Global Accessibility Awareness Day is marked annually on the third Thursday of May. It’s a day that is near and dear to our mission, as it focuses on digital access and inclusion for those who live with disabilities or impairments. Creating accessible digital materials is crucial for inclusivity, especially for those with disabilities. Here are… Continue reading Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025
Guiding Eyes celebrates our secret ingredient this NATIONAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK, April 20-26, 2025! Help us celebrate our amazing volunteers, and please enjoy the video below! If you are unable to view the video, please accept this website’s Consent Preferences in the lower right of the screen. The Recipe for a Guiding Eyes Guide Dog A… Continue reading The Recipe for a Guiding Eyes Guide Dog
Meet Jelly Bean & Jolie: Two Guide Dog Puppies Ready to Shine ✨ National Puppy Day is all about celebrating the joy, love, and boundless potential of puppies. At Guiding Eyes for the Blind, we know that every guide dog starts their journey as a playful, curious pup with the potential to change a life.… Continue reading Celebrate National Puppy Day with Jelly Bean and Jolie
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
