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[PAM]
Hi! My name is Pam Chapin, and I work at Lighthouse for the Blind’s Little Learners program as the program director. 

We are here at the Spring Celebration, at the lovely Guide Dogs for the Blind. We have families who are here with their little ones and siblings. 

We have beeper egg hunts going on and kids are searching for eggs, just as you might find at any spring event, but they’re doing it by listening, or by touching, as well as looking if they have some vision. 

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Children search a green lawn for colorful, beeping, tactile eggs.

[PAM]
So we are serving kids from birth to 3 who are blind or have low vision, and so we’ve adapted this event to make it accessible for everyone so that families can be here together, siblings together, everyone participating in the same fun activities. 

[BEEPING]

[AUDIO DESCRIPTION]
Christine Benninger, President and CEO of Guide Dogs for the Blind. 

[CHRIS]
These kinds of events not only develop skills in children with low vision or who are blind, but also help to create inclusion, understanding, and confidence. 

[LAUGHTER AND CHATTER]

[AUDIO DESCRIPTION]
A giggling child meets a guide dog puppy.

[AUDIO DESCRIPTION]
Marvin and Amanda Benedict, with daughter Bronte. Bronte sits on her dad’s shoulders. 

[MARVIN]
It’s awesome. These little small communities of services and things like Guide Dogs for the Blind or Lighthouse are, uh - they’re quite nice because we don’t interact with that many people with low vision or blind on a daily basis. So being able to come out here and talk to other parents, and, you know, pet all the puppies, and have a good time is .. is a pretty - pretty nice service to have.