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The Seeing Eye
Annual Report 2019
Cover
On the cover is a photo of The Seeing Eye staff. The text on the cover reads “The Seeing Eye Annual Report 2019”.
Contents
Letter from the President & CEO
Letter from the Officers
Executive Office and Leadership Team
Committed Members
Financial Statements
ON THE COVER:
TEAM WORK! This photo was taken on the day of our 90th anniversary – January 29, 2019 – in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Main House on the Washington Valley Campus of The Seeing Eye. This is the amazing team that created more than 250 new Seeing Eye partnerships in Fiscal Year 2019. Photo by Victoria Alfonzo.
People who are blind or visually impaired come from across the United States and Canada to The Seeing Eye in Morristown, New Jersey, to learn how to work with and care for our extraordinary dogs. These graduates – students, retirees, attorneys, authors, homemakers, factory workers – are now pursuing their goals with independence, dignity, and self-confidence. We hope you enjoy some of their stories contained throughout this report.
Letter from the President and CEO of The Seeing Eye
This letter is accompanied by a photo of Glenn D. Hoagland, President & CEO of The Seeing Eye, with a golden retriever puppy.
Thanks to your generous support, in Fiscal Year 2019 The Seeing Eye brought 255 individuals who are blind or visually impaired from across the United States and Canada to our campus in Morristown, New Jersey, to learn how to work with and care for our world-renowned Seeing Eye® dogs. In addition, we also visited 640 graduates and new applicants in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and Canada.
This year proved to be an auspicious time for me to begin my tenure as President and CEO of The Seeing Eye. We celebrated our 90th anniversary throughout 2019, with events such as ringing the closing bell at NASDAQ in New York City, welcoming more than 200 graduates and their guests back to our campus with an alumni reunion, and displaying posters at railroad stations throughout New Jersey proclaiming Seeing Eye dogs® as “New Jersey’s cutest export.”
In addition, we opened the Dr. Robert H. Harris Canine Pavilion, providing housing for up to 80 dogs in training to become Seeing Eye dogs. The pavilion offers each dog direct access to covered outdoor exercise areas. The pavilion was named for the founder of the Golden Dome Foundation, the facility’s principal donor, who was the husband of the organization’s president, Mary Ellen Harris. And on the final day of Fiscal Year 2019, which ran from Oct. 1, 2018, through Sept. 30, 2019, I replaced Dr. James A. Kutsch, Jr., who retired after serving 13 years as President and CEO.
Other highlights this year include:
• In 2019, The Seeing Eye received 395 applications and accepted 281 candidates into our program. (Some candidates accepted in 2019 will attend in 2020.) At the close of the fiscal year, there were 1,664 active Seeing Eye teams throughout the United States and Canada.
• At our Chester breeding facility, 465 puppies were whelped from 66 litters, with an average litter size of 7.0 puppies. The success rate for the dogs that began the training program after returning to campus from their puppy raising families and went on to graduate from the program or entered the breeding program was approximately 70 percent, allowing us to train only the very best dogs, and to find the very best match for each of our students.
• We had 567 active families participating in puppy development in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and New York by providing foster homes for our puppies. These puppy raising families returned 404 dogs to The Seeing Eye to begin their four months of formal training to be guide dogs. There were 37 puppy raising families on the waiting list.
• In April, Morris Township Mayor Jeff Grayzel and the Morris Township Committee presented us with a proclamation honoring our 90th anniversary, and honored us by officially changing our street address to 1 Seeing Eye Way.
• Family Day, an annual gathering of puppy raisers and their families on The Seeing Eye campus, was attended by 1,259 people. There were instructor demonstrations of dog training, graduate speeches, and photo exhibits of puppies and career change dogs. There also were presentations from Seeing Eye graduates about the difference the dogs have made in their lives. In addition, 50 puppy raisers who were graduating from high school were awarded college scholarships.
• More than 2,100 people came to The Seeing Eye campus as part of our visit program. The Seeing Eye invites the public to attend a brief tour and learn more about our organization on most Thursday mornings and one Saturday per month. For more information, go to visit.
Every Seeing Eye team working in the United States and Canada today is the culmination of a long process involving many hands, from our geneticist to our veterinarians to our puppy raisers to our instructors. And every step of the way you, our donors, are there with us. You make all of this possible. From all of us here at The Seeing Eye, thank you!
Sincerely,
Glenn D. Hoagland
President & CEO
The Seeing Eye, Inc.
Letter from the Officers of The Seeing Eye
This letter is accompanied by photos of the Officers of The Seeing Eye: Thomas J. Duffy, Chairman; Ari Benacerraf, Vice Chair; Margaret E. Howard, Vice Chair; and Glenn Hoagland, President & CEO. There also is a close-up detail from a mural, showing a young Seeing Eye graduate hugging her Seeing Eye dog, a yellow Labrador/golden retriever cross. Both the graduate and her dog have their eyes closed. The graduate is smiling and the dog appears to be smiling as well.
Dear Friends:
One of the most colorful achievements of 2019 was the addition to our Washington Valley campus of a mural, telling the story of Seeing Eye dogs… from puppies to partners!
The mural covers the walls, and even the doors, of the visitor’s entrance to the Main House, which houses our student dormitory and dining hall, as well as administrative offices. Each year, more than 2,000 people use this entrance to learn about our mission and to meet our amazing dogs. In addition, The Seeing Eye is a polling place for area residents, and they too use this entrance. It’s a wonderful way to tell our story to our many visitors.
The mural was designed by artist Caren Frost Olmsted with the help of Seeing Eye archivist R. Bruce Johnson, and then painted by staff, trustees, volunteers, and graduates, as well as students from a local middle school. Each portion of the section was marked off with tape, so people who are blind could also participate in painting by feeling the outlines of each image. We also created a video, so those who can’t see the mural – or can’t make it to campus – can still experience it.
More about the mural and the video can be found at mural.
A highlight of the mural is an image of a young graduate kneeling to hug her yellow Labrador/golden retriever cross. It really captures the bond between graduate and dog. Thanks to your generous support, we created more than 250 new teams in 2019, and every one of them is a unique partnership. Our graduates leave here not only with enhanced confidence and independence, but a lovable companion. “My dog has given me so much,” one graduate recently said, “and all he asks in return is a belly rub.”
Thank you for making it possible!
Thomas J. Duffy
Chairman
Ari Benacerraf
Vice Chair
Margaret E. Howard, D.Litt.
Vice Chair
Glenn D. Hoagland
President & CEO
Executive Office and Leadership Team
Glenn Cianci
Director, Facilities Management
Peggy Gibbon
Director, Canine Development
Glenn D. Hoagland
President & CEO
Dolores Holle, V.M.D.
Director, Canine Medicine & Surgery
Randall Ivens
Director, Human Resources
David Johnson
Director, Instruction & Training
Jennifer Lieberman
Executive Assistant to the President
Deborah Morrone-Colella
Director, Donor & Public Relations
Robert Pudlak
Director, Administration & Finance / CFO
Board of Trustees
Thomas J. Duffy
Chairman
Global Chief Operations Officer, Audit
KPMG LLP
Ari Benacerraf
Vice Chair
Partner
Five Arrows Capital Partners
Margaret E. L. “Peggi” Howard, D. Litt.
Vice Chair
V.P. of Administration & University Relations (retired)
Drew University
OhSang Kwon
Treasurer
Private Investor
Cynthia R. Bryant, LL.M.*
Secretary
Special Counsel
U.S. Government
Vikram Agarwal, Esq.*
Shareholder
Bean Kinney & Korman PC
Michael J. Amoruso, Esq.*
Partner
Amoruso & Amoruso, LLP
Karon C. Bales, T.E.P., C.S.
Partner
Bales Beall LLP
Richard V. Boulger
Adjunct Lecturer
University of Arizona
Anthony J. De Carlo, VMD
President, Rayne Clinical Nutrition
Veterinary Management Consultant
Co-Founder and former CEO
RBVH Veterinary Healthcare Network
Stuart H. Fine, D.H.A.
Associate Professor
College of Public Health
Temple University
Ira H. Fuchs
Former President, BITNET, LLC
The Philadelphia Contributionship
Ithaka Harbors, Inc.
Susan E. Gnall
Senior Vice President Wealth Management
Morgan Stanley
John W. Gogarty
President
Coyne Public Relations
David Hertz
President & CEO
Sealy Mattress Company of New Jersey
The Hon. Thomas H. Kean
Chairman, THK Consulting, LLC
Former Governor, The State of New Jersey
Former President, Drew University
Karen A. Keninger*
Director, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
Library of Congress
Catherine A. Kiernan, Esq.
Former Vice President & General Counsel (retired)
Seton Hall University
Michael B. McKitish
Assistant Head for Finance and Operations
Peddie School
Vicki N. Meyers-Wallen, V.M.D., Ph.D., Dipl. ACT
Associate Professor, Genetics & Reproduction (retired)
J.A. Baker Institute for Animal Health
Cornell University
Michael H. Mittelman, O.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
President
Salus University
Susan Pomerantz, Ph.D.*
Licensed psychologist
Private practice
Honorary Trustees
Hugh A. D’Andrade, Esq.
