Dear Guiding Eyes for the Blind:
My name is Kerry Corboy, and I am a physician from California. My grandmother (Flora Mann) was blind though I never knew her as she died when I was a toddler. I have a few friends who are blind or visually impaired and I am disabled myself due to a tenacious musculoskeletal cancer resulting in a short lifetime of 30 major surgeries and the amputation of my leg at the age of eleven. For these reasons, I have donated to your organization for the last few years in memory of my grandmother and friends with visual challenges.
About a month ago, I asked my mom where her mother, Flora, received her guide dog training and dog. She was unable to recall, but low and behold, came upon a photo which was packed away in storage. It depicts my grandmother and other guide dog trainees with their dogs at a school in Yorktown Heights, NY, taken in 1959 or 1960. I believe this was the first branch of Guiding Eyes for the Blind. I know it made a very big impact on and improvement in her life during her later years. She was the first blind woman to graduate from Cal State LA. I have attached the photo to this email (Flora Mann is second from the left).
I am writing to thank all of you for what you do to improve the lives of people with visual impairments. I am so very happy and amazed that the organization I chose to donate to is the very one my grandmother received her training and guide dog from. Please continue to do what you do everyday!
Sincerely,
Kerry J. Corboy, M.D.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind is approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 (C) (3) tax-exempt organization, and all donations are tax deductible to the extent provided by law.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 13-1854606.
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