Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
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. Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. cost of raising and training a guide dog (Labradors, Golden Retrievers, and mixes of the two) is $30,000. Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. 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, Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. is supported solely by private donations.
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Executives
Chairman
Robert T. Stratford Jr.
CEO
Wells B. Jones