Lora and Matt visit with Nicole Ducouer, Ken and Scott to talk about IFB Solutions, one of the largest sites employing people who are blind or visually impaired in the nation. Learn along with Lora and Matt how your purchases can lead to positive social impacts right here in the Piedmont Triad.
IFB Solutions started out in 1936 as Winston-Salem Industries for the Blind, a two-room shop with six blind workers.
Today, IFB Solutions as a whole employs nearly 1,000 people. Employees manage field operations for more than 30 optical dispensaries in VA hospitals and 18 Base Supply Centers on military bases and in federal office buildings. IFB Solutions’ 120,000-square-foot, ISO 9001:2015-certified facility in Winston-Salem offers nationally recognized high-tech optical services.
IFB Solutions Winston-Salem features:
- Facilities for sewing, assembling and packaging products such as mattresses, apparel, bags and harnesses
- An optical center, repair lab and retail eyeglass store
- A Community Low Vision Center and retail store for low-vision products
- Tracy’s Little Red Schoolhouse and TAD’s room, where children and adults who are blind or visually impaired learn independent living and job skills
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