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White Cane Day at TSBVI 2025

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Oct. 15, 2025 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. On Campus
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Celebrate White Cane Day with TSBVI on October 15, 2025! The event will be held on the campus of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired located at 1100 W. 45th Street, Austin, TX 78756. Parking is limited and attendees are encouraged to walk, bike, bus, or use rideshare. Join us for a petting zoo, music, food, obstacle course, bounce house, face painting, skateboarding, Bonzo the Clown, and more! Listen to a full narrative description (Spanish narrative description) of the event grounds. Learn more at the White Cane Day site. To learn more about how TSBVI has celebrated White Cane Day through the years, please visit the Media Minute post.

White Cane Day Narrative Map Description(Google Doc)

Event Program

White Cane Day fun walk/marches

The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas Workforce Commission march assemble at 8:45 a.m. Meet at one of the following locations to join the march

  • Central Market, 4001 N. Lamar Blvd.
  • The Pit Barbecue, 4707 Burnet Road
  • Triangle Station, 47th @ W. Guadalupe

9:00 a.m. March begins to The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 1100 W. 45th St Austin, TX 78756.

Program Line Up (located on a stage in the patio area outside the TSBVI cafeteria)

9:50 a.m. TSBVI Choir

  • Master of Ceremonies – Valerie Alvarez

10:00 a.m. Program begins

  • National Anthem
  • Executive Director of the Governor’s Committee on Disabilities – Ron Lucey – presenting the Governor’s Proclamation
  • TSBVI Orientation and Mobility Instructor – Andrew Bernet and Student
  • TWC Speakers
  • HHSC Director of Blind Children’s Program – Joanie Cooksey
  • Chief Executive Office for Travis Association for the Blind – Jim Meehan
  • Instrumental Performance by Tristian Gallegos

11:00 a.m. Lunch – Black’s BBQ

Event Map with Activities and Exhibit Booths

 

We have four hydration stations scattered throughout the central grounds. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own personal refillable water bottles to help reduce waste on our campus.

Accessibility

The TSBVI campus has been equipped with Hear2There Bluetooth beacons to enhance the information that attendees can receive while at White Cane Day. Here are detailed instructions for downloading the Hear2There application.

Event Sponsors

  • HEB (Food Sponsor)
  • Black’s BBQ (Food Sponsor)
  • Hear2There (Activity Sponsor)
  • Kona Ice (Snow Cone Sponsor)
  • Relay Texas (Activity Sponsor)

    Event Exhibitors

Booth# Vendor Name

  • 100       Christal Vision
  • 102       The Seeing Eye
  • 104       Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
  • 106       NeuroBats of ACCess Autism Student Organization and Student Impact and Outcomes Department at Austin Community College
  • 108       Texas workforce commission vocational  rehabilitation, vocational  rehabilitation teachers
  • 110       Good Cup Coffee
  • 112       VisualEyes Access
  • 114       Therapy with Mallory, PLLC
  • 116       Austin Council of the Blind
  • 118       ESC Region 13
  • 120       Impact Barber Academy
  • 122       Senior Assist Texas
  • 124       Health Equity and Community Engagement
  • 126       Texas Health Credit Union
  • 128       National Federation of the Blind Austin Chapter
  • 202       Families in Nature
  • 204       Travis Association for the Blind
  • 206       TWC Austin Office-Transition Program
  • 208       TSBVI SPIRITWEAR
  • 210       Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Outreach Department
  • 212       Relay Texas
  • 214       Texas Chargers, Inc.
  • 216       Hear2There (H2T)
  • 218       CapMetro
  • 220       Austin Community College Access & Disability Support
  • 222       All Blind Children of Texas (ABCTX)
  • 224       Texas Robotics
  • 300 & 302         Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center for the Blind
  • 304       Talking Book Program – Texas State Library and Archives Commission
  • 306       Houston Lighthouse for the Blind
  • 308       Disability Rights Texas
  • 310       Deafblind Community of Texas
  • 400 & 402         Texas Parks and Wildlife Accessibility Team
  • 401 & 403         Blind Children’s Vocational Discovery and Development Program
  • 404       Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center
  • 405       ADS/Austin Diabetic Supporters
  • 406       Blind Professionals Network
  • 407       Achilles International
  • 408       TX Voter Registration/Empower PT/OT
  • 409       Non-24 Disorder/Vanda
  • 411       Nelly’s Costless Items
  • 413       TWC VR T-shirt Sales
  • Adolescents and adults using tactile sign language march in front of the TSBVI Main Building 600 during the 2023 White Cane Day march.
    Students and staff march to the TSBVI campus during White Cane Day 2023.
  • Adults and adolescents wearing matching White Cane Day 2017 shirts march while holding a sign that says “Do or Do Not There is No Try: Yoda Power.”
    White Cane Day 2017: Marching to the TSBVI campus
  • An adolescent holds the shoulder of a peer while walking beside a large bouncy castle with many people outside.
    Friends on the TSBVI campus at White Cane Day 2019
  • A crowd of people gather on a grassy lawn with a snow-cone truck and tents set up.
    White Cane Day 2019: Assembling on TSBVI campus
  • Three adolescents in TSBVI cheerleader suits and a fourth wearing a zip-up furry costume hold a sign “Welcome to White Cane Day” of a cityscape with sun beaming.
    TSBVI cheerleaders and Wildcat mascot at the start of the march during White Cane Day 2022
  • Adultos y estudiantes cruzan una calle durante una marcha del Día del Bastón Blanco sosteniendo letreros que dicen “Yes I Can!” (Sí puedo).
    Students and staff cross the street during the 2022 White Cane Day march in Austin.

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