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Austin’s White Cane Day Celebration

2024 White Cane Day Celebration

Will be Held:

October 16th | 10 am to 2:00 pm

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

1100 W. 45th Street | Austin, TX 78756

Free Parking at HHSC parking garage on 49th and Sunshine.

Marches:

7:15 a.m. – Fun Run/Walk to Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1100 W. 45th St Austin, TX 78756 Begins

  • 7:00 a.m. – Meet at Republic Square Park, 422 Guadalupe Street behind southbound bus stop.

8:45 a.m. – Downtown March to Capital

  • Travis Association for the Blind’s March, meet at 8:15 a.m. at City Hall, march begins to Capital.

9:00 a.m. – March to Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1100 W. 45th St Austin, TX 78756 Begins

Texas Workforce Commission and Texas School for Blind March meet at 8:45 a.m. at one of the following locations:

  • Walgreens, 4501 Guadalupe St
  • Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar Blvd.
  • Bird Dog Pit Barbeque (formerly The Pit Barbeque) 4707 Burnet Road
  • Triangle Station, 47th @ W. Guadalupe

Program of Events

Master of Ceremonies – Valerie Alvarez

10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Festivities at TSBVI

9:45 a.m. – Pre-Performance by TSBVI Choir

  • Lean on Me (original author Bill Withers)
  • White Cane Day Song (originally author Blennz School for the Blind, New Zealand)

“National Anthem” sung by TSBVI Student Kailee M.

Executive Director of the Governor’s Committee on Disabilities Presenting Governor’s Proclamation – Ron Lucey

ADA Program Manager for the City of Austin – Presenting the Mayor’s Proclamation – David Ondich

TSBVI Superintendent – Emily Coleman

TWC Director of Vocational Rehabilitation Division – Cheryl Fuller

HHSC Director of Blind Children’s Program – Joanie Cooksey

Chief Executive Office for Travis Association for the Blind – Jim Meehan

Instrumental Performance by Tristian Gallegos

Country Music Performance by Texas School for the Blind and

Visually Impaired (TSBVI) Student – Ben Schneider

More information will be posted closer to the event!

Online T-Shirt Ordering has Closed!

Get your t-shirt in-person available at the White Cane Day T-Shirt Booth on

October 16th at the TSBVI campus while supplies last!

Light blue shirt with black and white lettering

Front: In big black letters “The Blind”. Underneath in smaller white letters “And Visually Impaired”. Below that is 4 black silhouettes of individuals from left to right woman with cane, girl with cane, boy with cane, and finally a man with his guide dog walking across a white crosswalk in front of the capitol skyline. Beneath that in white  letters is “White Cane Day 2024”.

Back: In white lettering is “Tap, tap, tap all day, everywhere from work to play.” There is a large white cane off to the side. Under the words is the same saying in braille. There are a few scattered poofy white clouds floating around the words.

Check back often!

Come and help us celebrate the independence and empowerment that is White Cane Day. Want to keep up with the latest event news? Get social with us! Follow us @whitecaneday on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest up-to-date news and event highlights.

White Cane Day Events Across Texas

October 5th

Portland White Cane Day

9AM– 1PM

City of Portland Market days

810 Houston St., Portland, TX, 78374

October 11th

Tyler White Cane Day

10AM – 2PM

Bergfield Park, Tyler, TX

www.easttexaslighthouse.org

October 12th

Corpus Christi White Cane Day

12PM-4PM

Cole Park, Corpus Christi, TX

Houston Community White Cane Day

Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, 1475 West Gray, Houston, TX

www.havintx.org

San Antonio Walk for Work

8AM – 12PM

Morgan’s Wonderland, 5223 David Edward Dr, San Antonio, TX

MorgansMAC.org

White Cane Day

ESC Region 1

Blind bingo/Painting in the Dark in the am.

White Cane Day Ride

8AM – 12PM

OLD GLORY MEMORIAL, 9550 Gateway N (54 & Diana),  El Paso, TX 79924

October 15th

Beaumont White Cane Day: 2024 Intersection Crossing, “Trust your Vision, Tap into Your Vocation.”

12PM-1PM

Intersection of Dowlen and Folsom

For more information, sponsors, or donations, please contact Jeanetta Price (409) 344-1005

Dallas White Cane Day

3:30 PM-5:30PM

Envision Dallas, 1801 Valley View Lane, Farmers Branch, TX

Contact:  Blake Lively, 214-420-9411

Fort Worth Youth White Cane Day

10AM to 1PM

Amon Carter Museum, 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX

To guarantee a t-shirt and free lunch, RSVP at Cool Cats Use White Canes Registration

Houston White Cane Safety Day

9:30AM – 2PM

University of Houston Student Services Center South, 4455 University Dr, Houston, TX

www.HoustonWCSD.com

La Palmera Mall -Walk the Mall

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

San Antonio White Cane Awareness Day

9AM – 12PM

Yanaguana Garden, Hemisphere Park, 434 S. Alamo St, San Antonio TX

October 16th

Austin White Cane Day

10AM – 2PM

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1100 W. 45th, Austin, TX. Free Parking at HHSC parking garage on 49th and Sunshine.

www.whitecaneday.org

October 18th

Laredo White Cane Day

9AM-12PM

Laredo ISD at the Nelson Conference Room,

2400 San Bernardo, Laredo, TX

Victoria White Cane Day

1PM-4:30PM

Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent, Sam Houston Large Conference Room

120 S. Main St., Victoria, Tx. 77901

What is White Cane Day?

The President of the United States annually recognizes White Cane Day by the Blind Americans Equality Day Proclamation on October 15th to acknowledge the abilities of people who are blind and to promote equal opportunities as any other American.

Mission of White Cane Day Austin

The mission of White Cane Day is to educate the world about blindness and how the blind and visually impaired can live and work independently while giving back to their communities, to celebrate the abilities and successes achieved by blind people in a sighted world and to honor the many contributions being made by the blind and visually impaired.

Purpose

Each year the Austin community comes together for an event to celebrate this exciting day. And now that we will be doing a live and virtual event simultaneously, it promises to be bigger and better than ever, so tell your friends and come have some fun!