[nagdu] Introduction

Fri Jul 6 01:04:39 UTC 2012

Sure Larry.  go ahead and send.
It sounds like a very pretty dog.

On 7/5/12, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
> Pilot.  She is the shade of brown they call liver.  What a name for such a
> pretty color!  She is medium brown with varying highlights of apricot and
> silver.  I could send you qa picture!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Debbie Cole" <debbieanne1124 at gmail.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 6:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Introduction
>
>
>> Hi Larry
>>
>> BTW what color is Holly and where  did you get her from?
>>
>> On 7/5/12, Larry D. Keeler <lkeeler at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> And I'm Larry from steamy AnnArbor.  I have been working with my dog
>>> Holly a
>>>
>>> labradoodle for 4 years.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Vanessa Lowery" <vlowery at dhr.state.md.us>
>>> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 1:42 PM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] Introduction
>>>
>>>
>>> Trying this for a secomd time.  Since the massive storm that hit
>>> Maryland
>>> and a couple of other states, my computer has not been all that happy
>>> here
>>> at work.
>>>
>>> A few of you who are on the seeingeye-l list as well will probably
>>> recognize
>>>
>>> me.  For the rest of you...
>>>
>>> My name is Vanessa and I live in Baltimore County, Maryland (very hot
>>> and
>>> humid Maryland right now).  I am working with my fifth dog from The
>>> Seeing
>>> Eye, a male lab named Griffin.  he is almost ten, and because of some
>>> health
>>>
>>> issues, I will be retiring him as soon as a class date is available.  I
>>> will
>>>
>>> be keeping him, so I will have a household of two dogs and two cats.  I
>>> received him in the August/September, 2004 class, and my instructor was
>>> Joan
>>>
>>> Markey (one of the best).
>>>
>>> Professionally, I am a social worker for the State of Maryland.  I work
>>> for
>>>
>>> the Baltimore County Department of Social Services (it employs both
>>> state
>>> and county staff).  I am in the Adult Services Division, and I and my
>>> other
>>>
>>> three co-workers take calls from the public and other professionals
>>> (police,
>>>
>>> fire, medical staff, home care agencies, nursing homes, etc).  Our
>>> primary
>>> focus is on Adult Protective Services, and if warranted, I woudl prepare
>>>
>>> an
>>>
>>> referral in order to start an investigation on a vulnerable adult
>>> between
>>> the ages of 18 and ancient.  WE also keep track of the availability of
>>> shelter space for homeless individuals and families.  Some of the staff
>>> from
>>>
>>> our HOmeless Unit reach out to those clients once they are sheltered.  I
>>> have been with the agency for almost 25 years (dnag, where did the time
>>> go).
>>>
>>> Now, to be as open and honest as is possible, let me tell you about
>>> another
>>>
>>> aspect of two of me that you should know.  I am a long-time member of
>>> the
>>> ACB.  In fact, I am the President of a local chapter.  I am also a
>>> long-time
>>>
>>> member of GDUI, and at least for now, I am the chairperson of GDUI's
>>> Advocacy Committee. I may let that role go while possibly remaining on
>>> the
>>> committee (still pondering my decision) mainly because I have been a part
>>>
>>> of
>>>
>>> that committee for a number of years.  A break from it might be in order
>>>
>>> so
>>>
>>> I don't burn out.  My goal is not to compare the differences between
>>> NAGDU
>>> and GDUI.  Nor is it my goal to comare the differences between the NFB
>>> and
>>> the ACB.  I am comfortable where I am, and that floats my boat just
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> I have joined to share, hopefully, like everyone else on this list, my
>>> thoughts, ideas, and anything else related to guide dogs.  No matter
>>> what
>>> our affiliations are with various groups, I hope that we share in a
>>> common
>>> goal of furthering the cause for guide dog users.
>>>
>>> That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.  I suspect that many members
>>> are
>>> currently at the national convention, so I expect that for now, the list
>>> traffic will be light.
>>>
>>> Everyone stay safe, keep you puppy paws cool if you are in a hot part of
>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>> country (who isn't these days), and have a good weekend.  And have fun
>>> plowing through my typingn booboos.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Vanessa Lowery, LGSW
>>> Adult and Community Services Division
>>> Adult Services Screening Unit
>>> 410-853-3550
>>> VLowery at dhr.state.md.us
>>>
>>>
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>> warmly,
>>
>> Debbie Cole
>>
>> debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
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Debbie Cole

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