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Sendero Community Service Activities

Sendero is pleased to have participated in various community giving programs totaling well over $100,000 in donations.

A girl using donated Braille writer in class at a school in Peru

Stevie Wonder House Full of Toys Benefit Concert: For the 5th consecutive year, Sendero has worked with Stevie Wonder to distribute donated assistive technology.
Sendero donated a couple of Braille writers to a school at The Refuge of Hope in Peru, allowing one of their students to integrate into a regular classroom because she can now keep up with the other students.
CES 2009: Vision Free: Sendero worked with Stevie Wonder to advance the accessibility of consumer electronics
Sendero participated in the Seeing Eye Auction to help raise funds for the Seeing Eye.

Nonprofit organizations Sendero supports

The Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is transforming travel for the blind through the development of innovative accessible maps that use touch and sound to orient blind travelers, called TMAPs. TMAPs cover one square mile centered on a specific street address, or intersection with a marker to show the position of the address. Visit the TMAP information page for more details.

National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program's (NDBEDP) goal is to ensure that every person with combined hearing and vision loss has access to modern telecommunication tools and the training necessary to use them, granting every individual the opportunity to interact with the world as an involved, contributing member of society. The program - promoted by iCanConnect - provides outreach, assessments, telecommunications technology and training free of charge to those who meet federal eligibility guidelines. Visit Sendero's Support for NDBEDP webpage to see what we are doing to contribute to the program.

Mike May is on the board of:

The Seeing Eye, American's Pioneer dog guide school is gratefule to Sendero Group for naming a Seeing Eye Puppy, Sendero, with picture of black lab puppy

The Seeing Eye is the oldest existing dog guide school in the world. Twelve times a year, as many as 24 students at a time visit the Morristown, N.J., campus to discover the exhilarating experience of traveling with a Seeing Eye dog. One way to support the excellent work of the Seeing Eye is to make a donation of $5,000 or more and you will get to name a puppy. It is only appropriate that an accessible GPS company would name a puppy Sendero (pictured above). He is a male black lab. Sayrs is a female shepherd (also pictured above), born September 16, 2010. She is named in honor of the late Martha Sayrs from Friendsville Tennessee, a woman of vision and a huge animal lover.
Visit The Seeing Eye website.
Veterans Affairs National Advisory Committee

Mike May has served on the boards of:

Society For the Blind is an organization that is dedicated to training blind individuals to be independent.
Visit Society for the Blind website.
Discovery Blind Sports is dedicated to increasing the abilities and confidence of blind and visually impaired individuals through physical activity.
Visit Discovery Blind Sports website.
U.S. Association of Blind Athletes was formed in the hopes of increasing the number of blind and visually impaired world-class athletes.
Visit the U.S. Association of Blind Athletes website.
Lighthouse for the Blind is the largest agency providing direct service, advocacy and information to the blind and visually impaired community of Northern California.
Visit the Lighthouse for the Blind website.
Blind Babies Foundation has been providing critical early intervention and education services to infants and preschoolers who are blind or visually impaired for more than 58 years.
Visit the Blind Babies Foundation website.

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