More than 70% of people who are blind are without work; your donation helps put people who are blind back to work! Your gift to Beyond Vision is a gift of opportunity for an individual who faces the challenges of finding and maintaining sustainable employment in a sighted world. Roughly 90% of our direct labor… Continue Reading Your Donation at WORK!
Workplace safety is an important piece to the Beyond Vision mission. We pride ourselves on creating a work environment where all of our employees are safe. In fact, it has been more than 10 years since Beyond Vision has had a loss time accident of any kind. Our safety team holds regular meetings to discuss… Continue Reading Workplace Safety is No Accident
Alma Brown joined the Beyond Vision team in 2010 working at the Base Supply Center in U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command in Warren, Michigan. Alma has persevered through many of life’s obstacles to get to where she is today and she has plans to continually better herself. Alma was born with congenital glaucoma.… Continue Reading Making a Comeback – Alma Brown
2013 has proven to be a long year! However, we can now proudly welcome you to Beyond Vision, the new face of Wiscraft and AIB! Our staff worked hard and was stretched a bit thin while we restructured to support our new strategy. We continue to protect and grow our core government business lines while… Continue Reading President’s Message – It’s Beyond Vision, Not Beyond Sight
Emotion and an enormous sense of pride were abundant at the National Industries for the Blind’s 2013 (NIB) annual conference held in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together hundreds of people to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the landmark legislation that created the AbilityOne program. 75 years ago President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Wagner-O’Day… Continue Reading Celebrating 75 Years of the Mission
Last year, Beyond Vision added auto-bagging and kitting to our list of core competencies. The new capability furthers our dedication to provide our customers, you, with the highest quality products and services possible. Two high speed semi-automatic bagging machines allow our blind employees to kit and package your products at speeds up to 160 bags… Continue Reading Auto Bagging Expands our Capabilities & Service to Customers
We look at limitations differently at Beyond Vision. We take processes one would normally think would be impossible for someone with a visual impairment to accomplish, and make it possible. Innovation and accessibility is a primary focus of nearly everything we do at Beyond Vision, and it makes our mission of providing meaningful employment to… Continue Reading Innovation and Accessibility Advances Beyond Vision’s Employment Mission – Privacy Shield®
The AbilityOne program started in 1938 when Congress enabled non-profit agencies employing visually impaired individuals to sell products to the federal government. The goal of the program is to create employment opportunities for people who are blind or have other significant disabilities. The Act states that an organization participating in the AbilityOne program must have… Continue Reading The AbilityOne Program: A Program that Works
The Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, said, “Change is the only constant in life.” Business leaders have said, “If you’re not changing, you’re probably dying.” Things are definitely changing at Beyond Vision. The story of change and growth begins with our name itself. The Beyond Vision brand was launched a little over a year ago. It is… Continue Reading President’s Message – In the Blink of an Eye