[NFBofSC] Free White Cane

[Steve Cook]

Free White Cane Program


The white cane allows you to travel independently and safely-no blind person
should be without one. We offer you a free one. You can order a new one
every six months.

The National Federation of the Blind has distributed nearly 100,000 free
white canes since 2008.

The white cane gives blind people the ability to achieve a full and
independent life, allowing us to travel freely and safely. We started our
free white cane program because we believe that no blind person should be
without a white cane, regardless of his or her ability to pay for it.

Your gift of a white cane could not have come at a better time for me! My
wonderful wife of forty-three years, who has Alzheimer's, has moved to an
assisted living facility. The only place I could find to get a cane was a
fourteen hour round trip for me and I can't drive anymore. What you have
done for me I will remember for the rest of my life.


Request a Free White Cane


To request a white cane, you can fill out our online application or mail a
completed application to our office.

*	 <http://freecane.nfb.org/> Free White Cane Online Application
*
<https://nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/free_white_cane_application.pdf>
Free White Cane Application (PDF); please mail the completed PDF application
to Free White Cane Program, National Federation of the Blind, 200 East Wells
Street at Jernigan Place, Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Any blind individual in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico can request a cane for their personal use. Requests can be made
as often as every six months.


How to Choose Your Cane Size


The canes distributed through our free white cane program are straight
fiberglass canes (i.e., not folding or telescoping). All canes are white
with a loop on top of the handle and come with a cane tip.

For adult first-time cane users, we recommend measuring from your shoulders
to the floor. The cane needs to reach about two steps in front of where you
are stepping. The speed of your pace and length of your stride will make a
difference. More experienced cane travelers may wish to have a longer cane,
measuring at least chin height.

For children, teens, and young adults who are first-time cane users, we
recommend measuring from your chin to the floor. More experienced cane
travelers may wish to have a longer cane, measuring at least nose height.

 

 

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