Vice Chairman & Chief Administrative Officer (retired)
Schering-Plough Corporation
Michael W. Ranger
Partner
Diamond Castle Holdings, LLC
*Graduate of The Seeing Eye
Graduate Stories
Interspersed throughout this annual report are stories from people who graduated from The Seeing Eye in Fiscal Year 2019. Each story is accompanied by a photo of the graduate and his or her Seeing Eye dog.
Marlin Nagtegaal and Champ
“Champ has become a completely life-altering force, both physically and emotionally,” said Marlin Nagtegaal. Marlin and Champ, a German shepherd, graduated from The Seeing Eye in May 2019.
Marlin is the director of the Beckett School at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, and also teaches at the school. “On top of that, I am director of music at a downtown Episcopal church,” Marlin said. “No time to get bored!”
Champ is Marlin’s first Seeing Eye dog. “I had no idea what to expect,” he said. “Having only become blind in the last five years, I have had a major lifestyle change, and Champ has made that transition so much easier. My work entails much traveling and Champ has made that so much easier for me. Not a day goes by without Champ getting complimented from people as we stand waiting for trains, stop lights, or line ups. I can’t thank you enough for what you have done for me and my family!”
Claudia Del Real and Jackson
Claudia Del Real and Jackson, a golden retriever, graduated in January 2019. Claudia, who lives in Whiting, Indiana, is a vocational rehabilitation counselor for the state of Indiana.
“Jackson goes to work with me, we go to stores together, we run errands, such as doctor’s appointments or going to the bank, and social events, including indoor and outdoor concerts,” she said. “We love going for long walks, usually three to five times a week. Whenever we go by a local business we frequent, I can feel Jackson turning his head, as if he’s asking me, ‘Are we stopping here today?’ He is an amazing guide and has been life-altering for me. I feel so much more independent because of him!”
Stacy Fuehrer and Onida
Stacy Fuehrer of West Allis, Wisconsin, graduated in May 2019 with her sixth Seeing Eye dog, a yellow Labrador retriever named Onida.
“I started a new job in a new city in December, and she really makes the commute easier,” Stacy said. “There are some wide street crossings, one with three islands… and one of those islands is at an angle!”
Stacy, who calls herself “a proud Seeing Eye graduate,” says Onida is all business when she’s in harness but when she gets home, she loves to play with a squeaky ball or while chewing a bone. “She enjoys giving her front paws to me, and will even try to be a lap dog,” Stacy said.
Christopher Zobrist and Carter
Chris Zobrist graduated from The Seeing Eye in March 2019 with his first Seeing Eye dog, a German shepherd named Carter.
“I’m currently taking some time off and applying to Stanford for a one-year master’s in education program. I’ll hear back from the admissions office in March, so that’ll determine our next big step,” said Chris, who lives in Berkeley, California. “In the meantime, we have time to travel between the Bay Area and Los Angeles to spend time with my parents and younger brother and sister.”
Chris said he and Carter go for long walks every day. “His favorite thing to do is to play fetch in my yard, and to play with my brother’s Shiba Inu, Daisy. They love running around together at my parent’s house.” He also loves going in the water, whether it’s dipping his feet in Chris’s parents’ pool or on the beach in Oahu, Hawaii, where they vacationed last summer.
Sharina Kershaw and Xander
“Xander is my Seeing Eye dog and my best friend,” said Sharina Kershaw of Lilbourne, Missouri. “He has shown me independence I never thought I would have in my lifetime.”
Xander, a golden retriever, is Sharina’s first Seeing Eye dog. Since they were matched in April 2019, the two have traveled extensively. “I love him for his travel skills, he is the best of the best,” Sharina said. “This summer we will go to Baltimore to see my best friend, then in Florida we’ll be going to see another friend, and then we’ll be headed off to Colorado to see family.”
Sharina said Xander loves to play outside, with his squeaky bone, and with a big orange ball. “He gets me through everything,” she said. “I am truly grateful to have him!”
Charlie MacDonald and Tula
Charlie MacDonald of Halifax, Nova Scotia, returned to The Seeing Eye in January 2019 to be matched with his fifth Seeing Eye dog, a black Labrador/golden cross named Tula.
“Tula is an excellent worker,” said Charlie, a retired civil engineer and the former executive director of the Nova Scotia Disabled Persons Commission. “She loves to work – she’s very focused and eager to please. She learns a routine once and is fine after that.”
Charlie said he goes to the gym every morning, usually out of the house by 6:30 a.m., and she sits quietly while he does spin class or swimming. “I take her harness off and she loves to get a pat from the lifeguards as she patiently waits for me to finish my swim or workout,” he said.
“She is a very loving dog and I am very pleased with her work.”
THE SEEING EYE SOCIETY
($25,000+)
Through their generous donations, the members of The Seeing Eye Society are ensuring that The Seeing Eye will continue its mission of enhancing the independence, dignity, and self-confidence of people who are blind or visually impaired through the use of Seeing Eye dogs.
This membership listing and the listings on the following pages are for gifts received between Oct. 1, 2018, and Sept. 30, 2019.
Mrs. Patricia E. Altorfer
Mr. & Mrs. Howard M. Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Bahm
A.W. Baldwin Charitable Foundation
Bannerot-Lappe Foundation
Sandra Atlas Bass & Edythe & Sol G. Atlas Fund, Inc.
Rita V. Bergerson
Anton & Augusta Birkel Foundation
Eleanor Collins Boas Foundation
Margaret A. Darrin Charitable Trust
Anthony J. De Carlo, VMD
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Duffy
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Eld
Mrs. Jane V. Engel*
The Robert G. & Jane V. Engel Foundation
Fasken Oil & Ranch, Ltd.
Jeri & Matt Frankel
Golden Dome Foundation Inc.
John & Sheridan Greeniaus
Nancy Jane Hamilton Trust
Ann T. Hardiman Fund of the CFNJ
Mrs. Mary Ellen Harris
Dorothy B. Hersh Foundation
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.
The Arthur L. & Elaine V. Johnson Foundation
F.M. Kirby Foundation
Mrs. Gwynne G. McDevitt
Merck Animal Health
Ms. Christine C. Merlo
Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Niemann
Alfiero & Lucia Palestroni Foundation, Inc.
Richard A. Perritt Charitable Foundation
L.E. Phillips Family Foundation
Mrs. Nancy B. Richman
Ms. Abigail E. Rittmeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Stegens
The Josephine Hughes Sterling Foundation
Mrs. Marilyn Stiglitz
David & Janice Szumowski
Ms. Elena M. Valencia
The Vanech Family Foundation
Mr. Robert M. Wagman
Josh & Judy Weston
Wildwood Foundation
Wohlers Family Foundation
Four members wish to remain anonymous
*Deceased
Nibbles and Sips
This article has four photos.
The first photo shows a couple, standing with a golden retriever, and Jim Kutsch with his Seeing Eye dog, a German shepherd named Vegas. The caption reads: Hosts Cyrus and Mitzi Freidheim with their adopted Seeing Eye golden retriever, Beau, with then- Seeing Eye President & CEO James A. Kutsch, Jr., and his now retired Seeing Eye dog, Vegas.
The second photo shows two people standing and talking with a woman who has a golden retriever at her side. The caption reads: Andrew R. Fulton and Lillian Tobin meet with Gail Jones and her pet golden retriever.
The third photo shows a woman wearing a large hat holding up a small white dog. The caption reads: Maureen Kenny and her West Highland white terrier enjoy the theme of “Ladies wear hats and dogs wear leashes,” at the Freidheim reception.
The fourth photo shows five people standing inside a large lobby with a high ceiling. The caption reads: Donald and Patricia Altorfer with Jim Kutsch and Vegas and Seeing Eye Trustee Anthony De Carlo, V.M.D., and Heather Baginski, D.V.M.
In March 2019, The Seeing Eye traveled to Florida for two “Nibbles and Sips” events hosted by Seeing Eye supporters and attended by Seeing Eye staff as well as Seeing Eye graduates.
On March 6, Mitzi and Cyrus Freidheim hosted a dog-friendly garden party at their home in at their home in Lost Tree Village in Palm Beach County, Florida.
The following day, The Seeing Eye visited Florida’s west coast! Patricia and Donald Altorfer hosted a cocktail reception for The Seeing Eye at the Hole in the Wall Golf Club in Naples, Florida.
DOROTHY HARRISON EUSTIS SOCIETY
($10,000 - $24,999)
Dorothy Harrison Eustis had a determined, forthright spirit and a love for working dogs and her fellow man. This Society honors her courage and perseverance as founder of The Seeing Eye.
The Allergan Foundation
ASCO
The David R. & Patricia D. Atkinson Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Barron
Ms. Barbara Baumgaertner
Mrs. Andi Becker
The Flora N. Beggs Trust
Ari & Margarita Benacerraf
Benjamin Moore & Co.
Joanne M. Bicknese, DVM, MS, ELS
Jamacha Bloom Family Foundation
Ms. Candice R. Bolte
Ms. M. Elizabeth Brannon
Joseph J. & Carin A. Caffarelli Charitable Foundation
Ms. Eleanor S. Campbell-Swank & Mr. Darrell E. Swank
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Carrier
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Cecchi
The Michele & Agnese Cestone Foundation
Compassion-First Pet Hospitals Inc.
