Millersville Honored at White Cane Day

Millersville University was honored by the Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired (SABVI) during White Cane Day on October 15, at Penn Square in Lancaster. The day of awareness was part of a weeklong campaign in conjunction with National White Cane Safety Day.

At the event, Mayor Gray issued a proclamation officially declaring October 15, as White Cane Day. SABVI presented its sixth annual White Cane Award to Millersville University for helping promote and fulfill SABVI’s mission to encourage and advocate independence for all persons who are vision impaired. Pat Weidinger, human resources, accepted the award on behalf of Millersville for the University’s contributions and advocacy for installing Accessible Pedestrian Signals at their main intersection on campus.

The observance of White Cane Day generates community awareness of:

• The White Cane Law—under which drivers must yield the right of way to any totally or partially blind pedestrian carrying a white cane.
• Every individual’s right to move safely from place to place without barriers or fear of one’s personal safety.
• The white cane as the international symbol and tool of personal achievement for the blind and vision impaired person.
• SABVI’s commitment to educating the community about blindness and vision impairments.