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The Tri County Association for the Blind opened in 1921 as a non-profit organization designed "to improve the quality of life for people who are blind and visually impaired by helping them achieve their full potential and maiximum independence." 
*[[Tri County Agency Overview]]
**History
**Mission
**Serviced Offered


The mission statement for Tri County is written as, "The Tri-County Association for the Blind works to improve the quality of life for people who are visually impaired in the Tri-County region of Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry Counties. By helping each person achieve his or her full potential and maximum independence, our consumers flourish within and enrich our communities. In addition, the Association provides prevention of blindness services to the public."


Tri County offers many services, the first of which is Access Technology.  Access Technology includes any machine or program that helps those who are blind or visually impaired work easier with a computer, for example a speech synthesizer or braille displays on a computer.  Another service provided is the Production Facility which includes;packaging, assembly operations, mail preparation, pen production, chair mat production etc. Other services include mail processing, in which there are many different jobs and a braille department in which employees transcribe different documents into braille. There is also a recodring studio where audio tapes are recorded. The carpet installation services are wide ranging and also includes other types of flooring installation.  The radio reading service broadcasts the news and other information that those who are blind may not have access to otherwise. The necessities store contains many items that are meant to help make life for the blind or visually impaired people easier.  There are also social services offered, such as in home shopping and home maintenance.  The final service offered by Tri County is their attempt at prevent blindness by providing preschool vision screenings.
*[[Tri County Types of Work]]
**Types of Jobs available
 
 
 
*[[Tri County Community Issues]]
**Clients / Member
**Cultural Assumptions
**How we can solve these problems
 
 
 
*[[Tri County Agency]]
**Problems the agency faces
**Potential ways to overcome the problems
 
 
 
*[[Tri County Mosaic of Experiences]]
**Samples from Pre-Service Reflections
**Excerpts from Service-Learning Journals
**Samples from Post-Service Relections
 
 
 
*[[Tri County Relevance of Fiction Reading on Experience]]
**Motherless Brooklyn
**What's Eating Gilbert Grape
 
 
 
*[[Tri County Relevance of Non-Fiction Reading on Experience]]
**Extraordinary Bodies
 
 
 
*[[Tri County Related Links]]
 
 
*[[Tri-County Association in the News]]
 
 
*[[Contact Information for Tri County]]
 
 
 
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