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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Announcing the Date for Our First Meeting of the Guide Dog Book Club<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Date: Tuesday, May 23rd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Time: 7:00 PM EST via Zoom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Hello Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Get those discussion questions ready and tails wagging because Sharon Peters, author of “Trusting Calvin,” will be joining us for the first meeting of the Guide Dog Book Club!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Everyone is welcome to join. Whether you’re a graduate, puppy raiser, or friend of the guide dog community, we’d love for you to be a member of this new group.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>We are thrilled that Ms. Peters and other friends of the guide dog family will join us to discuss this incredible book. We are also pleased that </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Calvin’s primary guide dog trainer will offer some recollections. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Prior to writing </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>“Trusting Calvin,” Ms. Peters wrote a pet column for USA Today called “Pet Talk.” She was also a reporter for several papers nationwide and Executive Editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette. A lifelong animal lover, Ms. Peters’ experience as an animal shelter volunteer and pet columnist led her to meet Max Edelman, whose story is featured in “Trusting Calvin.” The rest, as they say, is guide dog history. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Currently, Ms. Peters operates </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization called the Old Mutt Hut. It is a rest-of-their-lives sanctuary for elderly dogs who get abandoned and whose prospects for being adopted are unlikely. She cofounded this loving organization five years ago. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Below are the details for the book and the zoom meeting. Please feel free to drop by, whether you’ve read the book or just want to hear more. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>“Trusting Calvin: how a dog helped heal a holocaust survivor’s heart,” by Sharon Peters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>BARD book number DB 77282<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>ISBN: 0762782307<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>May 23<sup>rd</sup> Zoom Meeting information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Join Zoom Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://guidingeyes-org.zoom.us/j/84427559626?pwd=aEh4VkI5c0tTZEpRSEQyR3hsUFY0dz09"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>https://guidingeyes-org.zoom.us/j/84427559626?pwd=aEh4VkI5c0tTZEpRSEQyR3hsUFY0dz09</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Meeting ID: 844 2755 9626<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Passcode: 519478<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>+16469313860,,84427559626# US<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>+19292056099,,84427559626# US (New York)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>We’ve all witnessed firsthand the love and devotion that guide dogs bring to our lives, so we thought it would be fun to explore guide dogs in literature through this book club. We’re looking forward to our discussion on the 23rd. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please reach out to us at </span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1k3u5powzqbsl/?&cs=wh&v=b&to=guidedogbookclub@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0000CC'>guidedogbookclub@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Happy reading and wagging,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The Guiding Eyes Graduate Council<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><a href="mailto:gebgradcouncil@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>gebgradcouncil@gmail.com</span></a><span 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