CTW Foundation
Davis Family Memorial Trust
The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
Mrs. Ellen Ann Eckman
Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr.
Freshpet
Mr. Frederick M. Fultz
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gnall
Goldman Sachs & Co., LLC
The Goodnow Fund
Gorman Family Foundation
Robert & Dana Hamwee
Healthy Vision Association
Mr. & Mrs. David Hertz
Heyco Products
The Interpublic Group of Companies
Jephson Educational Trusts
The Kean Foundation
Michael J. Kosloski Foundation
Jim & Ginger Kutsch
The John & Mary Laverty Donor Advised Fund of the Black Hills Area Community Foundation
Ed Lucas Foundation, Inc.
The McCutchen Foundation
Mello-Hill Charitable Fund of the CFNJ
Miranda Fund of the CFNJ
Mr. Michael Nash & Ms. Carolyn Duffy
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Newsom
Northrop Grumman
Ms. Inmaculada Z. Ortoll
Carolyn A. Petrus Memorial Seeing Eye Dog Fund of the Centre Foundation
Mr. William J. Pimblott
Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Ranger
Mildred L. & John F. Rasweiler Family Fund
Ritchie-Kirk Foundation, Inc.
Ms. St. Clare Seifert
Katherine J. Shelton
Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Shorser
Mr. William D. Smith
The Donald B. & Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation
Martha Washington Straus - Harry H. Straus Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Mary J. Strelko
Mrs. Shelby Strudwick
Mrs. Susan Tagliaferro
Mr. William A. Trebilcock*
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Vetere
The Walsh Family Fund at the CFNJ
Ms. Katherine B. Weissman
Josh & Judy Weston Family Foundation Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Wodder
Ms. Joan Woolard
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Zoric
One member wishes to remain anonymous
Jim Kutsch Retires
This story has a photo of Jim Kutsch crouching next to his Seeing Eye dog, a yellow Labrador retriever named Easton.
Dr. James A. Kutsch, Jr., who in 2006 became the first graduate of The Seeing Eye to serve as its President & CEO, retired on September 29, 2019.
“Although my tenure as The Seeing Eye’s President and CEO has ended, I will always be connected through my Seeing Eye dogs and the many friends I’ve made through The Seeing Eye,” he said.
Glenn D. Hoagland, who has been leading non-profits for more than 30 years – most recently the Mohonk Preserve in Gardiner, N.Y., New York’s largest non-profit nature preserve – started the next day as President & CEO of The Seeing Eye.
“I leave The Seeing Eye in good hands, and look forward to a great future for The Seeing Eye under Glenn’s leadership,” Jim said. “He brings a fresh perspective to this position to help guide us over the next decade, into our 100th anniversary year and beyond."
MORRIS FRANK SOCIETY
($5,000 - $9,999)
Morris Frank’s determination as the pioneer guide dog user opened the door to independent living for thousands of blind people forevermore.
Ms. Audrey Anderson
Mr. Michael M. Anderson, Sr.
David S. Ascher, M.D., Charitable Foundation
Barbara A. Backer, RN
Mrs. Martha S. Bardin
Ms. Alma Baumgaertner
Bergen Catholic High School
BlackRock, Inc.
Mrs. Barbara Anne C. Bolin
Bonfire Foundation
Mr. Richard V. Boulger & Ms. Mary S. Irion
Mr. & Mrs. John Buckley
The Emil Buehler Foundation, Inc.
Lolly Burke
Byram Lakes Elementary School
Thomas & Agnes Carvel Foundation
Jim & Donna Chambers
Mr. & Mrs. Nirmal Chatterjee
S. Leigh Pierson & Douglas R. Conant Family Cookie Jar Foundation, Inc.
Mrs. Nancy Cottrell
Cranshaw Corporation
Ms. Kathleen R. Cryderman
Ms. Lois Dezura
Mr. Roger A. Dickson
Mr. Scott D. Dickson
Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation
Ms. Jennifer Eckert
The Edouard Foundation, Inc.
The Roger & Ann Edwards Fund at the Arizona Community Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Steven G. Einhorn
EONE Timepieces, Inc.
Mr. Michael Ervolini
FirstEnergy Foundation
Foglia Family Foundation
Mrs. Grace Franze
Harriet G. Fredericks Foundation
Mr. James Freeman & Mrs. Laura Lofaro-Freeman
Fund for the New Jersey Blind
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Miss Lynn F. Gantner
Senator & Mrs. William L. Gormley
Ms. Marilyn Graham-Mulach
Gran Fondo NJ LLC
The Graymer Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Graziano
Mr. Phelps Greene
The Paul B. Greetin and Beryl S. Greetin Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Guenther
Mr. Allen Hagstrand
Harris FRC Corporation
Ms. Elaine O. Hathaway
Mary Ellen & Gates Hawn
Hermione Foundation
Mr. Sterling F. Higgins
Doris & Martin Hoffman Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Robert W. Hoke & Ms. Colleen D. Brennan
Mr. & Mrs. S. Theodore Horwitz
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Hughes
Mrs. Jean Harrison Hyland
Miss Barbara L. Jennings
Jersey Central Power & Light
Mr. & Mrs. S. Gregg Johnson, Jr.
Mr. Alton C. Jones & Mrs. Tami Scribner-Jones
Greg & Shellie Kalinsky
The Kefalas-Pinto Foundation
Mrs. Tracy Keogh
The Kogan Charitable Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. George Krajewski
Mr. OhSang Kwon & Ms. Alice Kang
Dr. & Mrs. Charles A. Leff
Loving Eyes 4-H Puppy Club
LSV Asset Management
KLM Foundation
The MCJ Amelior Foundation
McMullen Family Foundation
Meerwarth Family Foundation Trust
Dr. & Mrs. James Metzger
Mrs. Pamela Morlan
Naddisy Foundation
NAIFA - Northwest Jersey Chapter
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Nierstedt
NRG Energy Plus Holdings, LLC
The Nussbaum Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Nussenbaum
Ocean County Puppy Power 4-H Club
Mrs. Maxine H. Paley
Steve & Georgiann Pangere
The Richard Laurence Parish Foundation
Mrs. Sofia I. Pantel del Cueto
Ms. Stephanie C. Payne
Peapack-Gladstone Bank
Ms. Elinor L. Plumer
Mrs. Ann C. Poll
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Postighone, Specialty Management Company
Princeton University Class of 1988
Mr. David Rabinsky
Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Rick, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. C. Graydon Rogers
Ms. Adrienne P. Scott
Sealy Mattress Company of New Jersey
Gerald B. Shreiber Foundation
William E. Simon Foundation
A. W. Snyder Fund
Sordoni Construction Co.
Mrs. Marian Sparkes
Mr. & Mrs. Mark G. Steinberg
Ms. Carol L. Timm
Eleanor Twomey Charitable Trust
United Fire Group Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. David Van Scott
Mr. Alan W. Ward
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Watkinson
Sally A. Webb, Ph.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul C. Whitstock
Ms. Anne E. Whittington
Ms. Christine A. Will
Mrs. Millie E. Williams
Ms. Colleen E. Wunderlich & Mr. James A. Ciarlette II
Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Young
Dr. Anthony J. Zangara
Two members wish to remain anonymous
Garden State Fondo
This story has a photo of a man wearing a bicycling jersey, shorts, and helmet. Across the chest of the jersey reads Garden State Fondo. He’s sitting on a bench with a young black Labrador retriever puppy. Above the bench is a sign reading “Kisses”. The caption reads: Bill Ruddick, Executive Director of Garden State Fondo, with a black Labrador retriever Seeing Eye puppy in our “kissing booth.” Photo by Victoria Alfonzo.
The Garden State Fondo – previously known as Gran Fondo NJ – is an annual bike tour through the picturesque New Jersey Highlands. It was held September 8, 2019, and drew more than 2,200 cyclists who could choose from between five different courses, ranging from the 18-mile “Breve” to the 105-mile “Gran.” The event raises money for area non-profits, including The Seeing Eye!
The Seeing Eye staffs a rest stop along the route, handing out water, energy bars, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and bananas, but also cheesecake, chocolate-dipped cannoli, and even espresso! There also are staff members, volunteers, puppy raisers, and of course puppies to cheer on the riders… and there even was a puppy “kissing booth” to inspire the riders to keep pedaling.
The seventh annual Seeing Eye Doggy Dash was held on September 7 to coincide with the weekend of events surrounding the Garden State Fondo at the request of Fondo organizers. Both the Garden State Fondo and The Seeing Eye Doggy Dash set records with the number of registered participants. The Doggy Dash featured a 1-mile pet-friendly walk held at the Vail Mansion in Morristown and the 5K was held on the previously USATF certified course at nearby Lidgerwood Park. Nearly 300 participants, plus dogs and many young children registered for the event.
JACK HUMPHREY SOCIETY
($1,000 - $4,999)
The Seeing Eye’s first instructor and geneticist, Jack Humphrey trained Buddy, the first Seeing Eye dog, and Morris Frank, the first guide dog user. This Society honors him and all the Seeing Eye instructors who have followed in his footsteps.
