Sarasota: White Cane Awareness Day is celebrated annually on October 15th.
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White Cane Awareness Day is celebrated annually on October 15th. The day was established in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson to raise awareness to those who are visually impaired and carry a white cane.
It is why the Sarasota Police Department partnered with Alert Today Florida, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) to educate the community on the importance of avoiding distracted driving in an effort to protect the most vulnerable people on our roadways: bicyclists and pedestrians.
As part of White Cane Awareness Day, Cooper Vollmer, who is 9 and serves as the spokesperson for Alert Today Florida’s White Cane Day, shared his story about how and why he uses a white cane in his daily life. Cooper has been a courageous fighter since he was 2 years old, when during an ophthalmology MRI appointment, doctors found a tumor.
