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Guide Dog Foundation celebrates 75 years of helping the visually impaired

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Guide Dog Foundation celebrates 75 years of helping the visually impaired
Guide Dog Foundation celebrates 75 years of helping the visually impaired

For 75 years, the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind has provided guide dogs at no cost to those who are blind or have low vision.

Since 1946, the foundation has trained and placed guide and service dogs to provide increased independence and enhanced mobility to people who are visually impaired.

Once there is a match with an assistance dog, applicants become part of the Foundations' open and welcoming community supported with empathetic and certified trainers, to a meticulously constructed curriculum.

“We provide hope for people, we provide independence for people,” said John Miller, President, and CEO of the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind.

“When you look at the work that we do, the results are almo...

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