SVCB Home page

Welcome to the Silicon Valley council of the Blind's web site. We hope you enjoy it and come back often.

For membership information, contact our membership chairperson at membership@svcb.cc. You can also leave a voicemail message at 888-652-5333.

Photo by Brian Higgins, SVCB member

A distant view of an overcast sandy beach shoreline with low waves and people walking along the water's edge, with a moon low in the sky above a sea mist and nearby cliffs.

The Hollis K Liggett award
Presented to the Blind Californian
and former Editor Mike Keithley, SVCB member

A photo of the silver metal engraved plate on a dark wood plaque has the ACB logo at the top, with each line engraved in Braille, and reads:
"The Hollis K. Liggett Braille Free Press Award Presented to Mike Keithley and the California Council of the Blind for affiliate newsletter excellence, July 6, 2008, Louisville, KY."

Our Next Meeting

Don't miss our next meeting. If you are in the San Jose area, please come join us. Our meetings take place every third Saturday in the dining room of the Monte Vista Terrace Apartments (1101 Grant Road in Mountain View) and run from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Monte Vista Terrace Apartments is one block from the intersection of Grant Road and El Camino Real and is accessible by bus #22.

To find out what will be happening during our next meeting plus timely announcements, read our phone Tree message here.

Our Mission

The Silicon Valley Council of the Blind (SVCB) is a membership organization of persons who are blind or visually impaired, our families and friends. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for all persons with vision loss through advocacy and mutual support. We are organized as a chapter of the California Council of the Blind, which is a state affiliate of the American Council of the Blind, and draw our membership largely from Santa Clara County.

To read SVCB's complete Mission Statement, follow this link

Photo: Roger Petersen, In Touch newsletter editor

A photo of Roger standing with a smile on his face in front of a bank ATM machine holding the top of his cane in his right hand and cash and a receipt in his raised left hand after making a withdrawal, with his listening headset still plugged into the ATM machine.

SVCB's In Touch newsletters

Sit back and listen or read about what's going on at SVCB. In the In Touch newsletter archive, you can read, stream or download In Touch newsletters.

Click here to go to our In Touch Newsletter Archive.

Quick Links

SVCB-related links

• SVCB meeting programs
  Listen to archived program segments from membership meetings.
• About SVCB
  Read SVCB's Mission Statement.
• The monthly Phone Tree message
  Read time-sensitive announcements and main events at our next meeting.
• In Touch Newsletter Index Page.
  Read, listen and download SVCB In Touch newsletters.
• Local Event Calendar.
  Displays two months of local events from the current month.
• SVCB's Business Calendar.
  Shows a calendar of SVCB activities throughout the year.
• Membership information and application form.
  This page is intended to be saved as a text file. To return to the main page, use your browser's "back" button.
• SVCB's Officers, Directors and committee chairs
• SVCB's Constitution.
• Contacting SVCB.

World-related Links

• CCB Links.
  Connects you to the California Council of the Blind's website.
• American Council of the Blind
  Connects you to the ACB website.
• Blind Interest Resource Directory (BIRD)
  This is an oft-updated resource guide compiled by Dawn Wilcox and Bernice Kandarian.
• Career Corner.
• Medical Information Corner.
  This page is maintained by Dawn Wilcox, who runs the Health Library at the Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
• Coping With Blindness in Northern California.
• Guide Dog Resource Guide.
• Go to the top of this page.