Welcome to the Humboldt Council of the Blind (the Council), the local nonprofit chapter of the California Council of the Blind The Humboldt Council of the Blind is a 501c3 charitable group under the nonprofit status of the California Council of the Blind. Our local council helps serve the blind and visually impaired residents of Humboldt County, California (North coast) Tax deductible donations can be made to Humboldt Council of the blind, PO Box 175, Eureka, CA 95502.

Your donations assist in providing various support such as resource information through the council's telephone resource line at: 707-839-7266, public education on how to live independetly with visual impairments, and advocacy for improved safety.

The Council is a consumer based group of blind and sighted people whose purpose is to advocate for more opportunities for visually impaired people.  

Site Index:

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• About the Council
• Download text file of Agenda march 2008
• MEETING MINUTES!
• Transportation News
• Local and Regional Resources
• Legislative Issues
• Related Web Sites
• New Audible Traffic Signals in Arcata and Eureka!
• Download Constitution and bylaws

MEETING TIMES AND CONTACT INFO

If the council meets it is usually the third Friday of the month, 2:30 p.m., 828 Seventh Street, Eureka, Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District Office conference room.

We take a few months off during the year, so write or call if you are not on our email list. Call Doug at his home (707) 840-9298. Or email:
Send Mail to Doug Rose

Latest News

The 7th annual Humboldt Council of the Blind (HCB) benefit show is coming again. Saturday, January 21st @ The Alibi on the plaza in Arcata! The cost is $5 to $20 sliding scale donation. Start time is 10:30pm and the club is 21 & over after dinner hours.

Our president James Forbes is playing bass, on the line up is: “Radios In Caves” & “The Go Aways”. Contact James at: (707) 444-3548,
email to James Forbes
Humboldt Council of the Blind

don't be left out get your copy of the music CD “Making Blindness Fashionable”  A compilation cd of 22 bands(20 from Humboldt) All proceeds will help fund descriptive video and closed captioning for a local movie theater. Cost is only $10.

Purchase your copy of the CD at local Humboldt music stores, or by sending $10 to the Humboldt Council of the Blind, PO Box 175, Eureka CA 95502-0175 make checks payable to HCB, note on your check for music CD, include a mailing address, or purchase online at:
Meth Bog Records


Any questions about the council, an official chapter of the California Council, and the ACB, Or the dvs/cc project, or the benefit cd, please call or email.  council president James Forbes,
707-444-3548

James Forbes 

Thank you  

James Forbes   

Fall 2007

A new service called Read This to Me is a service where you can fax small amounts of reading material and have someone call you back and read the material to you. Thanks to Kevin Savetz of Savetz Publishing for making this service happen. Read more at:
Read This To Me

July 2007 News

Dial-a-ride system only requires one kind of ticket now, no more tickets of various colors, you can still use up your old tickets.

June News

CCB office opens June 1, In Sacramento:
On June 1st the California Council of the Blind is moving its executive office to 1510 J Street, Suite 125, Sacramento, CA 95814.  The new telephone numbers will be 916-441-2100 and FAX# 916-441-2188.  The toll free 800-221-6359 will remain unchanged.  

A proud member of the Blind And Visually Impaired Site Ring  - a series of linked web sites that are run by blind individuals. One can follow the ring, link by link, around to the starting web site.

This site in The Blind and Visually Impaired Ring is maintained by Doug Rose.
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