On Saturday March 5, 2022, members of the Guiding Eyes community gathered online for a virtual celebration. Between mid-September 2021 and mid-January 2022, a special group of individuals with vision loss joined, or returned to, our community to begin a partnership with their new guide dog. We celebrated not only those 15 Residential and 22… Continue reading Our March 2022 Virtual Graduation
Meet Graduate Johanna Graduate Team: Johanna and ClydeAbout the Team: Clyde, a male yellow Lab, is Johanna’s 1st guide dogHometown: Birmingham, AlabamaGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Dan WeesnerFebruary Residential Training Johanna grew up in Decatur, Alabama, and attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), about 90 miles away. She graduated from UAB’s Nursing program and… Continue reading Johanna and Clyde
Meet Graduate Joyce Graduate Team: Joyce and SherbertAbout the Team: Sherbert, a female black Lab, is Joyce’s 1st guide dogHometown: Acton, MassachusettsGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Alyssa David and Stephanie KoretFebruary Home Training Joyce participated in Guiding Eyes’ Home Training Program for her first guide dog. Having earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and her… Continue reading Joyce and Sherbert
Meet Graduate Janet Graduate Team: Janet and MadisonAbout the Team: Madison, a female yellow Lab, is Janet’s 5th Guiding Eyes dogHometown: Hastings-on-Hudson, New YorkGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Nikki WentzFebruary Home Training Janet holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in English Language and Literature. After working in Education, she went to work… Continue reading Janet and Madison
Meet Graduate Dustin Graduate Team: Dustin and PilotAbout the Team: Pilot, a male black & tan German Shepherd, is Dustin’s 2nd Guiding Eyes dogHometown: Colchester, VermontGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Miranda BeckmannFebruary Home Training Dustin attended school in Winooski, Vermont before transferring to the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts. Dustin also received training… Continue reading Dustin and Pilot
Meet Graduate Heidi Graduate Team: Heidi and NashAbout the Team: Nash, a male yellow Lab, is Heidi’s 3rd Guiding Eyes dogHometown: Edinboro, PennsylvaniaGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Shanon WalshFebruary On-Campus Training Heidi is well acquainted with Guiding Eyes, having lost her remaining vision at 38 years of age, as a result of retinopathy of prematurity. Now… Continue reading Heidi and Nash
Meet Graduate Molly Graduate Team: Molly & ClintonAbout the Team: Clinton, a male yellow Lab, is Molly’s 4th Guiding Eyes dogHometown: Harrisburg, PennsylvaniaGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Kathryn PoalloFebruary On-Campus Training Molly and her guide dog Clinton live in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania with Molly’s father and their cat named “Cat”. Molly works as a secretarial supervisor for… Continue reading Molly and Clinton
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