Hello Everyone, As I mentioned recently we are going to move this year's Cane Walk to the virtual world. This is going to present some challenges,, but also potentially some real advantages. Here is the plan as it stands at this point, and please understand that this will likely evolve as we move forward. The NOPBC will undertake to register families wishing to participate in the Cane Walk. They will also help us to work out the details of making sure each child, and one of each child's parent have canes and sleep-shades for the training. We can assist in determining the proper length of canes. The specifics of this part of the program is still being worked out. Next, I will need to have a list of instructors making a solid commitment to participate by mid May, so that matching instructors with families can be completed on time. I will arrange with Dr. Bell to have a Zoom call with families and Instructors in early June, to introduce the program, and introduce the instructors to the families they will be working with. This introduction will include Melissa Riccobono, Carol Castellano, or another representative from the NOPBC, depending on their schedules, and I will provide some of the basic information regarding Structured Discovery, and the goals of the Cane Walk. Following this introduction, I will be asking each of you to arrange to work with the families to which you have been matched to provide two or three instructional sessions. This is one of the advantages I was speaking of, in that we have the potential to provide a greater degree of instruction as compared with earlier years. This will be a matter of working this out with your schedules, and what will work for the families. Finally, during the National Convention, we will gather for another Zoom meeting, to answer questions, celebrate accomplishments, and to have one more Cane Travel lesson. This will be an opportunity for all of us to share our skills, and also to help sharpen our remote teaching approaches. As I said this concept will be evolving, and your suggestions are welcomed to help make this event a success. Also, as in previous years, you will receive CEU's toward your recertification for your participation in the Cane walk. Please make your plans to be a part of this very special Cane Walk by May 15th, and I look forward to each of you being a part of our efforts to give our youngest Federationists the opportunity to live the lives they want. Jeff Altman MA NOMCT CVRCB Cane Travel Instructor