June 2 - A Successful Walk

The walk on Sunday to raise money for Dog Guides was a success. On a TV news clip that night we saw that over a million dollars had been raised across Canada. Our local chapter of the Lions Foundation of Canada exceeded their goal and took in $4,640. The money will be sent on to the national organization to support this worthy cause. As the saying goes – Every little bit helps.

Each local group and walk is usually spear headed by one or two enthusiastic volunteers. In our community, Dixie was one such person. Back in 2014, Dixie had attended a Lions conference and met other volunteers for the Oakville Dog Guide straining school. Dixie was inspired and our local annual walk to raise funds for Guide Dogs was initiated that same year.

In the picture with this post, I am standing beside Dixie and in front of us is Riley. Riley is a Golden Lab. She is a therapy dog and likes to visit people who reside in our seniors facilities. Riley hasn’t gone through the training to be certified as an official Guide Dog but she still performs a valuable service in the community.

 

Dixie, Sue, and Riley

 

Once again, if you are interested, the following web site has lots of good information.

www.dogguides.com