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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:26.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>Free White Cane Program <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>The National Federation of the Blind has distributed more than 64,000 free white canes since 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:15.0pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'><img width=545 height=363 style='width:5.677in;height:3.7812in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D92BCC.3BA656E0" alt="A blind man helps a blind girl use her long white cane.">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:22.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span lang=EN style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'>You can request a Free White Cane at the below link.</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/free-white-cane-program"><span style='color:blue'>Apply for a Free White Cane!</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>