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Visions March 2011

Volume 25 | No.1, Autumn 2011

Theodore and Rachel have a close encounter with a cuddly koala on a recent trip to Taronga Zoo to learn and develop orientation and mobility skills.

Preparing children for a future of independence

Thanks to your support, young clients have fun receiving educational mobility training.

  
Guide Dogs CEO Graeme White

Chief Executive Officer's message

We have just witnessed another array of terrible natural disasters throughout Australia.

  
Guide Dogs supporters at the community awards night – (from left) Lynne and Robert Lillico, Marie Carah, Barbara Craig, Mai Wallace, Norm and Angela Allen, Phil Dutch and Betty Evans.

Want to lend a helping hand?

The Central Coast support group recently received a well-deserved certificate from the Gosford City Council.

  
Charlie (left) keeps fit by running most Sunday mornings with the Sydney Achilles club.

Is there anything Charlie can't do?

Charlie McConnell has walked the Kokoda Track, climbed to Everest base camp and to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, run the New York Marathon, completed six 100 km Oxfam Trailwalker challenges, and also finished the gruelling 89 kms Comrades ultra-marathon in South Africa.

  
Bridgid Douglas would take Lexie to her barrack when Paul couldn’t, so the lucky puppy was highly socialised.

Lexie soldiers on to Guide Dog training

Before embarking on Guide Dog training earlier this year, Lexie had already gone through very important pre-training with her raisers Paul and Brigid Douglas.

  
Kimme is the eighth puppy Ian and Eileen have brought up for Guide Dogs.

Mars Petcare helps keep Guide Dog puppies healthy

Ever wondered what a puppy does before it goes into full-time Guide Dog training?

  
Bequest Manager Lyn Smith.

Remembering Guide Dogs in your Will

Over the years many of our friends have greatly helped our work by including a gift to Guide Dogs NSW/ACT in their Will, after providing for family and loved ones.

  
Thanks to the generosity of Guide Dogs supporters like you, Sally has been able to maintain her independence.

Life is smooth with Velvet

At the tender age of 73, Sally Jary lives a full and independent life with the help of her beautiful Guide Dog, Velvet.

  
Egan loves nothing more than a good run around the family backyard!

Introducing ... Egan!

Egan is one of our handsome Guide Dog recruits. At four months old, he's got lots of energy to burn and a natural curiosity.

  
Tyrrell’s Wines

Guide Dogs merchandise

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March 2011 PDF

FrontPage of the March 2011 Visions newsletter

The Visions newsletter, March 2011, is available to download in PDF format. Please note the PDF is 785 kilobytes.