highlighting student and partnership with new guide dog
Thank you to our generous April Graduate Sponsor… In memory of my wife, Barbara Woods, who loved dogs and Guiding Eyes. Through our entire marriage, we have had dogs, usually two at a time, and enjoyed them! Sponsoring the graduating class is a perfect way to honor her memory. – Richard Woods Meet April Residential Graduate Deborah… Continue reading Deborah and Nugent
Meet March Residential Graduate Kara Graduate Team: Kara and Petals About the Team: Petals, a female yellow Lab, is Kara’s 2nd Guiding Eyes dog Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Stephanie Koret Kara is a visual artist who creates drawings and paintings, primarily large, boldly colored, contemporary abstracts in acrylic, as well as clay… Continue reading Kara and Petals
Meet March Residential Graduate Michelle Graduate Team: Michelle & Farrow About the Team: Farrow, a female black Labrador, is Michelle’s 2nd Guiding Eyes dog Hometown: Massena, New York Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Kathryn Poallo Michelle, originally from Potsdam, NY, spent 36 years living in the southern states before returning to the Northeast and settling in… Continue reading Michelle and Farrow
Meet March Residential Graduate Deborah Graduate Team: Deborah and Ames About the Team: Ames, a male black Lab, is Deborah’s first guide dog Hometown: Farmington, Connecticut Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Kathryn Poallo Deborah is a data analyst for an insurance company, who is currently working from home. She is married with three children, who are… Continue reading Deborah and Ames
Meet March Residential Graduate Phil Graduate Team: Phil and Kit About the Team: Kit, a male yellow Lab, is Phil’s 5th guide dog Hometown: New Bedford, Massachusetts Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Michelle Tang Phil grew up in Worcester, MA, and has always enjoyed music. He alone made up the music department at his small high… Continue reading Phil and Kit
Meet March Residential Graduate Walle Graduate Team: Wallezka “Walle” and Sloan About the Team: Sloan, a male yellow Lab, is Walle’s 1st Guiding Eyes dog Hometown: Hackensack, New Jersey Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Miranda Beckmann (March Residential Class) Walle works as the Office Manager of a private psychiatric practice and is the mother of a beautiful… Continue reading Wallezka and Sloan
Meet March Residential Graduate Zhenya Graduate Team: Yevgeniya “Zhenya” & Kingston About the Team: Kingston, a male black Lab, is Zhenya’s 2nd Guiding Eyes dog Hometown: Norwood, Massachusetts Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Michelle Tang (March Class) Zhenya works in a customer-facing sales role for a large tech company. Her hobbies include peaceful activities like yoga… Continue reading Zhenya and Kingston
Meet Home Training Graduate Nicholas Graduate Team: Nicholas and Norbert About the Team: Norbert, a male German Shepherd, is Nicholas’s 1st Guiding Eyes dog Hometown: Portland, Maine Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Nikki Wentz Nicholas is Professor of Spatial Computing in the School of Computing and Information Science at the University of Maine. He is a… Continue reading Nicholas and Norbert
Meet Home Training Graduate Samuel Graduate Team: Samuel and StanAbout the Team: Stan, a male yellow Lab, is Sam’s 1st guide dogHometown: Cranbury, New JerseyGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Caryn Fellows Sam has worked in public education his entire professional life, as a teacher, elementary school principal, then as a Director of Human Resources. He… Continue reading Samuel and Stan
Meet Home Training Graduate Simon Graduate Team: Simon “Mack” and Hank About the Team: Hank, a black and tan German Shepherd, is Mack’s 2nd Guiding Eyes dog Hometown: Kinston, North Carolina Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Dave Hagemann Simon, “Mack” comes to Guiding Eyes from North Carolina for his second German Shepherd. Mack earned his associate… Continue reading Simon and Hank
