60th Anniversary

Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration October 10, 2009

~SAVE THE DATE~
BBF Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, October 10, 2009
11am-2pm, at Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael
for BBF families (both current and alumni), Donors, Professionals, Friends
Click here for event invitation in two parts:
60th Anniversary Celebration Invitation Pt I
60th Anniversary Celebration Invitation Pt II

Click below to view event flyer in English or Spanish:
60th Anniversary Celebration Flyer-English
60th Anniversary Celebration Flyer-Spanish

Click here for directions to the event:
Directions to Guide Dogs for the Blind

RSVP information on invitation and flyer above,
or call our office: 510.446.2229 x10

BBF Beeper Egg Hunts in the news!

Bay Area Beeper Egg Hunt
click here for the story from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Bay Area Beeper Egg Hunt-SF Chronicle

Central Vally Beeper Egg Hunt in the News!
see local news coverage of our Central Valley Beeper Egg Hunt:
Central Valley Beeper Egg Hunt-Visalia Times Delta

60th Anniversary Gala

BBF's 60th Anniversary Gala was a grand success,  with over 250 attendees!

ABC7's Cheryl Jennings, BBF alumn Jim Gammon,
and BBF Executive Director Julie Bernas-Pierce

Rebecca Allswang, Diana Dennis, Laila Adle, Mariah Roberts,
and Marjorie Williams Jones

Jee See HENG, Singapore Consul General, and his wife Wendy

BBF Board of Directors (L-R): Donna Andrews; Mark Hernandez;
Beverly Libaire; Tarak Mody, Ph.D.; Jim Taylor; Kevin Dorwin;
Manny Cuevas; Dottie Bridge (president); Deborah Orel-Bixler, Ph.D., O.D. (secretary); Kathy Canata; Sharon Sacks, Ph.D. (vice president)

Click here for the pdf text-only version of our Sixtieth Anniversary Book:
Sixtieth Anniversary Book-Text Version

Full-graphic version will be posted soon!

Blind Babies Foundation is Looking for You!

Blind Babies Foundation is celebrating its 60^th Anniversary in 2009 with numerous events throughout the year. We very much want to include all of our alumni and alumni parents in these events. It just doesn’t seem right to celebrate and not include the reasons for our existence – our families past and present – in the festivities. Also, we are really curious as to what has happened to our “babies” and their families during the past 60 years. 

We need to hear from you if you were a BBF client, family, relative, or know where any of our graduates and their families are presently located. Please contact Michael McFarland at BBF, 1814 Franklin St, 11th Floor, Oakland, CA  94612, (510) 446-2229 x10, mcfarlandmike@blindbabies.org