Active Learning Centers & Lehigh Valley Martial Arts
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Adams
The Adelaar Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Gustavo Aguirre
Charles & Dianne Ahto
Alvogen Inc.
AmazonSmile
The Adam F. & Judith H. Ambielli Foundation
The Ames Charitable Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel Andrews
Mr. & Mrs. David Armstrong
Ms. Roellyn Armstrong
Miss Tamara Armstrong
Ms. Ida Astute
Atlantic Stewardship Bank
Mr. Corey Austen
Ms. Johanna Babiak
Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Baily
Mr. & Mrs. Roger F. Baker
Mr. Joseph C. Balaisius
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie R. Banach
Barclays TCI
Dr. & Mrs. Sol J. Barer
Mr. Donald Barnes, Sr.
Miss Molly Barnes
Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Barnett
Ms. Gail F. Bartow
Michael* & Melissa Baumgartner
Raymond & Lucille Benedetto Charitable Fund of the CFNJ
Mr. George Benekos
Mr. Henry Benoit
Mr. & Mrs. Jack D. Berger
Sol & Margaret Berger Foundation
Mr. David M. Berwind, Sr.
Dr. & Mrs. Darryl N. Biery
Binsky Home Service
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Blair
Mr. Thomas M. Blanchfield
Mr. Sy Blechman
Paul & Dina Block Foundation
Mr. Milan J. Bogdanovic
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Boland
Mr. Paul S. Bollinger II
Mrs. Rebecca Bollinger
Ms. Mary Bonanno
Mrs. Patricia A. Bowermaster
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Branca
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel P. Braun
Deborah Braun
The Julian A. and Lois G. Brodsky Foundation
Ms. Karenanne Brown
R. Emory & Ruth S. Brown Charitable Trust of the Pittsburgh Foundation/Community Foundation of Westmoreland County
Ms. Bonnie Bruning
Mr. & Mrs. Nick Bruno
Mrs. Ann Barrett Bryan
Mr. Niles Bryant
Carol & Ray Bsarany
Mrs. Shirley M. Bucks
Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Burke, Jr.
Cynthia Burns
Mrs. Alicia Cahill-Watts
Ms. Carla Campbell & Mr. Scott Stanton
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Campbell, the Campbell Family Foundation, Inc.
Campbell Hall School
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Caravetta
Tracy & Jerry Carcione
Dr. Jerry Carle
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Carter
Joseph & Patricia Casey
Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Casey
Mr. Warren J. Casey & Ms. Andra Racibarskas
Mr. & Mrs. James Cassidy
The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine
Mr. Robert Cavalero
Mrs. Catherine A.M. Cavanaugh
Dr. & Mrs. Lewis M. Chakrin
Mr. Robert Chapman
Mr. Charlton Chatfield
Mr. Gene Chelberg
Mr. & Mrs. Jrjyan Chen
Chester Lions Club
Mr. Murray B. Chidester
Mrs. Anna Chosak
Ms. Rita Christian
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Clark
Mrs. Ellen A. Clarke
Dr. Lawrence X. Clifford
Cocoluxe Fine Pastries
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Coffey
Ms. Patricia M. Colbert & Mr. Russ Steenberg
Ms. Angelina Corigliano
Ms. Lynn Cornick
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Cors
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Coughlin
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Covert
Ms. Tracy Crimmins
Ms. Arlene Criscione
Mr. Samuel Curtis III
The Dammann Fund, Inc.
Lewis & Marjorie Daniel Foundation
The Joe & Hellen Darion Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Kyna Darrow-Barr & Mr. Stephen Barr
The Ronald & Joan David Foundation
Carolyn & Platt Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Edward De Luca
Ms. Dorothy Dean
Mr. & Mrs. Rooney deButts
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Willard J. DeFilipps
Ms. Barbara Del Tufo
Ms. Beverly V. DeLaney
Mr. & Mrs. Dave Dematte
The Jennifer & Kurt Denlinger Family Foundation
Mr. Dean Denniston, Jr.
Ms. Jackie DeShannon
Mr. Leonard J. Detoma, Sr.*
Dr. Paul C. Deutsch
Gail & Donald* Dewitt
Mr. & Mrs. Norbert Dickman
The DiCola Family
Judy & Richard Dolinko & Family
Brian & Trish Dorey
Ms. Deborah Dorsey
Lisa Drakeman & Donald Drakeman
Ms. Lesley Draper
Mr. Kenneth Dreyfuss
Mr. Jay Weinberg & Ms. Patricia Drozd
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Drury
Ms. Catherine DuBois
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. Duffy
Ms. Marilouise Durkin
Catherine A. Dwyer School
Ms. Katherine Dydensborg
Ms. Tara Earley
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Ebel
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas B. Eberle
Mrs. Mary Eberle
Ms. Jean O. Edwards
Ms. Loretta Elia
Mr. Stephen M. Elliott & Mr. Rusty Fox
Ms. Patricia M. Engelman
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Engerman
Mr. & Mrs. William Ennis
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Eshleman
Mr. Gary Eulo
Mr. Clifford F. Evans
Mr. George Exarhacos
Fairfield Grace United Methodist Church
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence G. Falender
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Falzon
Fanwood Presbyterian Church - Thrift Shop
Mr. George Farrell & Ms. Wendy Knudsen Farrell
Dr. Peter C. Farrell
Ms. Joyce Feinberg
Ms. Erin A. Felger
Ms. Lynn Fergusson
Ms. April J. Fey
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart H. Fine
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Fisher
Ms. Janna Fitzgerald
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Flanagan
Daniel Flannery & Tammy Flannery
Ms. Patricia E. Fleming
Ms. Betty O. Fogleman
Mr. & Mrs. Peter I. Ford
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Freeberg
Mr. Mike Freeman
Mr. Henry Freiss
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Freiss
Ms. Anne B. Fritz
Mr. William U. Funk
Mr. Kenneth L. Furman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Gaertner
Ms. Frederica G. Gamble
Ms. Devina Kanani & Mr. Aakash S. Gandhi
Mr. & Mrs. Steven R. Gerleit
Ms. Megan Goger
Ms. Aliza Goldgewert
Stanley & Audrey Goldstein Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Gomez
Elizabeth C. Goodwin Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Goodwin
Dr. Karen L. Gourgey
Ms. Joan Grandinetti
E.J. Grassmann Trust
Ms. Katherine Grasso
Jeff Greenberg Charitable Foundation Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald M. Greenblatt
Mr. & Mrs. Stephan Gross
Mr. Stephen M. Gross
Mrs. Renee Gruenspecht
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Gryska
Mr. & Mrs. Rob L. Haffley
Mr. Lawrence S. Hall
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Halliwell
Mr. Gerald Handel
Mr. Adam Handler
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Hanson
Mr. Steven Hardardt II
Hardin, Kundla, McKeon & Poletto
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Harris
Hasbrouck Heights Lions Club, Inc.
Ms. Leslie Hazenfield
Mrs. Pamela Heady
The Bruce J. Heim Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Coleman V. Henry
C. Edward & Gloria Herder Foundation
Mr. Douglas Herkner
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell L. Herman
Mr. Thomas M. Hill & Ms. Ann M. Flower
Ms. Merrilee Hill-Kennedy & Mr. Scott Kennedy
Mrs. Chao-Min Hoe
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher S. Holland
Dolores M. Holle, VMD
Mr. Leo B. Hollein
John & Judy Hollenbach
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Holtaway
Ms. Theodora W. Hooton
Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Hopkins
Miss Susan C. Hopkins
Mr. John Horna
Mr. John W. Hosfeld
Ms. Jane H. Howe & Mr. Robert Lingeman
Mr. Scott Howell
J.M. Huber Corporations
Dr. Lori B. Ingber
Mrs. Doris L. Irmiter*
Ms. Susan Irmiter Barger
Mr. & Mrs. Steven H. Isaacson
Ms. Connie Jacomini
Mr. & Mrs. John James
Ms. Theresa Javier
Ms. Patricia Jehle & Mr. James Reidy
Ms. Tiffany Jessen
The Joelson Foundation
Ms. Patricia Kanischak
Mr. Stephen C. Kapantais, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Kaplan
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew E. Kauders
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Kaufman
Mr. & Mrs. L. William Kay II
Ms. Elizabeth A. Keat
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Keith, Jr.
