The Lighthouse of Houston is pleased to announce that we are a recipient of a 2024 Inspiration Foundation Assistive Technology Grant!

The Inspiration Foundation (a family foundation created by Cleanlogic founder and CEO, Isaac Shapiro) maintains a steadfast belief in the mission of empowering blind and low vision individuals by including Braille product descriptors across all packaging. Isaac’s primary inspiration is his mom, who lost her sight when she was seven, but never let it stop her. 

Through her hard work, she became a passionate advocate, helping other blind and visually impaired individuals gain employment, which is so crucial to the blind and visually impaired community of which 70% are unemployed. 

The Inspiration Foundation’s Board believes that successful job placement and retention depends on strong technology skills and that independent living skills are augmented by technology. The Inspiration Foundation Assistive Technology Grants are awarded to smaller nonprofits to help them keep their technology class rooms up to date. 

The Lighthouse of Houston will use this grant to purchase seven SensePlayer OCR devices for our Technology and Employment Training Department. With these new devices, our clients who are blind are low vision will be able to access digital books and documents effortlessly, enhancing their learning experience and allowing them to fully participate in educational activities.