Houston Community White Cane Safety Day

This is the home page of the Houston Community White Cane Safety Day (HCWCSD). This day is being planned by groups from our community for the members within our community.

October is Disability Awareness Month, and numerous events take place nationwide, including Houston, TX! One of those events is Houston’s Annual White Cane Safety Day (WCSD) event. 2025 will mark the nineteenth year that WCSD has taken place in this great city.

Payments to HCWCSD – Houston Community White Cane Safety Day

Thank you for supporting the Houston Community White Cane Safety Day. We are doing our banking through the Houston Area Visually Impaired Network (HAVIN), which is part of our planning committee and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so your payments, which you intend to be donations, are tax deductible. Payments, which are not donations, are not tax deductible.

Payments can be made directly by Zelle using the email address (hcwcsd@havintx.org).

If you are paying through Zelle, please put the name of the organization that is making the payment, and the reason for the payment, in the Zelle memo field.

You can also pay using the following HCWCSD Square payment links:

Donate

Exhibitor Fee Payment

And, if you wish to make your payment by check, please make your check payable to HAVIN, with HCWCSD in the memo field. Checks can be mailed to the HAVIN

business address:

HAVIN

3622 Cape Forest Dr.

Kingwood TX, 77345

Please include a note giving the name of your organization, and the reason for your payment.

If you encounter any problem with this process, please email us at hcwcsd@havintx.org.

What is White Cane Safety Day?

White Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States, celebrated on October 15 of each year since 1964. The date is set aside to celebrate the achievements of children & adults who are blind or visually impaired, and the white cane as an important symbol of blindness and independence. The Houston Community White Cane Safety Day (HCWCSD) celebration will occur on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at the Metropolitan Multi-Service Center (MMSC), 1475 West Gray, Houston, TX 77019.

Host Organizations

This year, the following blindness organizations, along with The Houston Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD), and the Mayor’s Office of Special Events (MOSE), are working together in planning the HCWCSD event:

Houston Area Visually Impaired Network,

Houston Council of the Blind,

iBUG Today,

National Federation of the Blind Houston Chapter,

and the

Visually Impaired Advocates.