Mr. Dennis J. Kelleher
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Kellner
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Kelly
Ms. Karen Keninger & Mr. Bryan Healy
Anna W. Kerr
Catherine Kiernan, Esq. & Bill Van Nostrand
Mr. John Killiany & Ms. Deborah Greenman
Mrs. Naomi Y. Kindsvater
Ms. Carol T. Kipilman
Mr. Frederick K. Kleen III & Ms. Virginia M. DeLalla
Dr. Stanley J. Knep
Ms. Flora Knorr
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Mr. & Mrs. Kent Kollmer
Mr. Robert Koral
Mr. Richard R. Kortonick
Ms. Patricia M. Koyce
Mrs. Gaytha I. Kraushar
Ulrike Kreiner-Holzhauer and Viktor Kreiner
Ms. Harriet F. Krupp
Ms. Susan Kuczka
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Kulpa
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Kuntz
Ms. Elissa La Bagnara
Ms. Camille LaGatta
Mr. & Mrs. David H. Lake
Lakes Corvette Club
Ms. Barbara A. Landmann
Ms. Diane Lane
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lauria
LAWSgiving Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundations
Mr. & Mrs. Alexandre Lebeaut
Mrs. Denise Lee
Ms. Judith C. Lee
Ms. Nancy C. Lelli
Mr. Anson Leonard* & Mrs. Tina Alewine
Mr. Martin Levion
Mr. Blake Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Walter H. Lion
Lipari Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard M. Lloyd
Ms. Carolyn Lloyd-Turbett & Mr. Patrick Turbett
Mr. Gerald R. Loll
Mr. & Mrs. Victor Lolli
The Lovett-Woodsum Foundation, Inc.
Ralph A. Loveys Family Charitable Foundation
Ms. Vanessa Anne Lowery
Mr. Allen Ludlum
Mr. & Mrs. David M. Lukacsena
Mary & Carl Lupo
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert A. Lurie
Luzerne County Council of the Blind
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lyons
The Maeve Foundation Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. William Major
Mr. & Mrs. Justin Mamis
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Manahan
Ms. Ellen M. Mangan
Mr. Gerald Manion
Mrs. Ann Mann
Mr. Eric Margolis
Mrs. Janet Marsicano
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Martin
Martin's Pastry Shoppe, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Maybury
McCarter & English, LLP
Mary & Jim McClure
Ms. Ruth I. McCracken
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas P. McDaniel
Mr. B. Alan McDermott
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Mr. Charles P. McKenna
Michael B. & Joanne McKitish
Mr. Robert McLeod & Ms. Susan Sumner
Miss Maria Meade
Mr. William G. Meiter
Dr. Gregory E. Menken & Dr. Michelle Menken
MetLife Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Meyerkopf
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Meyers
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Meyers
Vicki Meyers-Wallen, VMD, PhD
Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Milici
Mrs. Ellen M. Miller
Ms. Mindy S. Miller & Mr. Robert M. Rayner
Mr. & Mrs. Kash Mishra
Mrs. Ruth H. Mitchell
Dr. & Mrs. Michael H. Mittelman
Mr. & Mrs. Luis R. Mola
Anna A. Moldrup Foundation, Inc.
Jay R. Monroe Memorial Foundation
Mrs. Pim Montgomery
Mr. Timothy C. Mooney
Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Moran
Mrs. Jean Morello
Mr. & Mrs. George H. Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Scott T. Morgan
Morgan Stanley Foundation
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
The Moriah School of Englewood
Morris Arts
Mowi USA LLC
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Ms. Margo Myers Massey & Mr. Steven Massey
Nanell Foundation
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
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Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Nelson
MG Nelson Family Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Edwin B. Nettleton
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New Bridge Veterinary Practice
New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group
New York Yankees Foundation
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Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Noelke
Mrs. Rosanne Norton
Mr. John B. Nugent
Dr. & Mrs. Peter Nussbaum
Mr. Harry T. Nutter
Ms. Catherine A. O'Connor
Mr. & Mrs. Terrence M. O'Donovan
The Bill & Monica Oliver Foundation of the Ayco Charitable Foundation
Katherine L. Olson Charitable Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. William H. Olson
Mr. & Mrs. David Orbin
Mr. & Mrs. Jim O'Rourke
Ben Otner's Bar Mitzvah Project
Ms. Linda M. Palazzolo & Dr. Arthur M. Schackman
Parkview Animal Hospital, PC
Mrs. Mary L. Parsons
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Paulan
Mr. Donald A. Pause
Paws 4 a Cause - Seeing Eye Puppy Club
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Mr. & Mrs. Ferdinand Pieroni
Cheryl L. Pitz
Plymouth Rock Management Company of New Jersey
Susan G. Pomerantz, Ph.D.
The Powell Family Charitable Trust
Ms. Kristi Quadrato
Mr. & Mrs. Carl J. Quick
Ms. Annette Quinn
Mrs. Claire Durand Racamato
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Radcliff
The Raffiani Family Foundation
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The Charles L. Read Foundation
Recreation Farm Society, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Reed
RegentAtlantic Capital, LLC
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Dr. & Mrs. Stuart N. Rice
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Ms. Sheri Richardson
Mrs. Florence Rillo
Mr. & Mrs. Doug S. Roberts
Mr. Brooks Robinson
Mrs. Arlene Roden*
James & Mary Ann Rogers Gift Fund
Ms. Nanette Rosenbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rosengarten
Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation
Rosenthal Family Fund of the CFNJ
Mr. Kenneth Rosenthal
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Rosow
Mrs. Jane W. Ross
Mr. John Ross
Mr. Louis J. Roussel III
Ms. Rebecca Rowland
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander H. Rubenstein
Steven & Beverly Rubenstein Charitable Foundation
Ms. Regina Rubenstein
Mrs. Ellen L. Russell
Ms. Alice H. Ryan
Dr. & Mrs. Edward J. Saad
Saddle River Valley Lions Club
Saint David's School
The Samantha Fund of the CFNJ
Mrs. Sloan Samulski
Ms. Doris R. Satterwhite
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Schnadig Belgrad Foundation
Katherine Schneider, Ph.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Hank Schram
Mr. Kirk J. Schreiber
Mr. Edward Schulz
The Arnold A. Schwartz Foundation
Pamella C. Scotto
Mr. Robert G. Segel & Ms. Janice Sherman
Mr. Daniel B. Selcow
Mr. Richard J. Semple
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Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Shannon III
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Mr. Russell Shaw
Ms. Jann Shebesta
Miss Helen E. Sheehan
Ms. Martha W. Sholes
Ms. Irene Sidun
The Wendover Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest NJ
Raymond H.R. Silvertrust
Ms. Katharine B. Simonds
Ms. Eleanor L. Skinner
Mr. Bryan F. Smith, Jr.
Mr. Robert Snyder, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Steven G. Sogge
Mr. & Mrs. Michael D. Spangler
Mr. Sheridan Stanton
Sentinel Pines Foundation
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Mr. & Mrs. James Stenson
Mr. Frank J. Stock
Mr. & Mrs. Ian Stocks
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Stroeing
Mr. & Mrs. Francis J. Sweeney
Mr. Julius Szelagiewicz*
Mr. Stephen B. Tanner, Tanner Industries, Inc.
Ms. Kristin Tavares
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Taylor
Mrs. Cynthia Temoshenko
The Albert Payson Terhune Foundation
The Tiger Baron Foundation
Mr. Albert V. Tomea
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Mr. Philip V. Tower
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Ms. Evelyn D. Trebilcock
Mr. Bruce A. Tucker
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Uhle
Ed Uihlein Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ujvary, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Ulman
Union Foundation
United Fire Protection Corporation
Ms. Asha Unnikrishnan
Van Brimer Family Foundation
Ms. Vicki S. Van Mater & Mr. Joseph E. Kasputys
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Van Ostenbridge
Ms. Holly Van Pelt
Ms. Meghan Vander Plaat
Mr. Nicholas Vander Plaat
Mr. George J. Varga & Mrs. Lauri A. Varga
Veterans United Foundation
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Mr. Frank Viscomi
Visually Impaired Partnership Inc.
Mr. Geoffrey L. Waaler
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Wandell Elementary School
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Westfield Capital Management Company
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Alison Marie Wildman Foundation
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David Szumowski
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Mrs. Kathryn A. K. Taylor
Miss Lorraine Teehan
Ms. Rosemary Teehan
Mrs. Cynthia Temoshenko
Ms. Hien T. Thach
Mrs. Larraine A. Thompson
Ms. Susan Tillett
Mr. Michael Townsend*
Mr. Paul R. Trebilcock
Mrs. Renee Tucker
Mr. John Usinas
Miss Callie Van Wallendael
Mr. Daniel Vejil & Mrs. Jeanine Vejil
Mrs. Penny Verity
Mr. Robert J. Vetere
Mrs. Ana L. Vlieg Paulin
Mr. Sam Vona III
Mr. Geoffrey L. Waaler
Mrs. Rosemarie Wade
Dr. Donald Walhout
Dr. Brian Wallach
Mrs. Catherine C. Walters
Mrs. Gail Wardle
Mr. Brian C. Watson
Mrs. Paula L. Webber
Ms. Shari Weir
Mrs. Linnette Whalen
Ms. Antoinette Whaley
Mrs. Chelsea C. White
Ms. Elizabeth White
Mrs. Margaret Whitehead
Ms. Anne E. Whittington
Ms. Linda Wiggins
Miss Jennifer C. Wilgus
Miss Wendy Williams
Mrs. Bonna Williamson
Ms. Sharlene Wills
Mr. David Wood
Ms. Colleen E. Wunderlich
Mrs. Patricia Yarbrough
Ms. Elaine Young
Mrs. Janet R. Young
Mr. Michael A. Young
Mr. Arko Ypma
Ms. Vita Zavoli
Six members wish to remain anonymous
Graduate Society: Terrie Mailhiot
Terrie Mailhiot is a proud of member of The Seeing Eye’s Graduate Society. “I donate to The Seeing Eye because I want to give something back to help somebody else,” she said.
