CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Celebrating its Centennial Anniversary, the Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI), is offering a free educational program – Sunday, September 11, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.  Headlining the afternoon will be noted speaker and humorist, Kevin O’Connor, who will present “Do You See What I See”, a fun and substantial presentation about how we all see, and about how we interpret our world.  An author and parent of a 22 year old son who is visually impaired, O’Connor is a specialist in educating and coaching. He teaches at Loyola University and Columbia College, and is past president of the National Association for Parents with Children Who Have Visual Impairments.

COVINGTON, KY (FOX19) - For 7 weeks this summer, children in Covington public housing had an experience of a lifetime….learning new skills, gaining confidence, getting to know kids from completely different backgrounds, strengthening their academics, and all of the fun activities offered at YMCA Camp Ernst.

The program of the Housing Authority of Covington (HAC), in partnership with YMCA Camp Ernst, was for 25 children between the ages of 6-13. It was an intensive therapeutic group experience giving urban children the chance to work closely with educational specialists, mentors, community leaders and peers in a safe, supportive environment.

Emphasis was on practicing many of the YMCA’s core values, which includes: caring, honesty, respect, responsibility.  

Each camp day for them began with academics focusing on reading and math skills because statistically urban kids fall behind in the summer time.

BIRMINGHAM, AL (FOX19) - Illegal drug substitutes are being sold online, thinly disguised as plant food, but students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Crime Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program are not fooled.

“Even though it says ‘not for human consumption’ you notice immediately that the verbiage on the websites is done with a wink and a nod,” says Missy Toms, a rising senior at Northern Kentucky University spending part of her summer in UAB’s Crime REU camp.

“They market this as plant food, but they talk about how happy your plants will be and how not to overdose your plants, so you know this is not for plants,” Toms says.

Toms is one of only 12 students nationwide selected for the camp, which gives students real-life research experience in forensic science, criminal justice and computer forensics under the supervision of Elizabeth Gardner, Ph.D., an assistant professor in UAB’s Department of Justice Sciences.

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