If you are reading this, you are unlikely to know what it is like to put one foot in front of the other without knowing what you are going to bump into. Unlikely to know what it is to endure a life where every pace is a step into the unknown.
At precisely noon on Thursday 8th October, World Sight Day, we asked Town Concillors, Clergy from Emmanuel Church and the Headteacher from Billericay School to take that step with us and, at the same time, our organisation took their own step into the unknown by planning an event that occurs simultaneously across the British Isles.
Over 950 clubs throughout the islands were asked to coordinate the largest blindfolded walk on record, with club members, civic leaders and local dignitaries all setting off on a 300 metre walk at the same time.
With over 1.3 million members in 46,000 clubs in 205 countries, Lions Club International has a long, proud, history of supporting the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world. In 1925 Helen Keller challenged Lions to be "Knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness" and, in 1931, Lions Clubs International began a program promoting the use of white canes for people who are blind.
If you want to know more contact us at lions@billericaylions.com or leave a post here on our Blog on your experiences with the Blind
Sunday, 11 October 2009
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