Month: June 2018

“It’s like I can see again and nothing’s different.” When Alysha stood up to tell her story at her October 2017 graduation, she was already in tears. In less than a year, this mom of four young children had gone from fully sighted to being declared legally blind due to glaucoma. As you can imagine,… Continue reading Aly’s story — “It’s like I can see again and nothing’s different.”

Small and Mighty Meet Demi, Future Guide Dog When most people see guide dogs, the dogs have their “game face” on. They’re focused on the job. And that’s exactly how we want them to be when they’re working. But each one is also an individual and, at the end of the day, still a dog.… Continue reading Meet Demi, Future Guide Dog

Become a Pathfinder Including Guiding Eyes in your estate plans is easy and can be a great way to continue this life-changing work while still providing for your loved ones. You have a variety of options, from a simple bequest to a charitable gift annuity that provides you with payments for life. We even offer… Continue reading Become a Pathfinder

Calling All Orientation and Mobility Specialists and Students Did You Know? If you’re an Orientation and Mobility Specialist or student—or you know someone who is—our hands-on seminars can be a valuable addition to your training. The seminars are offered between April and November, and will help you better understand what guide dogs do, how to… Continue reading Calling All Orientation and Mobility Specialists and Students

Each year, Guiding Eyes awards the Arthur Milton Scholarship in honor of the late Arthur Milton, a well-known insurance executive, consumerist, author, and consultant. A $5,000 scholarship is awarded to outstanding graduates of Guiding Eyes for the Blind to assist each individual’s pursuit of higher education. When the Scholarship was founded and first awarded in… Continue reading Congratulations to the Milton Scholarship Recipients

Before a guide dog embarks on the most important job of their life, they spend anywhere from 12 to 16 months with a puppy raiser. These raisers voluntarily open their hearts and home to a pup, building a relationship and bond with them that helps set the foundation for all the life lessons a guide… Continue reading In loving memory

When Tommy Gibson was given three months to live, little did he know that a decade later, he would not only be alive and well, but fundraising with his four-legged best friend for an organization that changed his life. The former data network manager was diagnosed with AIDS in 1995 and then lost his sight… Continue reading Graduate Spotlight: Tommy and Argo