White Cane Week organizers seek to educate

AMONG THE EVENTS IS A FEB. 10 BOWLING MATCH BETWEEN LOCAL POLITICIANS AND THE KAMLOOPS BLIND BOWLING TEAM AT FALCON LANES

KAMLOOPS THISWEEK

This week is White Cane Week when, from Feb. 5 to Feb. 11, the challenges facing people with vision loss are highlighted through education and public awareness.

Vern Short, director of the Kamloops White Cane Club and director with the B.C. and Yukon division of the Canadian Council of the Blind, noted that each year, 836,000 Canadians live with vision loss, with that number expected to double by 2031.

Short appeared before Kamloops council last week to talk about White Cane Week and to invite some local politicians to take part in a Friday, Feb. 10, event at the Falcon Lanes bowling alley in Valleyview. There, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., city council members and staff will battle the Kamloops Blind Bowling Team in the lanes. Also taking part will be representatives