Every Step Counts – Join Team Blind Beginnings!

Walk. Run. Fundraise. Empower.

Be part of something meaningful and run with purpose at the
Vancouver Half Marathon Charity Challenge
June 22, 2025.

What Is Every Step Counts?

Every Step Counts is Blind Beginnings’ 2025 fundraising campaign in partnership with the Vancouver Half Marathon Charity Challenge. Whether you're walking, running, or cheering from the sidelines, your steps will help empower blind and partially sighted children and youth across BC.

All proceeds from Every Step Counts will support our STEP Program – Safe Travel Education for Pre-schoolers. This one-of-a-kind summer program teaches preschool-aged children foundational mobility and independence skills. With your help, we're setting them up to take their very first steps—safely and confidently.

A large crowd of runners takes off from the starting line of the Vancouver Half Marathon, as seen under a black banner that reads "Vancouver Half Marathon" with mountain graphics.
A young child wearing a green raincoat, blue jeans, grey sneakers, and a blue cap walks confidently down a wet residential street on a rainy day. The child is holding a white cane with a red ball tip, used for orientation and mobility.

Why this matters

For many children with vision loss, learning to move safely and independently starts early. Through guided play, sensory exploration, and movement activities, the STEP Program empowers children to take their first independent steps — both literally and figuratively.

Your participation supports Blind Beginnings’ STEP Program (Safe Travel Education for Pre-Schoolers) means helping preschool-aged children who are blind or partially sighted learn to:

  • Travel safely and independently

  • Build body and spatial awareness

  • Gain confidence in everyday environments

  • Explore the world—just like their sighted peers

With your help, we can reach more families and help fund the services and support that we provide to families all across BC!

By joining Every Step Counts, you’re not just participating in a race — you’re helping build a world where blind and partially sighted children can move through life with confidence, curiosity, and independence.

A young girl wearing a colorful pink jacket, floral sunhat, and purple shoes walks confidently across a crosswalk using a white cane with red and white markings. She is being guided by an adult man wearing a grey "Blind Beginnings" t-shirt

HELP SUPPORT TEAM BLIND BEGINNINGS - Be a Virtual Cheerleader

Support our runners and share the message far and wide!

Ways to cheer:

  • Support our team by donating at our fundraising page

  • Share our story on your social channels

  • Post words of encouragement with our campaign hashtags:

#EveryStepCounts | #Steps4Step | #BlindBeginningsRun

Two cheerful spectators stand on the side of a race route, smiling and holding handmade motivational signs and blue-and-gold pom-poms.

Let’s Make Every Step Count

Whether you run, walk, donate, or cheer—you’re helping support BC children and youth that are blind or partially sighted and their families

Join Our Blind Beginnings Team!
Donate to the Blind Beginnings Team!

For more information, reach out to info@blindbeginnings.ca

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