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Important Year-end Giving Dates header with photo of Sheila Klopfenstein and a small boy.

Important Year-end Giving Dates | 2025

December 18, 2025

When planning a year-end contribution to VIPS, remember that charitable donations are deductible in the year they’re made. If you…

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Six volunteers pose for a photo in the FRC while holding some of the welcome cards they made.

Friends Volunteer at the FRC

December 9, 2025

On December 6, VIPS welcomed a wonderful group of friends to the VIPS Family Resource Center in Indianapolis. After a…

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Volunteers from Forvis Mazars pose for a group photo with the birthday cards they made.

Thank you, Volunteers!

December 5, 2025

Today is #InternationalVolunteerDay, and we would like to take a moment to thank everyone who donates their time and energy…

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Photo of Taylor Swift with words, "My fan's top artist was Taylor Swift"

Feeling This Life and Spotify Wrapped 2025

December 5, 2025

So Spotify dropped Wrapped for Creators for Feeling This Life. Wow! Check out these numbers. We are humbled and flattered,…

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Diana Fellure, Sheila Klopfenstein, Alexxys Standish, and Allen Pease pose for a photo in front of the Kiwanis Club of Bloomington banner.

Kiwanis Club of Bloomington Makes Donation to VIPS

December 5, 2025

On December 4th, Sheila Klopfenstein, VIPS Indiana Education Lead and Teacher of the Visually Impaired, attended a meeting of the…

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Clyde is smiling and wearing his new, red glasses while sitting on Santa's lap.

Thankful for Partners Like PDS Optical and Korrect Optical

November 25, 2025

You might remember that in the summer, we launched a new program with our friends at PDS Optical and Korrect…

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Cropped image of the 2024–2025 VIPS Impact Report cover

2024–2025 VIPS Impact Report Released

November 21, 2025

We are excited to announce that our 2024–2025 Impact Report is available. You can read online below or click here…

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Dinosaur Weighted Plush Kids Throw Pillow

2025 VIPS Holiday Gift Guide

November 20, 2025

We asked our teachers and interventionists to recommend a few toys suitable for children who are blind or have low…

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A six point child-made snowflake created with glitter glue and inward-pointing chevrons on the ends on black construction paper. The spines are decorated with handprints in white ink.

BTS: 2025 VIPS Holiday Card

November 18, 2025

This year, we asked our VIPS kids to create snowflakes for our 2025 holiday card. The results were amazing. We’re…

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2025

33-1-cover

Volume 41
Issue #1

Jan - March 2025

2024

33-1-cover

Volume 40
Issue #1

Jan - May 2024

33-1-cover

Volume 40
Issue #3

Sep - Nov 2024
Includes 2024 Toy Recommendations

2022

2021

33-1-cover

Volume 37
Issue #1

Jan - Mar 2021

33-1-cover

Volume 37
Issue #2

April - June 2021

33-1-cover

Volume 37
Issue #4

Oct 2021

33-1-cover

Volume 37
Issue #5

Oct - Dec 2021

2020

33-1-cover

Volume 36
Issue #1

Jan/Feb/Mar 2020

33-1-cover

Volume 36
Issue #2

April - September 2020

33-1-cover

Volume 36
Issue #3

October - December 2020

2019

33-1-cover

Volume 35
Issue #1

Jan/Feb/Mar 2019

33-1-cover

Volume 35
Issue #2

April/May/June 2019

33-1-cover

Volume 35
Issue #3

July/August/Sept 2019

33-1-cover

Volume 35
Issue #4

Oct/Nov/Dec 2019

2018

33-1-cover

Volume 34
Issue #1

Jan/Feb/Mar 2018

33-1-cover

Volume 34
Issue #2

April/May/June 2018

33-1-cover

Volume 34
Issue #3

July/August/Sept 2018

33-1-cover

Volume 34
Issue #4

Oct/Nov/Dec 2018

2017

33-1-cover

Volume 33
Issue #1

Jan/Feb/Mar 2017

33-1-cover

Volume 33
Issue #2

April/May/June 2017

33-1-cover

Volume 33
Issue #3

July/August/Sept 2017

33-1-cover

Volume 33
Issue #4

Oct/Nov/Dec 2017

2016

Volume 32
Issue #1

Jan/Feb/Mar 2016

32-2-cover

Volume 32
Issue #2

April/May/June 2016

32-3-cover

Volume 32
Issue #3

July/Aug/Sep 2016

32-4-cover

Volume 32
Issue #4

Oct/Nov/Dec 2016

2015

Volume 31
Issue #1

Jan/Feb/Mar 2015

Volume 31
Issue #2

April/May/June 2015

31-3-cover-new

Volume 31
Issue #3

July/Aug/Sep 2015

31-4-cover-new

Volume 31
Issue #4

Oct/Nov/Dec 2015

2014

30-1-cover

Volume 30
Issue #1

Jan/Feb/Mar 2014

30-2-cover

Volume 30
Issue #2

April/May/June 2014

30-3-cover

Volume 30
Issue #3

July/Aug/Sep 2014

30-4-cover-new

Volume 30
Issue #4

Oct/Nov/Dec 2014

2013

29-1-cover

Volume 29
Issue #1

Jan/Feb/Mar 2013

29-2-cover

Volume 29
Issue #2

April/May/June 2013

29-3-cover

Volume 29
Issue #3

July/Aug/Sep 2013

29-4-cover

Volume 29
Issue #4

Oct/Nov/Dec 2013

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