[nagdu] sorry hear it is

[Merry Schoch]

At the end of this e-mail it states for more information....

Following this there are three links.  The difference in the links is gdd, 
gda, gdtx.  I am making a guess but I believe the benefactors of this fund 
raiser are:  Guide Dogs of the Desert, Guide Dog of American, and Guide Dogs 
of Texas.

Merry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
To: "nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>; "New York Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nyagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 7:31 AM
Subject: [nagdu] sorry hear it is



 National Guide Dog Awareness Month



      Paula Abdul

      has teamed up with Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance®, Petco® and
independent pet stores to raise money for Guide Dog Organizations across the
country.


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      State Governors are now in the process of declaring May National Guide
Dog Month.



      A potential guide dog puppy is raised with a trainer for 18-20 months,
then the dog is given to the school for formal guide dog training which
consists of actual guide dog work with a harness. This takes 4-6 months.
Then the dog is matched with a blind person, who is sent to the guide dog
facility to learn how to handle their dog, and this training takes 28 days.
It costs over forty thousand dollars to train a guide dog team. Guide dogs
are given to the blind for free.

      Money will be raised in the following ways:

        a.. Petco® & Independent pet stores will participate in a Round Up
Program, for example, when a customer makes a purchase for $5.55, at the
register they are asked if they would like to round up to $6.00, and the 45
cents will then be donated to Guide Dogs.
        a.. For Independent pet stores that are not able to do the Round Up
Program, the customer will be asked for a one dollar or more donation to
Guide Dogs at the register, or the store can create their own collection
program.
        a.. Natural Balance will have specially marked bags of dog food, and
50 cents of the purchase will be donated to Guide Dogs.


      100% of the proceeds from National Guide Dog Month will be donated to
Guide Dog training facilities across the country. There are no
administration fees.


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      Guide Dogs Program
      Natural Balance® provides food for Guide Dog Associations. Click on
the links below for more information about each program:

      <http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/programs/gdd/guidedogs.html><http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/programs/gda/gda.html><http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/programs/gdtx/gdtx.html>

Cheryl Echevarria


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