Walking Spain’s Camino de Santiago was a long-held, cherished dream of GDB client and board member Joan Robinson. But it wasn’t until Joan was in her early 70s that she found the courage to embark on her transformative journey. That’s when the Reverend Susan Haig at Joan’s church in Toronto announced she would lead a Camino tour.
GDB welcomed the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired of San Francisco's Little Learners program to our California campus for its annual Spring Celebration. The Little Learners program works with families of children, from birth to age 3, who are blind, deafblind, have low vision or neurological visual impairment, or whose developmental delays include blindness or low vision. The children and their families enjoyed beeping egg hunts, arts and crafts, and meeting lots of GDB puppies and dogs.
GDB Launches New Careers & Canine Connections Program
GDB has partnered with the American Printing House for the Blind to offer Careers & Canine Connections, a new summer program to help young adults who are blind or visually impaired prepare to enter the workforce. This groundbreaking partnership marks the first time in the U.S. a leading educational organization in the blindness community has joined forces with a guide dog school to offer career programming for young adults considering the guide dog lifestyle.
GDB President and CEO, Christine Benninger on Central Bark
What is in store for GDB in 2023? President and CEO Christine Benninger recently spoke with Central Bark podcast host Theresa Stern about GDB’s accomplishments and more.
And, in case you missed Chris’ Annual Update on GDB, her Zoom recording is now available to watch at your convenience. Chris talks about GDB’s key client programs and goals for 2023.
Our annual Puparazzi Photo Contest got underway this week and runs through Monday, April 17th. We invite you to submit your photos, ask your friends and family to vote, and your photo could win a spot in the 2023-2024 Guide Dogs for the Blind calendar!
It is free to enter photos and votes cost $1 each (all votes are tax deductible). There are seven categories for photo submissions: guide dog puppies, working guide dogs, GDB K9 Buddies, GDB breeder dogs, GDB career change dogs, Retired GDB dogs (including guides and breeders) and pet pooches.
