[Ohio-talk] This email provides information and resources for you as we prepare to celebrate Meet the Blind Month and White Cane Awareness Day.

[Richard Payne]

Ohio,  here is some great information about meet the blind month from
Kirsten Mau
Director of Marketing and Communications
Dear State Presidents and Federation Colleagues:
 
This email provides information and resources for you as we prepare to
celebrate Meet the Blind Month and White Cane Awareness Day
<https://nfb.org/wcad>  on Monday, October 15. Please feel free to share
this information with chapter presidents or others in your affiliate who are
responsible for communications. This year we will be highlighting the tenth
anniversary of our free white cane program
<https://nfb.org/free-cane-program> . Since this program began in 2008, we
have distributed over 64,000 free white canes! October 15 is a great
opportunity to share how the white cane makes it possible to be an active
and independent blind person and break down misconceptions about blindness.
 
As we did last year, we are using the excitement around this day to raise
funds to support our programs. Please help amplify our message via social
media by using the #WhiteCaneGiving hashtag and directing people to
nfb.org/donate2018
<file:///C:/Users/mkroeger/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Windows/Temporary%20Inter
net%20Files/Content.Outlook/7NWQ51KH/nfb.org/donate2018> .
You can join the nationwide celebration by engaging your own community and
sharing how the white cane leads to independence. Here are some things you
can do:
*	Post the following language on your affiliate's website with a link
to the giving page <http://www.nfb.org/donate2018> :
 
White canes help blind people live the lives we want. The white cane does
more than tell the sighted that we are blind; it is a tool for freedom and
self-determination because it allows blind people to come and go on our own.
Since we can travel safely and independently, we can contribute in the
workplace, in our communities, and in society. Celebrate White Cane
Awareness Day on October 15 by giving the gift of independence.
<https://nfb.org/donate2018> 
 
*	Ask your mayor or governor to sign a White Cane Awareness Day
Proclamation <https://nfb.org/white-cane-awareness-day/proclamation> .
*	Demonstrate how you use your cane at a community meeting, senior
event, or school show-and-tell. Remember, it's Meet the Blind Month
<https://nfb.org/meet-blind-month>  too, so incorporate information about
the white cane and the independence it brings blind people into your Meet
the Blind Month activities. We have new Braille alphabet cards that are
perfect for handing out at these events.
*	Tweet what your white cane means to you with the hashtag
#WhiteCaneGiving or use some of the sample tweets below: 
o	For ten years, @NFB_voice has been sending free white canes to those
who need them. A $50 gift could give independence to a blind person
nfb.org/donate2018 <http://www.nfb.org/donate2018>  #WhiteCaneGiving
o	At the end of the day, keep your head held high, and your cane tip
low! #WhiteCaneGiving
o	Blind kids call the white cane "fingers that reach the ground." Give
the gift of independence. nfb.org/donate2018 <http://www.nfb.org/donate2018>
#WhiteCaneGiving
*	Post on Facebook about what your white cane means to you, or use the
sample post below: 
o	"I used to think a cane signified dependency. I now know traveling
confidently with my cane allows me to be independent & live the life I
want." Donate today and help other blind people discover the freedom of
independent travel. nfb.org/donate2018 <http://www.nfb.org/donate2018> 
Useful links
*	Donation page: nfb.org/donate2018 <http://www.nfb.org/donate2018>  
*	White Cane Awareness Day page: nfb.org/wcad
<http://www.nfb.org/wcad>  
 
We are also looking for examples of how people are using their canes to live
the life they want. Share a fun, engaging, or powerful story, accompanied by
a photo or video, about you and your white cane by sending it to
kanderson at nfb.org <mailto:kanderson at nfb.org>  and you could be eligible to
win prizes! 
 
If you have events you'd like to share on nfb.org, please email them to
kanderson at nfb.org <mailto:kanderson at nfb.org> . 
 
Have a great weekend!
 
Warmly, 
 
Kirsten
 
Kirsten Mau
Director of Marketing and Communications
(410) 659-9314, extension 2244 | KMau at nfb.org <mailto:KMau at nfb.org> 
 
The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends
who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation's blind. Every day we work
together to help blind people live the lives they want. 
 
 


Richard Payne,  President
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
937-396-5573or 937/829/3368
Rchpay7 at gmail.com
The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back


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