White Cane Awareness Day

Saturday October 12, 2024

Please join us for our annual Blind Fitness White Cane Awareness Day Walk on Saturday October 12, 2024. Blind Fitness celebrates White Cane Awareness Day every year to raise awareness, advocate, and educate the community about people who are blind or have low vision. This is an opportunity to celebrate and recognize the white cane, a symbol of independence for the blind and low vision community. This event is also an opportunity for those experiencing blindness and low vision to meet others in the blind and low vision community. Your participation helps spread our mission of empowering the blind and vision impaired to be active, while educating the public of their abilities.

The group will meet at the grassy lawn next to Skater’s Point near the intersection of Anacapa and Cabrillo St. Sighted participants will have the opportunity to learn human guide techniques, and then experience walking blindfolded with a long white cane and/or a human guide. All attendees will walk a short route to the Funk Zone to learn and experience various accessible and inaccessible features in our community. Participants will then end back at the grassy lawn by 11:30 am in time for food, music, connection, adaptive games and prizes!

Suggested donation - $10 per participant/volunteer

Please Register by 10/4 

Details

When: Saturday 10/12 from 10am-12pm. New participants/volunteers arrive at 9:30 am for a mandatory human guide blind sensitivity training

What: A community walk in honor of National White Cane Awareness Day. Please wear white and red. Sighted participants will have an opportunity to experience walking blindfolded with a long white cane and/or a human guide. All attendees will walk a short route to the Funk Zone to learn and experience various accessible and inaccessible features in our community. 

Where: Downtown Santa Barbara Skater’s Point. We will meet on the grassy lawn on the west side of the skate park near the intersection of Anacapa and Cabrillo Blvd, across from the Santa Barbara Fishhouse located at 101 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Look for the Blind Fitness flag.

Parking: Public parking lot located on the westside of the skate park. Entrance is located at the intersection of Garden St. and Cabrillo Blvd. Pay upon arrival at designated pay booths.

Who: All people who are blind or have low vision, along with their family, friends, and community members. Please help spread the word!

Where: Downtown Santa Barbara Skater’s Point. We will meet on the grassy lawn on the west side of the skate park near the intersection of Anacapa and Cabrillo Blvd, across from the Santa Barbara Fishhouse located at 101 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Look for the Blind Fitness flag.

Parking: Public parking lot located on the westside of the skate park. Entrance is located at the intersection of Garden St. and Cabrillo Blvd. Pay upon arrival at designated pay booths.
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Agenda: 
9:30-10 am: New volunteer/participant human guide blind sensitivity training
10-10:30 am: Welcome circle, history of White Cane Awareness Day
10:30-11:30 am: Community accessibility walk ending at Jeannine’s Bakery
11:30-12 pm: Community connection, snacks, music, adaptive games & prizes

Register here by 10/4