[nagdu] Introduction

Fri Jul 6 00:59:23 UTC 2012

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
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> debbieanne1124 at gmail.com
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