Celebrating 20 Years of Serving our Veterans

Alphapointe is pleased to be serving the proud men and women who have served our country.
Alphapointe is pleased to be serving the proud men and women who have served our country.
(Originally published in the Queens Tribune by Jon Cronin on September 26, 2017) Alphapointe—a nonprofit that aids the education, advocacy and employment of legally blind people—announced on Tuesday the purchase of its new location in Richmond Hill. The lease for the Midwest-based nonprofit’s Brooklyn location will end in January and the group plans on opening…
Award Honors Success in Sustaining and Increasing Employment For People Who Are Blind January 24, 2018, Kansas City, MO ~ Alphapointe was honored by National Industries for the Blind (NIB), the nation’s largest employment resource for people who are blind, with the 2017 Employment Growth Award. The award recognizes Alphapointe’s outstanding efforts to increase employment…
Kansas City area student Brooke Petro was named a 2021 Braille Challenge National Champion for the sixth time, while Emrie Wisner finished in third place. Students learned of the results by watching a live online awards ceremony on Friday, July 30. Petro, a resident of Leawood, Kan., became a national champion for the sixth time…
Alphapointe is pleased to announce the addition of Barry S. Honig as a new member of the Alphapointe Board of Directors and Beth Nichols-Kelloff as a member of the Alphapointe Foundation Board of Directors. Honig is the President of Honig International and the President and CEO of TruckPay. Honig International is a well-known management consulting…
Rightfully Sewn, Kansas City’s leading non-profit seamstress training and apparel manufacturer, has signed leases on second and third spaces and is expanding its staff to increase its educational and production capabilities on the heels of securing two new large contracts. Rightfully Sewn was acquired by non-profit Alphapointe in October 2020 and operates as a subsidiary….
Alphapointe Wins National Award for Videos The Telly Awards, a national competition that honors excellence in video and television, announced that two Alphapointe videos received Silver Tellys for productions completed in 2023. The two videos, “Thoughts of a Blind Man” and “Can You See It,” are part of the brand refresh effort that Alphapointe is…