Penny Forward is Now on Aftersight!
Aftersight is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing audio access to print information and empowering services for blind, low vision, or individuals that need an alternative to print across Colorado. They offer a range of services, including podcasts (Aftersight Originals), audio editions of newspapers, magazines, and newsletters in both English and Spanish, available through broadcasts, streaming services, and digital downloads. They also offer free white canes and support groups. Listen at www.aftersight.org
The Penny Forward podcast is a show about blind people building bright futures one penny at a time. Together, we're learning to be successful in our personal, professional, and financial lives.
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Podcast: What Bill is This?
This is a live recording in which we shared our techniques for identifying currency as the United States has yet to give us accessible paper currency. ACB Accessible Currency Rally This link takes you to the Facebook Live footage from the March 10th Rally in Washington D.C. Show Us the Money Podcast Our first podcast…
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Podcast: Show Us the Money, Advocating for Accessible Currency
On this episode of the Penny Forward podcast, MOe and Liz share their experiences after attending the ACB D.C. Leadership Conference, and most importantly the accessible currency rally that took place on March 10th, Harriet Tubman Day. Rally footage pennyforward.compennyforward@pennyforward.com Clubhouse House Facebook Youtube Get our app, guest membership is free! IOS/AppleGooglePlay Post Production help provided by…
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Podcast: “Taking On Taxes: A Beginner’s Guide To Navigating the World of Taxes” – A Tour of Penny Forward’s Online Course with CEO Chris Peterson.
This week’s episode of the Penny Forward Podcast features a tour of the nonprofit”s first online course, “Taking On Taxes: A Beginner’s Guide To The Foreign Language Of Taxes.” Penny Forward’s CEO, Chris Peterson, provides an overview of the course, which was launched with the company’s membership program in March 2022. The course covers important tax concepts, how…
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Podcast: Discount Cell Phone Plans
Welcome to Penny Forward, the podcast that helps you save money and stay financially savvy. In this episode, our hosts Chris, Liz, and MOe are joined by special guest Al to discuss why you may want to switch to a discount cellphone provider to help you save money on your monthly phone bill. We also answered…
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Podcast: Money and Relationships
With this next release date being a certain holiday associated to love, we decided to sit down with a retired marriage and family therapist, Ann Chiappetta. We had a conversation around how relationships can be effected by our finances, and how we can start to work on some healthy boundaries. Ann Chiappetta Website: annchiappetta.com Blog:…
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Podcast: All About ABLE Accounts in 2023
This week Chris, Liz, and MOe share with you some of what they know about ABLE accounts. Thanks to an omnibus spending bill passing and change effecting ABLE accounts, they felt this was a very timely topic to share the good news. *NOTE: As we have not seen the bill itself, we have found out…
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Podcast: Money Moves to Kick Off 2023
This week Chris, Liz, and MOe discuss some of the moves they are making with their finance’s to kick off the year right. They discuss getting credit reports, signing up for ABLE Accounts, looking to retirement, and other ways you can lower some bills. pennyforward.compennyforward@pennyforward.com Clubhouse House Facebook Youtube Get our app, guest membership is…
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Podcast: In Person from the AFCPE Symposium
Join us this week for a in person recording with 3 of the founders of Penny Forward; Chris, Liz, and MOe, as they attended the AFCPE Symposium in Orlando Fl this past Nov. Listen to them discuss the challenges of attending such an event as a person with a disability, and to the many directions…
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Podcast: Can I Afford a Guide Dog?
Intro Liz and Chris are both guide dog users. And we were curious about how affordable a guide dog might be. Especially to someone on a lower income. Guide dogs aren’t for everybody, but for some people, guide dogs can offer more independence and freedom than traveling with a cane. But, if you’re considering having…
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Podcast: Past, Present, and Future of Accessible Voting
Today, we are talking with Clark Rachfal Director of advocacy and governmental affairs of the American Council of the Blind, and Luanne Blake, Director of research programs of the National Federation of the Blind. They will share information related to accessible voting, what options those of us who are blind or low vision have when…