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including the local grocery store.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/inspiration-abounds-at-12th-annual-perkins-possibilities-gala"><h5>Inspiration abounds at 12th annual Perkins Possibilities Gala</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/inspiration-abounds-at-12th-annual-perkins-possibilities-gala"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/_U9A8003.jpg?itok=Ic8tUyxg" width="100" height="100" alt="Corinne Grousbeck and Dave Power dancing at the gala" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2017-05-05T00:00:00-04:00">May 5, 2017</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">The annual event raised $1 million to support education for students with visual impairment.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/magazine/collaboration-at-work-perkins-offers-real-life-transition-learning"><h5>Collaboration at work: Perkins offers real-life transition learning</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image"> <div class="field-content"><a href="/stories/magazine/collaboration-at-work-perkins-offers-real-life-transition-learning"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/HT4A4086%20small.jpg?itok=rktNPjAW" width="100" height="100" alt="A teacher works with a student during a vocational planning lesson" /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span 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src="http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/styles/100_x_100/public/8M3A8390_sized_0.jpg?itok=WqC62b0x" width="100" height="100" alt="A young woman in a wheelchair pushed by a middle-aged man grabs school supplies from colorful bins " /></a></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-news-date"> <div class="field-content"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-08-23T00:00:00-04:00">August 23, 2016</span></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-blurb"> <div class="field-content">5 tips to help young adults with visual impairment and other disabilities build a more engaged, rewarding life in the community.</div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/stories/skills-for-life-from-a-summer-of-work"><h5>Skills for life from a summer of work</h5></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field 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