Supporting Guiding Eyes: 2025 Polar Bear Run

UPDATE:  On Sunday, February 23, 2025, it was another beautiful sunny day in Warren, CT, for the 40th Annual Lake Waramaug Polar Bear Run! With over 700 participants, this year’s event raised an impressive $10,240 for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. We would like to thank all the participants, sponsors, spectators, and those who donated… Continue reading Supporting Guiding Eyes: 2025 Polar Bear Run

Valentine’s Day Puppy Love

Happy Valentine’s Day! Your official Guiding Eyes Valentine’s Day card is here, featuring our Valentine’s Day vote winner, INDIANA! Wishing you a heartwarming day with love, happiness, and plenty of PUPPY LOVE! Paws, cuddles, and Valentine snuggles,Indiana and littermates, Infinity, Isa and Ivan Enjoy these behind-the-scenes photos from our photoshoot!

Create Your FreeWill Today

At Guiding Eyes for the Blind, we are committed to providing exceptional guide dogs to individuals with vision loss, bringing greater mobility, confidence and freedom. For Sonia, this partnership has been transformative. With her Guiding Eyes guide dogs – past, present and future – she knows she can rely on us to support her journey toward independence.… Continue reading Create Your FreeWill Today

Discovering Running Guides

Earlier this week, Thomas Panek, an avid runner and the President & CEO of Guiding Eyes, was joined by Terri Rupp, a 2024 graduate and ultramarathoner. They were featured on WBUR, an NPR public radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, where they discussed the impact that having a Running Guide has had on their lives, as… Continue reading Discovering Running Guides

One Year Celebrat10n

It’s a one year anniversary celebrat10n for Thomas and Ten! One year ago, the guide dog team of Thomas and Ten became official at the first-ever Guide Dog Draft, and they’ve had an amazing year! Thomas is the President and CEO of Guiding Eyes, and Ten is a well trained yellow Labrador Retriever guide dog,… Continue reading One Year Celebrat10n

New Look, Same Great Mission

As we step boldly into 2025, we’re excited to reveal a fresh chapter in our story—a modernized logo that reflects the heart of Guiding Eyes for the Blind: our incredible partnerships between people with vision loss and their life-changing guide dogs. At the heart of our refreshed logo is a side silhouette of a person… Continue reading New Look, Same Great Mission

Remembering Bill Badger

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of William “Bill” Badger, former President and CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, who died on December 30, 2024. Bill became the President and CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind in 1993, and for over two decades, he was dedicated to helping individuals… Continue reading Remembering Bill Badger

10 Ways to Make a Year-End Gift

As 2024 comes to a close, please consider these meaningful gift options – all 100% tax-deductible. Help transform the lives of people with vision loss through exceptional Guiding Eyes guide dogs. 10 Ways to Make a Year-End Gift Thank you for making a difference in the lives of so many! Your support is appreciated.

You named our “F” puppies!

UPDATE! We’re thrilled to introduce the newest members of the Guiding Eyes family! The fabulous “F” litter!  The names of the three males are Flash, Fiyero, Frodo; the four females are Fancy, Feta, Fiesta, and Fantasia. Thank you to everyone who sent in their suggestions and helped name Tina’s seven Labrador puppies.     Our… Continue reading You named our “F” puppies!

Amazon Wishlists for Our Pups

Amazon Wishlists for our Pups! Training School WishlistHockmeyer Puppy Pavilion WishlistWhelping Kennel WishlistBreeding Kennel WishlistHome Socialization Wishlist It’s that time of the year, and the dogs and puppies at Guiding Eyes would like to remind you that pups like presents too! Did you know that Guiding Eyes has several Amazon Wishlists available? Relying on the… Continue reading Amazon Wishlists for Our Pups