Timberline Lions
Club

Resources for the Blind

• California Council of the Blind
  High-Desert Chapter
  P.O.Box 3236
  Victorville, Ca 92393



• Mobility and Canes
  • Lori Schow - Mobility Canes & Mobility Training
  
  
  
  • Rolling Start, Inc.
    15550 Main Street, C-12
    Hesperia, Ca 92345
    760-949-7626 (Angie)
    Help with canes, technology, resources, filling out and explaining paperwork.



• Transportation
  • Victor Valley Transit Authority
    Bethany Hagen-Lead Travel Trainer
    17150 Smoke Tree St.
    Hesperia, Ca 92345
    760-995-3571
    bhagen@vvta.org
  
  
  
  • ADARide.com
    19300 S. Hamilton Ave., Suite 120
    Gardena, Ca 90248
    877-232-7433
    Application Required. They come to your house, pick you up and return you home.
  
  
  
  • Victor Valley Community Services Council
    16692 Mojave Drive
    Victorville, Ca
    760-243-9646
    Transportation and various other services. Ask for Midge Nicosia
  
  
  
• Recreation, Support & Tech
  • California Council of the Blind
    VV Chapter - Brad Hogarty, President
    760-240-4671 for Support & Information
  
  
  
  • Lighthouse for the Blind
    359 E. Parkcenter Circle S.
    San Bernardino, Ca 92408
    909-884-3121 - Sandra Wood
    Classes, Support, Field Trips
  
  
  
  • Braille Institute Library Services
    Attn: Library Registration
    741 N. Vermont Ave.
    Los Angeles, Ca 90029-3594
    App Required
    800-808-2555 for books
  
  
  
  • Braille Institute Bus, once a month
    Christie-Low Vision Specialist
    free Exam & help with Tech.
    760-321-1111 in Rancho Mirage
  
  
  
  • Los Angeles Public Library
    800-808-2555
    Call for application, books and equipment.
  
  
  
• Disabled Display Placard   www.dmv.ca.gov



• Lions Low Vision Services L.O.V.E. Program
  The L.O.V.E. Program, in cooperation with the University Eye Center at Los Angeles and Marshall B. Ketchum University offers complete vision care including such specialties as low vision devices and vision therapy. Patients of the program receive complete vision examinations and prescribed correction and treatment.
  Patients receive top quality services from University Eye Center, a teaching clinic staffed by optometrists, ophthalmologists, college interns and a complete office personnel.
  The program offered through the center makes available a loaner library of special Low Vision Devices, prescription glasses, contact lenses and vision therapy services. The center has over a hundred years of experience in identifying and solving the diverse problems of patients seen in private and clinical practice.
  www.loveprogram.org



• Guide Dogs of the Desert
  Provides custom trained guide dogs for the blind, and for those with special needs, for safe mobility, companionship, and independence.
  www.guidedogsofthedesert.org