Those who have met Hilton High School Senior Braiden Wingrove know that he’s up for any challenge. Every school day for the past few weeks, he has been working in the Cadet Trading Post from 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. cashing out students who stop in to buy snacks and Cadet gear.
Braiden and his aide, Kelly Ramble, created a book with a braille embosser that lists each item for sale, the item and price written in braille, and the bar code. Braiden finds the item that someone wants to purchase in braille, scans the bar code, and can determine how much money he is receiving by using a money reading device and the feel of the coins. Braiden said that it’s good work experience and something he can add to his resume.
The Trading Post isn’t Braiden’s first job. He also sold cookies and lemonade at Visions Camp for the Blind and worked in the dining facility at the SUNY Brockport Camp Abilities. In his spare time, Braiden is a member of the cross country and track and field teams at Hilton High School, plays baritone saxophone, has been in two plays, creates Lego robots, and is a member of the Cadet Robotics Team.
After graduation, Braiden will head to Boston to the Carroll Center for the Blind for a five-month college preparatory program and then plans to study computer programming at SUNY Brockport.
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