Terrie, who lives in Surrey, British Columbia, has been working with Seeing Eye dogs for 40 years. Her current partner is a yellow Labrador retriever named Nick.
“Nick is a very loving, gentle dog. He's very good in his work. He's such a happy dog! He's excited whether we're getting on the bus or going into a store. He just loves being with me,” she said.
“The Seeing Eye has made my life not just easier, but nicer. It's nice to walk with a dog! And I love talking to him, too. He's a great listener.”
Half Century Club
In 2019, nine Seeing Eye graduates were added to the Half Century Club, signifying the milestone of working with Seeing Eye dogs for 50 years or more.
Kathleen Cima
Daryl Diller
Eugenia Firth
Michael E. Lorance
Michael Moran
John B. Nugent
Michael Reed
Irma Smalley-Herzog
Lorraine Teehan
…join the ranks of other alumni previously named to the Half Century Club:
Agnes Allen
Annette Anderson
James Barnes
Audley Blackburn
Ruth Blair
Donna Bluhm
Susan Bowmaster
Arnold Bowser
Cynthia Brown
Mari Bull
Reja-e Busailah
Joan Buzza
Dorothy Casabianca
Louise Chuha
Dolores Coombs
Alan Dalton
Diane Davis
Mary Davis
Denise Decker
Kathy Devin
Joyce Driben
Hon. Davis Duty
Albert Evans
Kathleen Faul
Clare Fox
Cristina Frias
Janice Frost
Peggy Garrett
Jacqueline Giles
Lee Hagmeier
Gerald Handel
Leonard Harris
Mary Hilton
Andrew Hoffman
Natalie Johnson
Jane Lang
Mort Kayser
Walter Keith
Joe Klatt
Norma Krajczar
Father Seamus A. Kuebler, O.S.A.
Louis Leotta Jr.
George Long
David Loux
Josephine Luland
Toula McEllen
Lois Mills
Harry Monk
Frank Morrissey
Grace Napier
Deanna Noriega
Linda Paul
Elizabeth Rilling
Marilyn Rodda
Sandra Ruconich
Sylvie Sammons
Susan Shevlin
Laura Sloate
Marlys Stevens
James Swan
Rosemary Teehan
John Turner
Elba Velez
Douglas Wakefield
Donald Walhout
Brian Wallach
Lloyd White
SHEPHERD SOCIETY
With appreciation from The Seeing Eye, the Shepherd Society was established to recognize individuals who have provided 25 or more years of financial support to The Seeing Eye.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Albrecht
Ms. Barbara A. Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Altamura
Mrs. Virginia A. Altmann
Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Altorfer
Mrs. Lois Altshul
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Anders
Ms. Mary Ellen Appleman
Rana McMurray Arnold
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie F. B. Ashburner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Baechtold
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry H. Ballengee
Ms. Dianne W. Batten
Ms. Norma H. Baum
Mrs. John J. Bayeux
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Beattie, Jr.
Mrs. Leoniece B. Beatty
Mr. & Mrs. George Benson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. H. Wayne Berens
Mrs. Ethel Berman
Ms. Elaine T. Bermas
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Bernard
Ms. Carol J. Besszong
Mrs. Marilyn A. Bieler
Dr. & Mrs. Darryl N. Biery
Mr. & Mrs. Scott A. Bilby
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Birnbaum
Mr. & Mrs. Dean H. Birth
Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Blanchard
Ms. Jean Blood
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Boime
Mrs. Robert H. Bolling, Jr.
Ms. Gail Bongiovanni
Miss Josephine Bonomo
Mr. Gerald J. Bour
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin L. Boxill
Mrs. Donna R. Boyd
Fred & Kathy Brack
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne E. Bradley
Mr. Paul D. Braunstein
Mr. Timothy L. Brehme
Mrs. Vilma Briccola, Sr.
Mrs. Susan B. Brier
Miss Christina Brino
Ms. Lorraine A. Brown
Mrs. Charlotte L. Brumbaugh
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Buchner
Mrs. Marjorie B. Buckley
Ms. Susan A. Burgstahler
Lolly Burke
Dr. & Mrs. J. P. Burlein
Dr. Reja-e Busailah
Mrs. Ruth Busch
Miss June Buser
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Buzza
Janet M. Calvert
Ms. Carla Campbell & Mr. Scott Stanton
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick B. Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. J. Robert Campbell, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Campbell
Mr. James P. Caputo
Ms. Andrea M. Cardella
Mr. Henry A. Caron
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin P. Carroll
Mr. Calvin Carver & Ms. Anne Delaney
Mrs. Dorothy Casabianca
Catherine A.M. Cavanaugh
Mrs. Corinne K. Chapman
Mr. & Mrs. Richard T. Chase
Mrs. Joan F. Chinal
Mr. & Mrs. Steven A. Cianci
Mrs. Marilyn Cioffi
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Clark, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan M. Clark
Mrs. Carol D. Clayton
Ms. Marie L. Cleary
Mrs. Madeline T. Clinton
Gerald Cohen, MD
Mrs. Jane E. Coleman & Ms. Betsy J. Coleman
Mr. & Mrs. Umberto Coletta
Ms. Anne P. Conway
Mr. Walter Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. Edward G. Coyne
Miss Marjorie A. Crammer
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Cronin
Mrs. Mary D. Crowley
Ms. Patricia M. Cufflin
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh C. Cunningham
Mr. Ralph J. Cuomo
Mr. Michael Curran
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Daniel
Mr. Duane E. Dannecker
Mr. Stephen F. De Carlo
Mr. David G. De Roo
Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. De Smet
Dr. Denise Decker
Mr. & Mrs. James S. DeGroff
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Dellavalle
Mr. Dean Denniston, Jr.
Ms. Maxine Denniston
Mrs. Gail V. DeWitt
Mrs. Christine M. Dickson
Mr. Joseph A. Dimino
Mrs. Doris Dolan
Mr. James F. Dougherty
Dr. Lindsey Douglass
Miss Joyce Driben
Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Dunham, Jr.
Mr. Raymond W. Dupler, Jr.
Mrs. Rheva Dutka
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Dutko
The Honorable & Mrs. Davis Duty
Dr. Abraham B. Eastwood III
Mr. & Mrs. Basil Eavey
Mr. Charles H. Eckert
Mr. Alfred L. Elgert
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Engelmann
Mr. & Mrs.Victor F. Evans
Mrs. Sonya F. Facher
Mr. Salvatore J. Falletta
Mr. & Mrs. Don C. Fancher
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Feldgarden
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Felton
Mrs. Judith Fenton
Dr. James Ferwerda
Mary K. Fetzer
Mr. Kenneth H. Fields & Dr. Sheila Fields
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Flax
Carol & Don Fleischman
Mrs. Lillian C. Fleming
Miss Margaret A. Flynn
Mr. Stephen G. Fogle
Mrs. Susan F. Ford
Mr. & Mrs. Peter I. Ford
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde C. Fox
Mr. Richard Fox & Ms. Deborah Bloomer
Maria Franchino
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip A. Franzel
Mrs. Geraldine M. Fraser
Mr. & Mrs.Alvin Freedman
Dr. Richard B. Frost & Dr. Marty B. Frost
Mrs. Kiku Fukui
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick W. Gaertner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Gaertner
Miss Kathleen Gallagher
Ms. Katherine K. Gardner
Mrs. Millicent C. Gay
Mr. John M. Geisel & Ms. Betsey McNamara
Mr. & Mrs. Lee T. Gilbert
Mrs. Beatrice Gitlin
Ms. Elaine R. Goldman
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Golovin
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Goodman
Mrs. Norma Goos
Charlotte Gotz
Mr. Frank L. Gould, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Graff
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Graff
Miss Ann T. Graham
Mrs. Ann H. Granzen
Mrs. Carol Lippert Gray
Mr. Joseph Greenberg
Mr. & Mrs. John Greeniaus
Mr. & Mrs. William F. Grier
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Griffith
Mrs. Hedwig Grindley
Ms. Josephine V. Gumaer & Mr. Michael Whelan
Mrs. Shirley B. Hackney
Mrs. Judith K. Hallowell
Robert A. Halpern
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Harlan
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Harrison
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Harth
Dr. & Mrs. H. Hugh Hawkins, Jr.
Ms. Inna K. Hays
Ms. Allyson Helash & Mr. Denis De Grace
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard M. Heller, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Heller
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Helmers
Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Hennessy
F. Lois Henry
Mr. & Mrs. Earl L. Hensel
Ms. Patricia Hernandez
Ms. Eve R. Hershkowitz
Mrs. Irma Smalley-Herzog
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon C. Hill
Jamie C. Hilton
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Hinshaw III
Mr. Edward S. Hochman
Mr. Robert W. Hoke & Ms. Colleen D. Brennan
Dolores M. Holle, VMD
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Hollenbach
Dr. & Mrs. H. Friedrich Holzapfel
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn F. Holzlohner
Miss Susan C. Hopkins
Mr. & Mrs. Roger D. Horn
Mrs. Helen T. Horoshowski
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Hort
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Horton
Mr. Irwin Hott
Mrs. Jane S. Huck
Ms. Gertrude M. Huffman
Mrs. Helen M. Huling
Mrs. Vivian Hulse
Mrs. Betty M. Hunt
Ms. Frances M. Iadevaio
Mrs. Evelyn S. Irwin
Dr. Milton S. Jacobs
Jeanne Jaggard, MD
Mr. & Mrs. Walter T. Jankowski
Ms. Carol Jaskula
Mr. & Mrs. Philip K. Jensen
Mrs. Palmira John
Priscilla H. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs.Barry P. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Jones
Mr. James J. Joyce, Jr.
