Valley Eye Radio

12/03/2024

Just in time for Giving Tuesday, Valley Eye Radio's Fall 2024 News Brief is now available online at our website www.valleyeyeradio.org and has been sent to those on our News Brief e-mailing list.

You can sign up yourself to get future News Briefs in your inbox by providing us with your email address at our website.

Don't miss out on these quarterly updates!

Thank you for your support!

11/22/2024

Transportion issues in the Commonwealth of MA have been in the news and on the minds of residents a lot this year.

Thanks to Transportation for Massachusetts, Valley Eye Radio is proud to feature their latest webinar "The Money Train: Minding the Gap: Funding Transportation Outside of Greater Boston" as our "Local Event Program" on Saturday, November 23rd at 3:30 pm for our eligible listeners.

If you know of someone who is visually or print impaired, please ask them to register on our website www.valleyeyeradio.org or call us at (413) 747-7337 so they can have access to informative programs such as this and much more!

11/21/2024

Valley Eye Radio is proud to present rebroadcasts from the Westfield COA Presents series every Thursday afternoon at 2 pm for our visually and print impaired listeners.

Produced for the Westfield Senior Center, these recordings deal with a wide variety of issues such as Bank Fraud, Elder Law, Healthy Foods, Nutrition, Veterans Affairs, Medicare and many more topics of immense importance to anyone living in the Pioneer Valley.

Our thanks to Westfield Cable Access and the Westfield Senior Center for their assistance.

These interviews were originally broadcast on Westfield Cable Access channel 15. The original videos can be found at the Westfield Community Programming YouTube page under the Senior Center tab.

11/12/2024

Valley Eye Radio was proud to receive a 1st place award at the IAAIS- International Association of Audio Information Services Virtual Conference this Summer and it arrived in the mail today!

Kathy, who has been a dedicated volunteer reader for a number of years, does a fantastic job of collecting and reading these diary notes published in the NY Times. One of her many recordings in this series was recognized by the judges for this year's conference.

Thank you to Kathy and all of our volunteer family for the fine work that you do every week for Valley Eye Radio and our listeners!

10/25/2024

Valley Eye Radio provides broadcast readings from about 100 volunteers of local and community newspapers, a number of general interest magazines, newsletters and more.

A number of ways are available as well for those who are visually or print impaired for readings of books from sources such as the National Library Service's Braille and Talking Book Program.

Share this flyer with those you know who would qualify and let them know about Valley Eye Radio as well!

10/24/2024

Valley Eye Radio was proud to join in with the many people who had a great time at the annual Picnic for the Visually Impaired held by the East Longmeadow Lions Club at the Pleasant View Senior Center last Saturday.

We're proud of all the great community work done by the East Longmeadow Lions and very grateful for the donation that they made to Valley Eye Radio at the event.

It was a great time for us to meet with a number of our friends with visual impairments and I'm sure that everyone is already looking forward to next year!

09/19/2024

Come say hi at the Westfield Senior Center! VER is here until one talking about our services and how to get involved!

09/03/2024

Our friends at Baystate Health are looking for community feedback from the diverse voices in our area on their latest plans for a new community health center.

You can check out their flyer for a session that works for you and let your voice be heard!

Valley Eye Radio will be broadcasting a schedule for the following week's events for our visually impaired and print disabled listeners.

08/23/2024

Valley Eye Radio's Summer 2024 News Brief is here with a message and a personal invitation from Chloe, our new Executive Director, as well as updates on summer programming and more!

Those on our email list have already received theirs and you can get your own copy sent to you in the future by signing up at www.valleyeyeradio.org where you can also read this News Brief and previous editions.

Thank you for all your support!

07/02/2024

Valley Eye Radio is proud to announce the arrival of our new Executive Director, Chloe Viner Collins.

We're so pleased that she decided to join our team in our mission to provide accessible broadcasts of newspapers and features solely for those who are visually impaired or print disabled.

Welcome, Chloe!

06/18/2024

An interesting event coming up from MABVI for the visually impaired.

Save the Date!!

Dear members and friends of the blind and visually impaired community: On June 25 at noon, MABVI will be hosting a Zoom presentation with Glidance a company that is developing an orientation and mobility tool to assist people with visual disabilities to travel more independently. The founder of this device is blind, and the company has been proactively engaging the blind community about requested features and priorities in developing this mobility tool. You can learn more about the device by going to glidance.io

To sign up for the presentation, email Amy Ruell at [email protected]

[Image description: Promotional poster for a technology presentation on June 25 at 12 PM. It highlights a new device called Glidance with an image of a sleek, modern mobility aid set against a sunset background. The poster includes logos for Glidance and the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired.]

06/17/2024

Good information from GSSSI

06/10/2024

Now, this is an event to put on your calendar!

Lots of information and fun will be together in one place at the South Hadley Council on Aging on Thursday, June 27th to help you learn what's available to help you maintain your health and wellness and live your best life.

You might win a raffle prize too!

Not only that, but you'll have the chance to meet and talk with some of Valley Eye Radio's volunteer reader family and learn about our broadcast service that is done solely for those who are visually impaired or print disabled.

We hope to meet you there!

05/31/2024

It's been a busy time for us here at Valley Eye Radio, but we're glad to say that the Spring 2024 edition of our News Brief is now available on our website www.valleyeyeradio.org.

Supporters on our e-mailing list received their own copy in their inboxes yesterday. You can too for future editions by providing us your email address at our website as well!

Enjoy the Spring season while it still is around.

05/27/2024

Valley Eye Radio’s studio is closed for Memorial Day. We will resume our local programming on Tuesday with the live reading from the Springfield Republican at 9 am.

Please take time to remember those who have given all for us on this Memorial Day.

Here's what is open and closed on Memorial Day.

05/07/2024

Reminder Executive Editor and Valley Eye Radio volunteer, Payton North, has her second honor of the year being named as one of Business West's 40 under Forty class of 2024.

Congratulations once again, Payton!

We're proud of all of our volunteer reader family and their many accomplishements.

The moment you’ve all been waiting for….
BusinessWest is pleased to introduce the 40 Under Forty, Class of 2024! Congratulations to each honoree - we can’t wait to celebrate you in June.

Meet the Class of 2024 and read their stories at: https://businesswest.com/blog/announcing-the-40-under-forty-class-of-2024/

Tickets go on sale on April 29th.

We’re eternally grateful to the region’s business community for always stepping in to help us present our outstanding honorees…
PeoplesBank, our Presenting Sponsor
Health New England, our Alumni Achievement Award Presenting Sponsor and our generous Partner Sponsors:
Live Nation Concerts
Mercedes-Benz of Springfield
Mercy Medical Center | Trinity Health
Isenberg School of Management

Photos by Leah Martin Photography