This year the Washington School for the Blind Foundation held the Fifth Annual Feel the Music, Empower a Life. This event raises funds for the Washington School for the Blind Foundation’s grant programs including our Senior Technology Grant Program. This program provides the technology necessary to level the playing field in education and employment for students who are blind and visually impaired. This year nearly $30,000 was raised at the event with the help of many generous donors and a matching funds grant from The Gibney Family Foundation.

Feel the Music, Empower a Life is an intimate and powerful dinner and concert held at Fries Auditorium in the Old Main Building at the Washington State School for the Blind, in Vancouver, Washington. This year, the evening began with hors d’oeuvres in the brand new Kennedy Fitness Center where guests get a chance to mingle and tour the new facility. In the Fries Auditorium, guests were served a delicious dinner while listening to the vibrant music of Mac Potts and Tom Grant.

If you would like to help us make a difference, please visit our Make A Gift page and donate now or give us a call today at (360) 696-6321 extension 176.

The Washington School for the Blind Foundation would like to thank the following sponsors for helping us make the 2009 event such a success: iQ Credit Union, Beaches Restaurant and Bar, Ralph and Susan Gilbert, Red Lion Hotel at the Quay, Larch Mountain Correction Institute, Virgil and Donna Ford, Hoodsport Winery, and Tom and Pat Leeson. We would also like to thank former WSSB student Mac Potts and world renowned jazz pianist Tom Grant for the wonderful music and entertainment.

“There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.”

—Reuther