🎃 The Votes Are In! Meet Our Halloween Costume Contest Winners! 🐾 Let’s give a big round of a-paws to our three spook-tacular winners! 🥇1st WALDO Where’s Waldo? Pup on Program, male yellow Lab (Gayle Fowler, Puppy Raiser, Baltimore Puppy Raising Region) Congratulations, Waldo! This clever costume was easy to love and hard to miss!… Continue reading Votes Are in – Your Halloween Favorites!
Celebrating New Partnerships Share in the joy of this moment, when our students look forward to the adventures ahead with their Guiding Eyes guide dog. These intimate celebrations are recorded for guests interested in experiencing a Guiding Eyes graduation, but unable to join us in-person. It is our hope that people attending graduation, whether in-person… Continue reading Graduation is Time to Celebrate
Guiding Eyes for the Blind is proud to celebrate graduate Jose Lopez-Masso and his guide dog, Louis, as Jose is recognized by the Florida Panthers through their Celebration of Hispanic Excellence program for his outstanding contributions to the South Florida community. After losing much of his vision to glaucoma in 2002, Jose found renewed independence… Continue reading Guiding Eyes Graduate Jose Lopez-Masso Honored by Florida Panthers
Ask Guiding Eyes graduates about their time on campus, and there’s one name that comes up again and again: Chef Rob. Chef Rob and the kitchen staff prepare three meals a day for students during their time on campus, but what happens at Rosie’s Café goes well beyond what’s on the menu. Before a new… Continue reading More Than a Meal: Celebrating Chef Rob at Rosie’s Café
After a life-altering auto accident in 2023, and the lengthy recovery that followed, Guiding Eyes graduate Jim McDermott found renewed freedom and independence when he was matched with guide dog, Keanu, a loving, yellow Labrador Retriever. Their inspiring partnership was recently featured in Upworthy, highlighting Jim’s journey after losing his vision and how his faith… Continue reading Jim and Guide Dog Keanu’s Inspiring Story Featured in Upworthy
On October 8, 2026, Guiding Eyes for the Blind is proud to join nonprofits across the country in celebrating DAF Day – a day dedicated to the incredible impact of giving through Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs). When you recommend a grant from your DAF to Guiding Eyes, you’re doing more than making a donation. You’re… Continue reading The Power of Giving on DAF Day
Together, we went beyond our $100,000 goal!The incredible generosity of our supporters is helping make more life-changing guide dog partnerships possible. Over $122,000 Raised! Thank you! Our annual WAGATHON is a cumulative marathon that you and your dog can complete anywhere, at your own pace, throughout September’s National Guide Dog Month. This year, 364 participants… Continue reading WAGATHON 2026 – A Huge Success!
Our Good Dogmanship blog series explores the everyday choices, habits, and perspectives that help us better understand the dogs in our lives and build stronger relationships with them. Jennifer Thurman, Regional Puppy Instructor for Guiding Eyes’ North Carolina Puppy Raising Region, shares her perspective on finding the right balance between the work we ask of… Continue reading Good Dogmanship: Finding the Balance Between Work and Play
Meet Deni Elliott Deni Elliott is Project Co-Director of the National Ethics Project and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Journalism and Digital Communication at the University of Southern Florida, where she held the Eleanor Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics and Press Policy from 2003 to 2023. During her tenure at USF, she also… Continue reading “Catching Sight: How a Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself” A memoir from graduate Deni Elliott
Guiding Eyes for the Blind joined CBS Mornings live from the show’s New York City studio, on Wednesday September 2, 2026, to highlight the life-changing impact of guide dogs and the volunteers who help prepare them for success. During the segment, Guiding Eyes graduate and Vice President of Philanthropy Rebekah Cross, accompanied by her guide… Continue reading Guiding Eyes Pups Return to CBS Mornings
