About Us
Founder
I just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Blanche Faulk. I am a wife and mother to two pretty amazing children. They are my "WHY" for chasing my dreams and making them a reality. I started with the VI community in 2003 as an intern at Affiliated Blind of Louisiana. After graduation, I was hired on as a Home and Personal Management Instructor. I taught living skills and communication skills while working on my Masters from The University of Arkansas at Little Rock. I moved to Baton Rouge, got married, started a family and began working at the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired as an Orientation and Mobility Instructor and then became the Outreach Director at the school. I am currently working in several parishes throughout the state providing consultation, assessments and services through Blind Grace. I have devoted my life to serving the visually impaired community. Blind Grace was founded as a way to do more and promote awareness to the VI community. I am so happy to partner with local organizations to provide opportunities for family events, mentorships and independence.
Board Members
Ross Armstrong
Victoria Armstrong
Chyvonne Blanchard
Dr. Jordan Burnham
LaRonda Doakes
David Eller
Lynn Gautreaux
Emily Hebert
Sam Picciano
Our Mission
The purpose of Blind Grace shall be to provide and facilitate the provision of services, assistance and other resources to the blind and visually impaired community in Louisiana regardless of age, location or other factors.
The focus of Blind Grace will be to provide the aforementioned resources through:
- Fundraising for programs which directly benefit the blind and visually impaired community.
- Brokering relationships with public agencies, private businesses and other entities with the goal of bridging the gap between services commonly provided solely by public resources and services otherwise not commonly available because of expense, availability or otherwise unavailable due to the sole source of such provisions.
- Expanding the selection of services currently available to certain blind and visually impaired communities where such services were previously unavailable due to lack of resources, and participation or due to isolated locality which has previously prevented the delivery of such services.
- Educating the general public, members of the business community and other potential stakeholders about the types of programs associated with Blind Grace that are used to provide the blind and visually impaired community with independence and self sufficiency.
- Create opportunities for the blind and visually impaired to empower themselves through independence and self-sufficiency in order to realize the socioeconomic gains of gainful employment, skilled traits, professional endeavors and other career opportunities.
Our History
Blind Grace is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2022 as a way to promote awareness to the VI community. Through experience, community involvement and professional relationships, Blind Grace wants to bridge the gap with creative solutions.
About our Logo
We wanted to share a little bit about our logo. The logo was designed by the Founder of Blind Grace with the help of her daughter Sydney and her cousin Jacklyn. The words Blind Grace are Blanche's handwriting and Sydney picked out the colors while designing the cane that is vertical between the words Blind Grace. The cane is a symbol of the white cane used by people who are visually impaired. Blanche is a COMS (Certified Orientation and Mobility) Instructor. Grace is Sydney's middle name and the word Blanche is using for 2022. We should all give ourselves some grace and know that is ok to ask for help and lean on others when you need them. The butterfly represents Blanche's grandmother who was a big part of her life. She passed away in 2004, but is on this journey with her. She is smiling down from heaven.
Our New Logo
For the last few months, we have been working with an amazing local company called Red Six Media. We partnered a few years ago when we did a commercial with 4thflr. From the beginning, I felt this sense of community. The same community that I speak of daily with the visually impaired and deaf-blind community. After a great collab with Ronaldo Hardy, Ross, Victoria, LaRonda and the Blind Grace board, we decided to rebrand and Red Six Media was the perfect fit. Rylee, Cassie and Matt took such care and time making sure the new logo came to life. I challenged them to not only create a new logo keeping the message and meaning behind the butterfly and my grandmother, but also to make sure it was seen and felt by everyone. They worked together creating a color palette that was vibrant and high contrast for people with low vision putting it through several tests. They came up with a description of what the logo looks liked not by seeing it, but by listening to the beautiful meaning behind the logo. Team members took turns drawing the logo in darkness.
At the cook-off, we unveiled our new logo reading out the passage that said
A butterfly wing is drawn with a single looping line into an elegant letter ‘B.’ The line flits up, back, over, and down before flowing right into the shape of a little body — a whimsical doodle that on a second look is recognized as a lowercase ‘g’. The words “Blind Grace” bolster the butterfly, stacked and aligned, creating a balance between physical and fleeting. The mark is legible but understood without reading. It represents light but transcends perception — hope taking flight into a soft, teal sky.
The logo unfolds in a single, continuous line — forming the profile of a butterfly at rest. Beginning in the lower left, the line dips into a small, downward double loop, creating a lowercase ‘g’ that becomes the butterfly’s head and slender body. From here, the line ascends in a soft arc upward to shape a wing-like capital letter ‘B.’ The butterfly, formed by these gentle curves evokes a sense of stillness, clarity, and hope — qualities that reflect the name it represents: “Blind Grace.”
Participants drew what they thought the new logo would look like based on the description, taking away the visual component. The new merch from Community Imprints has puff ink allowing everyone to feel the logo. The cups featured tactile fonts and braille. I can't thank the staff at Red Six enough for the story they were able to help me tell. A big thank you to Ronaldo Hardy and his amazing work. He pushed us to envision what we know the future holds for next steps for Blind Grace. Our new tagline is Feeling Beyond Sight as part of our 2025 Strategic plan with a vision to create a world where blindness is no long a barrier, but an opportunity to experience life in new, empowering ways.
At Blind Grace, we champion the blind community by breaking barriers, redefining normal, and inspiring deeper connections through empathy and innovative support. We strive to build a world where everyone can feel, experience, and continue beyond sight.