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Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

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Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired - helping people with Blindness and Low Vision in southeast Washington State since 1988!

05/12/2025

The Edith Bishel Center is permanently closed as of August 2024. For independent living services or other resources, please contact Legacy Independent Living services at legacyilservices@gmail.com or the Washington Department of Services for the Blind at dsb.wa.gov. Thank you.

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06/07/2024

Hello. My name is Sheila Turner, and from 2001 to 2021. I provided the in-home independent living skills training at the center. This is a program offered by the Washington state Department of services for the blind. It is their over 55 program. I served clients in six different counties in Eastern Washington: Benton Franklin Yakima, Walla Walla, Columbia, and Klickitat. during my time at the Edith Bishel center. I served under several executive directors, but I always maintained the independent living program until 2021, when the Edith Bishal center decided not to contract with the Washington state Department of services for the blind, and my position was eliminated from their organization. Since then, I have been working through the DSB contract for myself. You can now/still obtain in-home independent living services for the aforementioned- counties through Legacy Independent Living Services. My page is about to be updated. But I am a contractor with the Washington state Department of services for the blind. If you go to www.dsb.wa.gov and look under independent living, you will find the map and my business listed.

I have no idea why I am still able to post on this page. Someone put me on it as a moderator several years ago, and I have no idea how to get into it to cancel it.

I am trying to let everyone know that as of August, the Edith Bishel Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired will no longer be open. If you are in need of any independent living in home services for yourself or a loved one, please email me at legacy ilservices@gmail.com. You can look me up also at visionmatters.net. Thank you very much everyone for your support of the Edith Bishal Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired throughout the years.

To any of my friends on Facebook, who have been following me on this page, please share this? Thank you.

Washington State Department of Services for the Blind (DSB) provides services for people of all ages who are blind or have low vision in the state of Washington. The agency provides services to more than 2,800 Washington State Residents to help them gain or retain employment.

09/10/2021

We have lost 2 dear friends the past 2 weeks. They were volunteers at the Center as well as friends. We will miss them tremendously. Their services are as follows:
Karyn Vandecar Saturday September 11, 2021 4020 Ivy Rd. Pasco, WA at 5 pm
Mel Dubbin Friday September 24, 2021 Southridge Sports Complex 2901 Southridge Blvd. Kennewick, WA at 5 pm

08/23/2021

Bingo and root beer floats today.

07/19/2021

So nice to have everyone here today and to be able to have our Annual Cluck Chicken Pot Luck Social! Great food and great company! Thank you all for coming.

07/13/2021

This is such a fun event that we are so thrilled to be having after missing it last year!!! Please call us if you would like to join us?

07/08/2021

Please share?!

06/25/2021

We are in need of a couple pop-up tent style canopies to help provide shade during our upcoming Shred Day fundraser on July 17th. We promise to hand them back in good repair and we only need them for the day. If anyone can help us with this, please call Shanna here at the center Thank you in advance. 509-735-0699.

06/18/2021

Thank you to our friend Heather Meares from the United Blind of Walla Walla for sharing this with us!!!

Valdemar Estates Winery: Part One That All May Eat, Drink, and Be Merry Show notes by Heather Meares hdmeares@gmail.com Almost 2 years ago, I received an email from Valdemar Estates Winery, in Walla Walla, Washington, asking if I would be willing to

06/17/2021

We gave the parking lot new surface coating, painting and signs! A great way to say, “We’re moving on to a bright future”.

05/27/2021

Our June Newsletter!!

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628 N Arthur Street
Kennewick, WA
99336

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://www.edithbishelcenter.org/

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About the Center

In 1988, the founders of The Edith Bishel Center realized that there were no adequate services in the region being offered to people age 55 and over who were blind and visually impaired. This growing, at-risk population was left with few or no resources to help them better function in their daily lives. Individuals who are visually impaired or blind often suffer from feelings of isolation and insignificance, frequently resulting in depression. Founded in 1988 and officially incorporated as a 501c3 non-profit in 1994, the center has been serving our community for 30 years. After her death, the land and funds to build the center were bequeathed by Edith L. Bishel. Today, the center offers programs and services to ALL ages.

The mission of the center is to enrich the independence and quality of life for individuals who are blind and visually impaired.

The Edith Bishel Center currently serves six southeastern Washington counties including Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, Yakima, and Klickitat. We are proud to offer the following services to these communities:

Optometric low-vision examinations for children and adults