Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. · Smithtown, NY United States

The Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind helps people get around with the help of a four-footed friend. The not-for-profit organization offers guide dogs to the blind or visually impaired for free. The organization's cost of raising and training a guide dog (Labradors, Golden Retrievers, and mixes of the two) is $30,000. The foundation also provides instruction to the blind to handle their skilled guide dogs through a month-long training program. Classes, as well as dog breeding and training, are held at the Guide Dog Foundation's eight-acre facility in New York. Founded in 1946, the organization is supported solely by private donations. To read the full description, subscribe now.