The Manheim Township Lions Club will celebrate the annual White Cane Days on Friday, Oct. 15, and Saturday, Oct. 16. Lions Club members will be stationed at Savemart in Roseville Square on Fruitville Pike; Knight & Day Diner, 3140 Lititz Pike, Lititz; and Brewers' Outlet, 111 Butler Ave., Lancaster, on both days to accept contributions to benefit programs for people who are blind and visually impaired. Youth members of the affiliated Manheim Township Leos Club will assist at Savemart and the Knight & Day Diner.
White Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States, celebrated on Oct. 15 of each year since 1964. The date is set aside to celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired and the white cane as a symbol of blindness and a tool of independence.
Programs that will benefit from the Manheim Township Lions Club's event include the Pennsylvania Lions Beacon Lodge near Mount Union, which provides a summer camp experience for children and adults with special needs such as blindness; Leader Dogs for the Blind, which enables people who are blind, visually impaired or deaf and blind to travel independently; VisionCorps of Lancaster, which provides life enhancement skills by combining clinical services, education, and employment programs for people who are blind or visually impaired; and other Pennsylvania Lions District 14-D activities.
The Manheim Township Lions Club is a member of Lions Clubs International. It holds dinner meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of each month from September through June at Brethren Village in Neffsville. To learn more, visit http://manheimtwplions.blogspot.com, email manheimtwplions@gmail.com or call Larry Miller at 717-205-5945.
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