6th Annual White Cane Awareness Walk & Celebration in Stockton

Name: 6th Annual White Cane Awareness Walk & Celebration in Stockton
Start: 2024-10-12T11:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-10-12T13:00:00-07:00
Location: San Joaquin Delta College

Schedule

Sat Oct 12 2024 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

San Joaquin Delta College | Stockton, CA

Join the SJC Chapter National Federation of the Blind (NFB), local Lions Clubs, the Disabled community of SJC, family, friends and the public to celebrate White Cane awareness day on Saturday, October 12 in Stockton!
11:00 AM-12:00 PM:
Stop by our NFB info table at the northwest corner of Pacific Ave. & yokuts Ave. in front of San Joaquin Delta College, 5151 Pacific Ave., to meet the Blind, get your name written in braille plus a free Braille alphabet bookmark as you become more white cane and blindness aware!
12:00-12:15 PM:
:Enjoy a powerful White Cane Awareness Day Proclamation Ceremony including remarks by Supervisor Paul Canepa, a proclamation by Mayor Kevin Lincoln and heartfelt comments from SJC Chapter NFB President, Miguel Mendez.
12:15-1:00 PM:
Take a looping awareness walk of a little over 1 mile with the blind, down to March Lane and back up Pacific Avenue to W. Robinhood Dr., ending at 1 PM at Mountain Mike’s pizza, 1000 W. Robinhood Dr.
A shorter walk option is available from Pacific & Yokuts directly to the finish line on W. Robinhood Dr. if you would like to wait and join our group returning from March Lane, or head to the restaurant by car or at your own pace.
1:00-2:00 PM:
Stay on if you can at the restaurant to continue the celebration with us in support of the NFB‘s fundraiser at Mountain Mike’s Robinhood taking place October 12, 9:30 AM-9:30 PM and donating 35% to the NFB when you show our flyer or mention the “NFB”!
Please share and help everyone be more white Kane aware! Thank you for your support.