Lions Recognize White Cane Safety Days
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Oskaloosa Lions Club celebrated this past week with a proclomation signing by Oskaloosa Mayor Dave Krutzfeldt.
The White Cane Proclamation reads as follows:
Whereas, The white cane is a significant tool for independence and a symbol of equal access and expanding opportunities for blind and visually impaired persons; and
Whereas, It is the policy of the city of Oskaloosa to encourage and enable the blind and visually impaired to be full participants in the social and economic life of the city through employment; and
Whereas, The blind and visually impaired shall have the same right as all persons to use the streets, highways, sidewalks, public buildings, facilities and other places; and
Whereas, The blind and visually impaired shall be entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all common carriers or modes of transportation, lodging, places of public accommodations, amusement or resort, or other places to which the public is invited; and
Whereas, Every blind or visually impaired person shall have the right to make use of a white cane or guide dog in any of the places listed above; and
Whereas, The primary problem with blindness is the public’s lack of knowledge and misunderstanding regarding the abilities of blind people; and
Now Therefore, I, David Krutzfeldt, Mayor of the City of Oskaloosa, Do Hereby Proclaim October 13 & 14, 2017, as White Cane Safety Days.