A new month brings a new KGUN 9 Giving Project nonprofit: SAAVI Services for the Blind

SAAVI stands for the Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired. It started in Tucson in 1964, but it now covers the entire state of Arizona and beyond.

"We were actually founded by two blind sisters," said Amy Porterfield, SAAVI's president.

Porterfield knows well the history of the Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired.

The sisters formed it as a social club.

"They developed a place where people could come together," Porterfield said.

61 years later, SAAVI Services for the Blind has grown into one of the nation's premier nonprofits serving blind children, adults and older adults.

"Over the years, we've added lots of different training opportunities," Porterfield said

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