Top Ten Highlights of 2024
Ten things that happened in the foundation’s 2024.
- Last year’s $10,000 Blind Travel Foundation Travel Grant winners travelled to Japan, Ghana, and state and national parks across the US. Learn about their projects here!
- We went viral! Grant winner Mina Lamarra created a video where she uses visual interpretation app Aira to get help operating a bidet in Japan. It has had over 740K views so far!
- Leading white cane manufacturer Ambutech donated canes for grant winner Grayson Roberts to take to Ghana! Check out his announcement video!
- Ted Tahquechi leveraged his Blind Travel Foundation trip to connect with AwareWolf Gear and review their All Terrain Cane. Read his review here.
- All of the 2024 grant winners had a chance to meet in Huntington Beach, California! See the video!
- Our 2023 grant winners landed new jobs. Marybai Huking now works for our partner Aira as their first Social Media Manager. Brian Fischler is now a Senior UX Researcher for Yahoo Sports.
- Consumer Technology Hall of Famer Mike May joined the Blind Travel Foundation Board!
- Blind Travel Foundation Executive Director Mike Walsh was proud to speak about Blind Travel Foundation at the Blind Travel Summit in San Francisco and on an eBay Fireside chat.
- Blind Travel Foundation landed a partnership with FEELDOM, an adaptive backpack company. They will provide $1,000 in store credit to each of the 2025 winners.
- Ten-year-old grantwinner Grayson went backstage and met Stevie Wonder! This amazing moment was facilitated by Mike May.