A Look Back on 2015

Photo: '2016' written in colored sparklers

WBRC would like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy 2016!

There were several big events for WBRC in 2015 including watching our new home [B-500] on the Palo Alto Campus take shape and near completion, hosting a PBS documentary film crew at WBRC for two days, congratulating our staff members on their many accomplishments including contributing content to a book published by AFB Press and earning their 35 year service award, and watching our Alumni thrive.  As we prepare for 2016, let’s take a look back at 2015 via links to some of our favorite WBRC Blog posts from the year:

 

Photo: Members of the WBRC Administration during their 2015 tour of B-500.

WBRC Administration Tours New Building

Photo: A WBRC Veteran is filmed while training on the NVT light panel.

 PBS Documentary Films at WBRC

Two WBRC Staff Members Contribute to New Book Published by AFB Press

 

Photo: WBRC RN Jeremy Adriano receives his 35 year service award.  Pictured left to right:
Linda Delarue, RN, Chief of Rehabilitation Nursing; Herminio J. Adriano, recipient, RN,
Assistant Nurse Manager at WBRC; Roschild Grullon, RN, Nurse Manager at WBRC;
and Elizabeth Freeman, Director of the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System.

WBRC RN Receives 35 year Service Award

WBRC Alumnus Preps for 2015 Golden Aged Games

 

Photo: White Cane Awareness Walk participants pose on the Palo Alto City Hall steps

WBRC Completes 11^th Annual White Cane Awareness Walk

Photo: WBRC Staff review the building plans during a B500 tour in 2015.

WBRC Staff Tour B-500

WBRC Hosts Open House

The Western Blind Rehabilitation Center (WBRC) recently hosted an Open House Event for local Alumni, invited VAPAHCS Employees, and VA Blind Rehabilitation Staff in Northern California.  The event included 60-minute group tours of the new center which incorporated education about each skill area, prosthetics, and specialty programs.  The event also included light refreshments and a slideshow of WBRC through the years.  

Photos of the WBRC Open House, details follow below.

 

WBRC Open House photographs clockwise from top left: John Kingston educates a group on the CNVR  program and demonstrates use of the Neuro Vision Technology light system; Rosalyn Conanan orients VA staff using a tactile map of the new building; Kristen Collins educates a group on adaptive medical equipment; Cory Tschogl (right) and Daniel Penrod (left) demonstrate visual aids and provide written materials to their tour.