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The Westmoreland County Blind Association understands the importance of early childhood vision screenings and exams. We have been conducting these vision screenings for more than 20 years. We are a...

As Spring arrives in western Pennsylvania, we are called to the outdoors. We rediscover what has been hidden by snow and lay dormant during the winter months. The nice weather...

Thanks to the Trafford Lions Club and Penn-Trafford Leos Club for coordinating last night's Dinner in the Dark event. The event was hosted in the WCBA’s Community Room here in...

We hosted our first meeting of A-Team Pennsylvania yesterday at WCBA in Greensburg. More than 25 staff members from a dozen pre-vocational providers came together to form this new mission for disabled...

Our Summer newsletter is here! Click the image below to download it and see recent updates on WCBA happenings, awards, resources and more!  

Congratulations to our colleague, Clyde Bittner on being nominated for the 2016 Peter J. Salmon Employee of the Year Award. Each year, National Industries for the Blind (NIB) honors an...

We have a few concerns about the proposed Work Innovations Opportunity Act (WIOA) regulations. The expanded qualifications issued to the definition of 'competitive integrated employment’ may negatively impact the WCBA’s...

The Westmoreland County Blind Association provides services and programs for individuals with visual, intellectual and physical disabilities and delivers business services such as embroidery and document destruction. This video offers...

Meet Karen Booley! Karen is production manager of the work activities center. She is responsible for overseeing document destruction, hard drive destruction and record management.

Here is an interesting article on the importance of document destruction, "The Top 8 Benefits of Responsible Document Shredding".