Embracing the energy and the passion of George Veditz (1861 – 1937), Veditz Center is a catalyst for cultural unity amongst the Deaf and ASL community in Colorado. With over 100,000 Deaf people in Denver metro, Veditz Center seeks to raise funds for planned construction of a fitness center, swimming pool, community room, event center, and co-op offices to provide services/resources and create jobs for Deaf doctors, dentists, lawyers, and other professionals.
The Veditz Center shall serve to operate a facility to house educational training, recreational and community activities, cultural enrichment, resource services; and to create collaboration among local, state, federal, and privately owned entities that provide services to deaf individuals and their families.
It started as a dream. At social events, the deaf community in Colorado threw out far-fetched dreams of having a deaf center. It was shared among the youth and elderly on how it should look and what it should include. This has been a wild dream for over 10 years.
Currently it is a vision. With deaf centers starting to pop up in other states, it is now realized that it is not a far-fetched dream at all. The name, Veditz Center, was chosen by the deaf community and turned into a non-profit organization to transform this far-fetched dream into a vision.
Eventually it’ll be a reality. Veditz Center will be taking careful steps, one step at a time, for the deaf community to open eyes and see Veditz Center in stone; a place where we can communicate and celebrate in ASL.