Mr. Thomas C. Kahler
Mrs. Gilbert Kahn
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Kamens
Mrs. Helen H. Kamish
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Karner
Ms. Mary P. Kassenbrock
Mr. & Mrs. John Katlic
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher P. Kauders
Mr. Robert A. Kazdin
Mr. David B. Keeney
Dr. & Mrs. Robert J. Keller
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kelley
Mr. John C. Kelly
Mrs. Audrey Kiffer
Ms. Sarah A. Kilgore
Mrs. Rita Kilpatrick
Colonel & Mrs. William T. King
Mrs. Shirley A. King
Mr. & Mrs. S. Dillard Kirby
Miss Grace M. Kirchner
Mr. Allan W. Kishpaugh
Mr. Frederick K. Kleen & Ms. Virginia M. DeLalla
Ms. Linda Marie Klein
Mr. & Mrs. Todd Klein
Mrs. Paul Kluck
Mrs. Barbara Knichel
Mrs. Jane B. Knight
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur R. Koenig
Mrs. Jean Koenig
Ms. Ruth A. Komarek
Earl Kragnes
Charles W. & Cissy R. Kramer
Mr. Daniel R. Kramer
Mr. & Mrs. Keith L. Krebeck
Mr. Thomas J. Kruszewski
Ms. Arlene Kryspin
Ms. Martha L. Kuchler
Miss Mary A. Kunst
Jim & Ginger Kutsch
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lafergola
Mrs. Rita Laubscher
Dr. Edward R. Laws, Jr.
Sally Ann Lazorchak
Ms. Patricia A. Lee
Dr. Harold F. Leeper & Ms. Ann B. Gourley
Mr. William W. Leete
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin M. Leiby, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin D. Leonard
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Leonardo
Mr. Richard J. Letourneau
Mr. & Mrs. Paige B. L'Hommedieu
Mr. & Mrs. James Lillis
Ms. Sarah Dean Link
Miss Catharine J. Loughran
Mr. & Mrs. David Loux
Mr. & Mrs. F. James Lubas
Mr. Allen Ludlum
Mr. George Lup III
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Lynch, Jr.
Mrs. Ann H. Mahon
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Malett
Miss Margery A. Manville
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Marsicovete
Mrs. Virginia S. Martin
Mr. & Mrs. Russell E. McCabe
Mrs. Grace McCarrey
Mrs. Gwynne G. McDevitt
Mr. Joseph McFadden
Mr. & Mrs. James B. McGraw
Mr. & Mrs. Allen A. McIntosh
Miss Maria Meade
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Meade
Mr. Richard Mendell
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Merckling
Mr. Richard G. Mercner
Mr. Manton B. Metcalf III
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard H. Meyers
Mr. & Mrs. Francisco A. Meza
Ms. Janice Miglin
Mr. Robert M. Milford, Jr.
Mrs. Ann Miller
Mr. Edward W. Miller
Mrs. Ellen M. Miller
Mrs. Joan M. Miller
Lois Mills
Mrs. Boyd E. Milum
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Mineo
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Moffitt
Ms. Angelina C. Monti
Mr. Timothy C. Mooney
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory F. Moore
Mrs. Lillian H. Moore
Mrs. Ada E. Morris
Mr. Kevin Morris
Mr. William M. Morriss
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Mowder
Miss Janet D. Murphy
Mr. Morgan J. Murray
Mr. & Mrs. Pat A. Nastro
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley L. Nathanson
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Nesci
Dr. & Mrs. Edwin B. Nettleton
Dr. & Mrs. Allan W. Newcomb
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Nichols
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Norman
Col. Suellyn W. Novak
Mr. Joseph Nugent
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Nusbaum
Dr. & Mrs. Peter Nussbaum
Richard K. O'Dea
Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Oden, Jr.
Ms. Mirdza Odins
Ms. Anne E. Olsen
Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Olshevski
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Omstead
Elizabeth Ostrowski
Margaret E. Otto
Mrs. Sandra Overton
Mr. Matthew A. Owen
Mrs. Mary Ann Oyer
Mr. & Mrs. Dean F. Paccioretti
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Padawer
Miss Susan M. Papp
Mrs. Theodore F. Paprocki
Mr. Charles Pardell
Mr. Robert T. Parker
Mr. & Mrs. John T. Parry
Mrs. Linda Paul
Dr. & Mrs. Stewart Perlman
Miss Rose N. Perotti
Mr. & Mrs. Edward D. Petrow
Ms. Charlene C. Petsch
Mr. Roland S. Pianotti
Mr. George E. Pickett, Jr.
Mrs. Sharon Pollard
Ms. Dena Polston
Ms. June Patricia Poppele
Mr. & Mrs. David G. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Fred M. Pressman
Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Probert
Mrs. Rita E. Pyle
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence E. Rachmiel
Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Ranger
Mildred & John Rasweiler
Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Regan
Mr. Stanley Wojnarowicz & Ms. Sharon S. Regen-Wojnarowicz
Mr. & Mrs. Garry J. Relton
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Rennon
Ms. Sally E. Rice
Mrs. Patricia F. Richards
Ms. Joan Ripley
K. M. Roadside
Mr. & Mrs. Max L. Robbins
Mr. & Mrs. Doug S. Roberts
Everett Roberts
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Roberts
Miss Marilyn Rodda
Mrs. Lucille A. Roener
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas V. Roger
Mr. & Mrs. C. Graydon Rogers
Mr. & Mrs. Howard Rosen
Mr. David E. Rosenson
Mr. Richard F. Rosenwald
Dr. Sandra K. Ruconich
Dr. & Mrs. Frederic E. Rueckert
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley M. Rumbough
Mrs. Ellen L. Russell
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Ryan
Ms. Nancy L. Ryan
Mrs. Ruth E. Sacco
Mrs. Frances Schloss, Sr.
Mrs. Gail D. Schmoyer
Mr. Brian M. Schnabel
Mr. Charles F. Schneider
Katherine Schneider, Ph.D.
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Schuster
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Schuyler
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Schwartz
Ms. Louise P. Sclafani
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scott
Ms. Claire J. Searing
Mrs. Barbara I. Sears
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen J. Sedlak
Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Semanchik
Mr. Richard J. Semple
Ms. Melissa P. Sharp
Mrs. Julia L. Shaw
Miss Elisabeth Shellenberger
Katherine Shelton
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Shepard III
Mrs. Shirley M. Shipston
Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Shorser
Ms. Kathryn A. Sikorski
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Silverberg
Mrs. Dorothy L. Simpson
Mr. Herbert S. Skovronek
Mr. & Mrs. Carl D. Slaughter
Ann C. Smith
Ms. Ruth E. Southwick
Mrs. Nancy Spellman
Ms. Agnes L. Stano
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Stefanick
Mrs. Florence Sterzer
Mrs. Durelle M. Stevens
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene W. Stika
Mrs. Joan T. Stiles
Mrs. George H. Strawbridge
Miss Suzanne Super
Ms. Helen M. Sutton
Miss Helen Swain
David & Janice Szumowski
Mr. Walter W. Talbot & Ms. Christine Keller
Dr. Dean G. Taylor
Mrs. Norma B. Taylor
Ms. Mina R. Terrana
Mr. & Mrs. Oswald Thalmann
Ms. Estelle J. Theander
Ms. Susan Thomas
Mr. J. J. Thomsen
Mr. & Mrs. R. D. Thomson
Mr. Albert V. Tomea
Mr. Terry K. Treadwell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert I. Truax
Mr. William L. Trubeck
Mr. Barry E. Trumbauer
Mrs. Barbara S. Turnbull
Mr. & Mrs. R. Hugh Van Brimer
Miss A. Ann Vaniderstine
Miss Karen Waldschmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Walker
Ms. Alexine Wallace
Dr. Brian Wallach
Mr. John G. Wallingford
Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Walsh, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Wardle
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Weidenhammer
Ms. Marcia E. Weiser
Mr. & Mrs. Solomon M. Weiss
Ms. Connie R. Weldon
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence White III
Mrs. Marie Whitlatch
Mr. Wayne B. Widmann & Rev. Cheryl Johnson
Mr. Bret G. Wien
Ms. Christine A. Will
Miss Veronica M. Willant
Mr. & Mrs. Claud E. Williams, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph D. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Williams
Mrs. Janet L. Willis
Mr. Eric J. Wirth
Mr. Henry F. Wood, Jr.
