7th ANNUAL WHITE CANE AWARENESS WALK & CELEBRATION
Saturday, October 11, 2025 – 11 AM to 2 PM
5151 Pacific Ave., Stockton CA 95207 – Northwest Corner of Pacific Ave. & Yokuts Ave. (near driveway of Delta College)
11 AM: Informational booths and sensory activities, including a “White Cane Wander” blindfolded navigation experience. We will be accepting donations of eyeglasses, pull tabs and new or gently used sneakers to recycle.
12 PM to 12:30 PM: White Cane Awareness Day Ceremony
12:30 PM to 1 PM: Group Walk from Delta College to Mountain Mike’s Pizza at 1000 W. Robinhood Dr. in Stockton
1 PM to 2 PM: Support San Joaquin County Chapter National Federation of the Blind’s fundraiser at Mountain Mike’s Pizza – Fundraiser goes on all day from 9:30 AM to 9:30 PM.
Thank you for taking a walk in our shoes and helping us live the lives we want in San Joaquin County!
For more information, please visit StocktonSanJoaquinLionsClub.org or email nfb.ca.sj@gmail.com
EYEGLASSES, SUNGLASSES & HEARING AIDS RECYCLING
Eyeglasses, sunglasses, and hearing aids are accepted. Public donation sites are listed as follows:
- Burke Optometry, 441 S. Ham Ln., Lodi (Monday to Friday, 8-12 & 1-5)
- Dorothy L. Jones Center, 2044 Fair St., Stockton (Monday to Friday, 9-12 & 1-4:30)
Stockton San Joaquin Lions Club’s “Bags For Benches” Project Round 9 – September 2025 through June 2026
We did not collect during July and August to give our partners a break and to give us a chance to catch up on the backlog! Round 9 kicked off September 1, 2025. Round 8 Bench Dedication was at the Oak Park Senior Center on August 5, 2025 at their National Night Out celebration. For the “Bags for Benches, Round 8”, we have recycled 1700 pounds of soft plastics since September 1 and have at least 400 more lbs. waiting to be processed, plus a trailer load on the way from Livingston Lions. Thank you, Plastic Partners and Community.
#BagsForBenches #LionsClubs #4A1Lions #WeServe #Environment #Recycle
https://www.facebook.com/StocktonSanJoaquinLionsClub
Helen Keller tribute bench to honor disabled stolen from Maya Angelou Branch Library grounds – Aug 28, 2025
and
Bags for Benches Dedication March 15, 2025
Thank you to everyone who came out on Lions Eyes Across California Day to honor Lion John Demshar, OD with a “Bags for Benches” bench dedication at Diamond Cove II Family Resource Center in Stockton. Thank you, Lodi Lion Devinder Grewal for these great photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/vfmTC9zqA2v36khK9, and please watch the ceremony on our club’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/SGzD7Qck8Xc?feature=shared.
Recycle Batteries – Help keep batteries out of our landfill. This FLIER has locations for Lodi and Stockton – here’s the QR Code of where to go. Please take your batteries to the nearest location. Here’s the LINK for Call2Recycle.org. Download the .PDF file LINK.
Sandman Park Bench Dedication
“Bags for Benches, Round 7” Inclusive Playground Ribbon-Cutting & Bench Dedication Ceremony on July 23, 2024
LINK https://vimeo.com/993000864?share=copy