities)
12:30 p.m. – Farewell Until the Future
Visit the Student and Family Events page for more information about this free family event and to learn more about our guest speakers!
https://www.fimcvi.org/student-and-family-events
2021 Disability Employment Awareness Celebration
Join us for the Disability Employment Awareness Celebration (DEAC), a showcase of employers that hire and support individuals with disabilities in Florida.
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (EDT)
LVIB's Dining in the Dark, Saturday, October 9, GlenLakes Golf & County Club
Announcing Lighthouse’s 6th Annual Dining in the Dark—please save the date!
The event takes place on Saturday, October 9, 2021 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at GlenLakes Golf & County Club, 9000 GlenLakes Blvd., Weeki Wachee, FL 34613-4200.
Dining in the Dark is a major fundraiser for the Lighthouse and includes dinner, dancing, and prize drawings.
Everyone can participate in the prize drawings—if you are not attending the event, you can purchase your chances before the event and watch the prize drawings live on Facebook. You don’t have to attend or watch the event to win.
More information is available at https://www.lvib.org/events/dining-in-the-dark.