This evening the conference center at Middle Georgia State University announced that GVEST would need to be cancelled because the university will be closing at noon on Wednesday. Our apologies for the incredible difficulties this last minute decision will cause our attendees, exhibitors, and presenters. Please email Cristina Mayer (Cristina.mayer@mga.edu) AND Katie Roberts (Katie.roberts1@mga.edu) to arrange for refunds of your registration fee. If you have made a hotel reservation you will need to call the hotel directly and cancel. The conference hotels have indicated that they will not charge for weather related cancellations. That decision is up to the individual hotels.

Considering the number of agencies involved and the lead time needed to reserve the conference center we will not be able to reschedule this year’s conference.

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The Georgia Vision Educators Statewide Training, (GVEST), a non-profit organization, is pleased to announce its annual conference to be held at the Middle Georgia State University Conference Center in Macon, Georgia from October 10-12, 2018.  The goal of this conference is to provide educators an opportunity to learn and to share effective practices and strategies specific to the needs of students with visual impairments.

VifGA will host a booth at the conference.  You can sign up to win a 25.00 Visa Gift Card when you drop by our booth.  We’ll be showing the OrCam MyEye and talking about our new project in Columbus- the Columbus Vision Rehab House. Please stop by and pick up statewide vision resources, look through simulator glasses  of visual diseases, and find out how  VIFGA cam help your students.

For more information and to register, you can visit the GVEST  wesite at http://www.gvest.org

On August 11, 2018 vifGA and magnifiers.com will attend the annual Vendors Training Conference being held at the Atlanta Hilton NE.

Blind vendors enjoy coming to the trade show to learn new products to enhance their business.

The Business Enterprise Program (BEP), one of six divisions in the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GRVA), provides business management opportunities for eligible and qualified people to become licensed blind vendors so they may operate various food service and vending operations throughout the state.

The BEP was authorized by the federal Randolph-Sheppard Act of 1936 and was established in Georgia in 1944. It is recognized as the State Licensing Agency (SLA) and has priority for operating businesses on federal property and may also operate sites on other properties. Sites include snack bars, cafes, cafeterias, coffee bars, food courts, gift and sundry shops, military dining facilities, vending routes, interstate rest areas and welcome centers.