[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} RE: [NFBF-Leaders] White Cane Day Celebration

[Sherri]

I wonder which year that is? Lol!
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From: "Judith Hamilton" <jrhamilton51 at earthlink.net>
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Subject: [Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} RE: [NFBF-Leaders] White Cane Day Celebration


> Somebody needed to check their calendar before distribution.
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> Subject: [NFBF-Leaders] White Cane Day Celebration
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> Press Release
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> MV Transportation Partners with TARC to Host 5th Annual Louisville White 
> Cane Safety Day
>
> Fairfield, Calif., October 3, 2011 â?" Today, MV Transportation and TARC 
> announced the 5th Annual Louisville White Cane Safety Day will take place 
> on Wednesday, October 14, 2011 from Noon â?" 2:00 p.m., again at Fourth 
> Street Live in the heart of downtown Louisville.
>
> White Cane Day focuses on educating local motorists about the significance 
> of a white cane in an effort to improve safety for Louisvilleâ?Ts large 
> community of persons who are blind or visually impaired.  The event will 
> begin with opening remarks followed by white cane street-crossing 
> demonstrations. Blind and visually impaired citizens will demonstrate how 
> effectively and competently blind citizens can cross a busy intersection 
> with the use of their skills, guide dogs and/or white canes.
>
> Local supporters of the event include MV Transportation, TARC, Metro 
> Government, Greater Louisville Council of the Blind, Metro Disability 
> Coalition, Kentucky Office of the Blind, Visually Impaired Persons of 
> Louisville (V.I.P.) and other members of the community.  MV is the 
> contracted by TARC for the operation TARCâ?Ts paratransit service.
>
> â?oMV Transportation is glad to host this event in the Louisville 
> community for the fifth year in a row.  Not only does this event align 
> with the companyâ?Ts mission to provide freedom of mobility, but it 
> supports the Louisville community which we are honored to serve,� said 
> Kevin A. Klika MV Transportation COO/President.
>
> White Cane Day originates from a 1964 joint resolution of the U.S. 
> Congress honoring the many achievements of blind and visually impaired 
> Americans. This resolution authorizes the President of the United States 
> to proclaim October 15 each year as White Cane Safety Day.  The 
> proclamation emphasizes the significance of the use of the white cane as a 
> tool providing freedom of mobility for the visually impaired and 
> celebrates the white cane as a symbol of this independence.
>
> ###
>
> About MV Transportation, Inc.
> Based in Fairfield, California, MV Transportation, Inc. is the largest 
> private provider of paratransit services and the largest privately-owned 
> transportation contracting firm in the United States. The company employs 
> 14,000 dedicated transit professionals and operates more than 190 
> paratransit, fixed-route, shuttle and Medicaid contracts in 27 states, the 
> District of Columbia, and British Columbia.
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