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The Official Website for Austin’s White Cane Day Celebration
2026 White Cane Day Celebration
Wed., October 14th 10:00 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:
9:00 a.m. – Downtown March
Travis Association for the Blind’s March, meet at 8:45 a.m. at City Hall, march begins to Capital.
9:00 a.m. – March 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, 4707 Burnet Road
Triangle Station, 47th @ W. Guadalupe
Walk to Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1100 W. 45th St Austin, TX 78756. Festivities from 10 am to 2 pm
Program of Events for 2026 coming soon
Master of Ceremonies – tbd
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Special Performance by
White Cane Day
T-Shirt Design Contest
Submission Deadline: Now Closed
2026 T-shirt Art Contest submissions are now closed and Winner announced!
Marianela Ortiz is the artist and winner of the 2026 T-shirt art contest. Marianela isa a past TSBVI student
Letisha Martinez, winner of this year’s slogan “Feeling the Confidence: Rocking the Independence”;Tish is a past TSBVI student.
2026 WCD T-Shirt can be purchased at
Description of T-shirt
Shirt color: Aquatic Blue
Ink colors: White
Front:
In a white curved style font, the words Feeling the Confidence, Rocking the Independence. Below is a silhouette of hand drawn girl walking with a cane towards the right with her small puppy. The dog is brown with a black leash. Below the dog, White Can Day and the year “2026” is written in the same font.
BACK:
Centered at the top is a logo in white text Alone We Can Do So Little; Together We Can Do So Much-Helen Keller; Below the Saying is written in white puff braille. Beneath that is text BLIND AMERICANS EQUALITY DAY. Below the logo is the braille in a white puffed Braille.
White Cane Day has sold over 20,000 T-Shirts throughout Texas and the United States!
Accepting reservations for an Exhibitor Booth!!! The deadline to register is July 31st.
White Cane Day Events Across Texas
Date coming soon
Portland White Cane Proclamation – NFB Lonestar Chapter
1900 Billy G. Webb, Portland, TX 78374
5:30pm
Date coming soon
La Palmera Mall – Walk the Mall – NFB Costal Bend Chapter
5488 South Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78405
2:00pm-4:00pm
Houston Community White Cane Safety Day
October 10, 2026
Lighthouse of Houston and the Metropolitan Service Center
Metropolitan Multiservice Center 1475 W. Gray St, Houston, TX 77019
9:00am-12:00pm
March: 9:00am-9:45am – begin at the Lighthouse of Houston, 3602 W. Dallas St., and end at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center.
Houston Community White Cane Safety Day Attendee And Volunteer Registration
Info: Stacie Gallegos at 832-779-7477 or houston.community.wcsd@gmail.com
Rock, Roll, & Walk White Cane Day Event
Coming Soon
Harlingen ISD
Harlingen School of Health Professions Gym 2302 N. 21st St, Harlingen, TX 78550
9:00am-12:00pm
Contact: Susie Andrews 956-427-3445 ext.6634
Date coming soon
NFB Coastal Bend White Cane Day
Cole Park Amphitheater, 1526 Ocean Drive Corpus Christi, TX 78404
12:00pm-4:00pm
October 15, 2026
WCD North Texas
The Blind Leading the Blind of Texas
Sundance Square 420 Main St, Dallas Fort Worth, TX 76102
9 am to 1 pm
POC: Rick SanJuan 817-243-5113; sanjuan.rick@theblindleadingtheblindoftexas.org or Steffani Anderson 817-456-4966
October 17, 2026
NFB Dallas White Cane Day Celebration
Nasher Sculpture Center 2001 Flora St, Dallas, TX 75201
5 to 7 pm
POC: Al Roriguez 214-997-9949;
October 14, 2026
Austin White Cane Day
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1100 W. 45th, Austin, TX 78756 Free Parking at HHSC parking garage on 49th and Sunshine.
10:00am-2:00pm
Beaumont White Cane Day – Beaumont Area Council of the Blind, Inc. (BACB)
Meet us at Front Entrance of 6155 Eastex Freeway Beaumont, Texas
10:30am-11:30am at Parkdale Mall
Organizer: Kenneth Semien Sr.
409-866-5838 semien.k@outlook.com
Coming Soon
San Antonio White Cane Awareness Day Celebration
Travis Park 301 E. Travis St. San Antonio, Texas 78205
9:00am-1:00pm
For information and vendor registration-
Contact: Wendy Walker
Phone: (210) 701-1511
Email wwalker@nfbtx.org
White Cane Awareness Day
Workforce Solutions, 2719 West University Drive Edinburg, TX 78539
10:00am-11:30pm
Date coming soon
Laredo White Cane Day
Haynes Health & Wellness Center 2102 Clarks Crossing Laredo, TX 78043
9:00am-12:30pm
Date coming soon
El Paso White Cane Day Drive
“Celebrate Independence with Adaptive Cyclers Plus”
Old Glory Memorial 9550 Gateway N (54 & Diana) El Paso TX 79924
8:00am-12:00pm
October 17, 2026
Envision Dallas White Cane Day Walk
““Walk With Us for Independence”
Dallas Zoo 650 S R.L. Thornton Fwy, Dallas, TX 75203
5:00pm-7:00pm
To register: Envision Dallas White Cane Day Walk – Campaign
POC: Larissa Roman Larissa.roman@envisionus.com and Abby Lautin abby.lautin@envisionus.com
214-420-9430
October 15, 2026
Houston White Cane Safety Day
University of Houston Student Services Center South 4455 University Drive, Houston, TX 77204
9:00AM White Cane Safety Day March
10:30AM-2:00PM Program and Resource Fair
To register, learn more, or visit our swag shop please visit our LinkTree at HoustonWCSD
October 23, 2026
East Texas White Cane Day
Bergfeld Park 1510 S College Ave, Tyler, TX 75702
10:00am-1:00pm Group walk around the park at 10:30am
Coming Soon
Victoria White Cane Day
Workforce Solutions Golden Crescent, Sam Houston Large Conference Room
120 S. Main St., Victoria, Tx 77901 2nd Floor Sam Houston Rm
1:30pm-4:30pm
Register:White Cane Day-Victoria 2025
For more information Call: Ursula Odom 361-648-8123
October 22, 2026
Beacon Lighthouse
300 7th St. Wichita Falls Tx 76301
9:30 am to 12:00pm
Annual Non-Profit Event | Beacon Lighthouse Inc.
POC Blake Allen ballen@beaconwf.com; 940-767-0888 Ext. 1050
Come celebrate the independence and empowerment of
White Cane Day!
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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!