 |
  |
|
 |
|
|
| Home | About Us | Training | Communications | Products & Services | Events | Customer Service | Contact | Search |
 |
|
| CALENDAR OF EVENTS | |
 |
Press Releases |
|
Media Coverage |
|
GrapeVine |
|
Company Brochure |
 |
|
What's Happening At Blind Industries…
Blind Industries starts Senior Support Group
From Staff Reports
Cumberland Times-News – October 9, 2007The Senior Services Division of Blind Industries and Services of Maryland has established a Senior Support Group for blind and visually impaired seniors…
New Group Helps Seniors Cope With Vision Loss
By Charlene Polk
The Daily Times – September 4, 2007A new group in Ocean Pines is teaching seniors how to cope with vision loss in their everyday lives…
Speaker and Guide Dog's Special 9/11 Experience
By Scott Weybright
Arbutus Times – August 1, 2007Michael Hingson survived the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, thanks in part to his guide dog, Roselle…
Office Eagle Appreciates its Customers
By Yvonne Johnson
APG News – June 28, 2007A festive atmosphere greeted customers and guests to the Aberdeen Proving Ground Office Eagle stores' Customer Appreciation Day celebration May 22...
Read More Here...
State Needs to Take Advantage of ‘Best Kept Secret’ Blind Industries
By Delegate LeRoy Myers, Jr.
Cumberland Times-News - April 28, 2007I recently had the pleasure of taking a guided tour of Cumberland’s Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, and I truly was impressed...
Office Eagle’s Nicole DiSeta Honored as Associate of the Year
By Heather Tassmer
APG News - March 1, 2007Employees from Office Eagle, Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, Associated Retarded Citizens and the Harford County Public School system gathered to recognize...
Program Provides the Necessary Skills for Independent Life
By Scott Weybright
Arbutus Times - February 22, 2007Alycia Breitschwerdt is living on her own for the first time, like many other 18-year-olds...
Growing Needs of Seniors who are Visually Impaired
By Scott Weybright
Arbutus Times - February 22, 2007According to the American Foundation for the Blind, vision loss and blindness affect around 6.5 million Americans age 55 and over...
WWII Veteran Inspires with Effort to Overcome Loss of Sight
By Roger Williamson
Cumberland Times-News – February 7, 2007Eighty-three-year-old Western Maryland native Charles Johnson entered World War II in 1942 at the age of 19...
Office Eagle Employees Changing ‘Blind’ Perception
By John Neville
The Turret – October 26, 2006...the greatest barrier a blind candidate for a job faces isn’t his or her limited eyesight.
Going Blind Not the End of Life
Reported by Sherelle Roberts
WMDT-TV 47 – October 25, 2006Phrases like "you can" and "the sky is the limit" are constantly being said here at Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.
BISM Hosts Week of Camp in Centreville
By Susan Westerman
Star Democrat - June 30, 2006Eighty-three-year-old Western Maryland native Charles Johnson entered World War II in 1942 at the age of 19...
Visual Limitations Not an Obstacle for Office Eagle Employees
By John Neville
The Turret - June 22, 2006Five of the store’s employees are legally blind, but they do just about everything except drive the delivery trucks.
