Alumni Day

Each fall, the Iowa Department for the Blind holds its annual Orientation Alumni Day and Banquet. Former Center students travel to Des Moines from all over the country to meet current students and to reconnect with instructors and other former students who went through the program with them. Many bring their friends and family along to share in the experience. Alumni get an opportunity to network with other blind individuals and hear an update on Department activities. More important, though, they "recharge their batteries" by spending time with others who believe as they do that "it's OK to be blind."

2009 Alumni Day and Banquet ("50 Years of Opportunities for Independence")

At the banquet this year, the Orientation Center is celebrating a half-century of providing top-notch training to Iowans who are blind and visually impaired. 

Orientation Alumni Day and Banquet Details:

• When: Saturday, October 31, 2009
• Where: Iowa Department for the Blind (*unless otherwise noted)
• Cost: $15.00 per person for the banquet

Orientation Alumni Day and Banquet Agenda

• 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 
  Building Tours
  IDB
• 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
  Refreshments
  Recreation Room, IDB
• 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
  Public Transportation Seminar, Department of Transportation
  Des Moines Convention Center, Room 134
• 5:00 p.m.
  Annual Orientation Alumni Banquet
  Assembly Room, IDB
  Director Karen Keninger, Banquet  Speaker
• After banquet-12:00 a.m.
  Alumni Dance and Socializing
  Polk County Convention Center, Room 134