Each year, the Members of Lions Clubs in District 12-N hold a Walk for the Blind to raise awareness of the difficulties of blind persons in just walking by normal obstacles and to help raise money to support the sight conservation activities in the area.
Walkers complete a sighted walk to earn money from their sponsors for the distance walked.
Then the Walkers join in pairs and walk a marked path in which each person is blindfolded for a portion of the distance. Instruction is provided by qualified trainers in the best way to lead the blindfolded walker to avoid obstructions in both the path and the overhead space. This provides both valuable training and experience. One location was on the campus of the University of Tennessee at the Aquatic Center, and the other location was in the Lakeway Area on the site of the Lions Volunteer Blind Industries in Morristown. In Knoxville, the Walk will be at the Tennessee School for the Deaf , and in Morristown, the Walk will be at the Lions Volunteer Blind Industries .