Year: 2017

Alphapointe is pleased to announce the addition of Steve Cranford as a new member of the Board of Directors. Steve co-founded Whisper, a New York-based agency creating reputation-building brand, content, communications and media assets. Today he serves as Creative Chairman and CEO. On behalf of clients such as Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, NBC Universal,…

by Helen Hahn (Braille & Written Language Instructor at Alphapointe) “I would like to begin by stating that I am one of the lucky ones. I was fortunate enough to have earned the majority of my education prior to the development of adaptive technology for the blind. Although, the number or the amount of materials…

(Originally published in the Times Ledger by Naeisha Rose on September 28,2017) Alphapointe, one of the largest employers of legally blind New Yorkers in the city, is moving its offices to Richmond Hill from Brooklyn. Its new home, located at 87-46 123rd St., is 138,000 square feet and employs over 200 people, 130 of whom are…

(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…

(Originally published by KCTV-5 Kansas City on July 26, 2017 by Chris Oberholtz, Digital Content Manager) Summer camp often leads to lifetime memories for kids. Sadly though, there are often children who are left out of the summer camp experience. For some it’s because of their disabilities. But KCTV5’s Carolyn Long explains how that changed this…

Originally published the New York Post on July 23, 2017. Written by Vicki Salemi.  When Ted Rios turned 50 recently, his co-workers threw him a surprise party at a bar near their Borough Park office. “It was amazing! They told me how much they appreciate me and what I do,” says the sales manager at…

June 16, 2017, Brooklyn, NY ~ Alphapointe, the non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals who are legally blind secure gainful employment, announced today that it has acquired a 138,000-square-foot building at 87-46 123rd Street in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, which is to become the official home of the organization. The 501(c)(3) organization is…

Originally published in the Queens Gazette on May 17, 2017 Yuet Yuen Chao (aka “Charlie”) is legally blind. Born in China in 1933, he spent his early adulthood in Cuba and then lived briefly in Miami in 1961 before relocating to California and then settling in New York. While he was in Miami, he suffered…

Alphapointe is pleased to announce the addition of Janice Thompson as a new member of the Board of Directors. Janice as a Strategic Growth Consultant, assists the leadership teams of Fortune 500 and middle market companies in developing and executing enterprise growth strategies. Her career spans the gamut from investment banking at Goldman Sachs to…