Mr. J. A. Wunderlich III
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred W. Wysocki, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thornton H. Yancey
Mrs. Lucy Yin
Dr. & Mrs. Harold Yount
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Zepf
Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Zuckerman
Mrs. Joann L. Zuercher
20 Members wish to remain anonymous
The Dinner Party
This story has a photo of Tom Duffy presenting the Dorothy Harrison Eustis Award, which is a miniature statue of a German shepherd, to Dr. Gustavo Aguirre, with Jim Kutsch standing between them. The caption reads: Dr. Gustavo Aguirre, left, is presented the Dorothy Harrison Eustis Award at The Dinner Party by President & CEO Jim Kutsch, who retired in September, and Seeing Eye Board of Trustees Chair Thomas J. Duffy. Photo by Alicia Savoly.
On May 7, The Seeing Eye held our annual fundraiser and tasting event, The Dinner Party: Celebrating 90 Years at Ninety Acres, which featured top New Jersey chefs. The fourth annual event was held at Natirar – Ninety Acres and raised more than $250,000.
At the event, the Dorothy Harrison Eustis Award – our highest honor – was presented to Dr. Gustavo Aguirre, chief of ophthalmology for the Department of Clinical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. Since 1985, Dr. Aguirre has served as an adviser to The Seeing Eye’s veterinarians; he is also a former member of The Seeing Eye’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Aguirre’s research has led to medical advances in the field of ophthalmology not just for dogs, but for humans, too.
Plans are underway for the next Dinner Party to be held May 5, 2020, at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange, New Jersey.
Other events were held on-campus including a donor recognition reception at the start of the fiscal year last October to thank the annual donors who live locally; and our Heritage Society/Shepherd Society Luncheon in June for donors who have made planned gifts to The Seeing Eye.
GIFTS-IN-KIND
The following individuals and organizations contributed significant non-monetary gifts of goods and services.
4 Footed Leaders 4H Club
The Actors' Fund of America
Alicia Savoly Photography
Allied Printing and Graphics
American Gold & Diamond Buyers
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Angers
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Armbruster
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie R. Banach
Mrs. Anne Marie Barford
Mr. and Mrs. Steve H. Bauer
Beat The Bomb
Benebone, LLC
Dr. and Mrs. Darryl N. Biery
Black Oak Golf Course
Bluemercury of Morristown NJ
Ms. Caitlin Braun
Braunschweiger Jewelers
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Breglia
Miss Christina Brino
Bronx Zoo
Burns White Attorneys at Law
Caesars Atlantic City Hotel/ Casino
Caring Eyes Seeing Eye Puppy Club
Mr. Sean Carner
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Casey
Century 21 Department Store
Château de Belcastel
Ms. Patricia M. Colbert and Mr. Russ Steenberg
Columbus Zoo
Mr. Andrew Correnti
Ms. Tracy A. Crimmins
Ms. Lori Crotty
Ms. Kathleen R. Cryderman
Mr. Joseph Cuccia
Cuddle Clones
Dean Harring Watercolors
Demarest Farms
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Devine
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Dowiak
Ms. Louise C. Duffy
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Duffy
Enjou Chocolat of Morristown, Inc.
Eyes of Hope Seeing Eye Puppy Club
Freshpet
Mr. and Mrs. William Goetchius
Miss Gail Hamilton
Hand & Paw Project
Harold Prince Organization
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hayes
Ms. Hava Hegenbarth
Ms. Frances J. Holt
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hubinsky
Icon Entertainment
Isaac Mizrahi
Jennie Becker Studio
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kallas
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Keller
Kendra Scott
Kramer Portraits
Ms. Martyna Krowicka
Mr. Kyle J. Street and Ms. Sioban F. Leahy
Let's Go Design
Ms. Jamie Lindholm
Mr. and Mrs. Darren Loew
Ms. Michele Loihle
Madison Area YMCA
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Magnetti
Mr. Michael G. May
The McGeorge Family
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Miller
Robert Milligan
The Mint
Morris Area Responsible Dog Owners Group, Inc. (MARDOG)
My Dog's Got Class
The Neeshe Illustrator
New Leaf Consignment
Mrs. Yvonne Newgent
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nusbaum
Mr. Roger A. Oberholzer
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ogden
Once and Again
Our Eyes Have Paws Puppy Club
Paws 4 a Cause - Seeing Eye Puppy Club
Peter Shields Inn
Mrs. Jeannie K. Phillips
Ms. Angelina Polizzotto
Puppy Tails 4H Seeing Eye Puppy Club
Ms. Yvonne Quinn
Radio Systems Corporation
Royce Brook Golf Club
Sabyloo
Sealy Mattress Company
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Siedhof
Silver Creek Woodcrafters, LLC
Ms. Lisa Sixt
Helen Skiba-Powell
Mr. Herbert S. Skovronek
Smarties Candy Company
Smartypaws
Ms. Maureen Smith
Ms. Frances Spann and Mr. Joe Hulseman
Spectrum Brands
Speedwell Design
Ms. Lindsay Spinnato
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Stanford
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stroeing
Tahiti Inn
Two Blind Brothers
Mr. David Viana
Victoria Alfonzo Photography
Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey
The Wandering Que
The WhiskyX
Mrs. Kristi Whyte
Willow Street Pictures
Winpro Pet
Graduate Reunion Gifts-In-Kind
The Graduate Reunion was held August 22-25, 2019. The following individuals and organizations contributed significant non-monetary gifts for that weekend celebration:
Aira
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie R. Banach
BobbySue's Nuts
Ms. Patti Burrington
Ms. Joslyn Carnine
Doggie Walk Bags, Inc.
Foresight USA, Inc.
Frito-Lay
Harney & Sons Fine Teas
JackRabbit – Morristown
Jersey Dog Co.
Joe Tea
Mr. and Mrs. David H. Johnson II
Just Born Quality Confections
Keystone Food Products, Inc.
Ms. Ginger Martel
Miller Baking Company
National Industries for the Blind
Ms. Sherri Orender
PetRageous Designs
PT Bofabs LLC
Rayge Candy Company
Ruff Wear
Saltsox
Snack Innovations
Sprigs
Sugar Foods Corporation
Tasty Baking Company
Talus Corporation
Ms. Hein T. Thach
Timolino
Vapur, Inc.
Mrs. Penny Verity
Wegmans - Parsippany
Wild Wolf Outfitters
Graduate Reunion
In celebration of The Seeing Eye’s 90th anniversary, we hosted a graduate reunion on Friday, August 23, through Sunday, August 25. Events were held in Morristown as well as at The Seeing Eye’s Washington Valley campus.
Events included presentations from current and retired Seeing Eye staff; a cocktail reception with live music by Seeing Eye instructors Brian O’Neal and Travis Powell; a tour of the campus, including the newly completed Dr. Robert H. Harris Canine Pavilion; a meet-and-greet with Seeing Eye puppy raisers; and on Saturday night, a 90th anniversary banquet celebration where Ginger Kutsch was presented with the Morris Frank Award, which recognizes a Seeing Eye graduate who through personal and professional accomplishments personifies the vigor, ideals, and commitment of Morris Frank; and retired instructor Drew Gibbon was presented with the Juno Award, which recognizes instructors for a lifetime of service.
This story has six photos.
The first photo shows two Seeing Eye graduates standing in front of a restaurant in Morristown. The caption reads: Seeing Eye graduates, from left, Angie Polizzotto of Keyport, New Jersey, with her Seeing Eye dog, a German shepherd named Sable; and Vickie Curley of Rotonda West, Florida, with her Seeing Eye dog, a German shepherd named Astro, on the streets of Morristown. Photo by Jacqui Wyatt.
The second photo shows Jim Kutsch speaking to graduates from a lectern. The caption reads: Seeing Eye graduate Jim Kutsch, who retired as The Seeing Eye’s President and CEO on September 29, addresses the attendees at the banquet. Photo by Ron Wyatt.
The third photo is a close-up photo of The Morris Frank Award, which is a miniature harness inside a glass case. The caption reads: The Morris Frank Award, which was presented at the banquet to Seeing Eye graduate and long-time volunteer Ginger Kutsch, who served as chair of the 90th anniversary Graduate Reunion committee. Photo by Ron Wyatt.
The fourth photo shows several graduates in evening attire and their dogs speaking in the hotel lobby. The caption reads: Graduates (and their Seeing Eye dogs) meet before Saturday night’s banquet. Photo by Ron Wyatt.
The fifth photo shows Glenn Hoagland chatting with two graduates. The caption reads: Glenn D. Hoagland, who became The Seeing Eye’s President and CEO on September 30, speaks to graduates at the banquet. Photo by Ron Wyatt.
The sixth photo shows a graduate at a dinner table reaching down to pet the head of her Seeing Eye dog, who is lying at her feet under her table. The caption reads: A graduate pets her Seeing Eye dog, a black Labrador retriever, during the banquet. Photo by Ron Wyatt.
HERITAGE SOCIETY
The Seeing Eye Heritage Society was established to provide for the future of the school. Members have planned gifts through their wills, through gifts that provide life income, or through gifts of life insurance or real estate.
Helen O. Adams
Mr. Max E. Adkins
Ms. Pauline Alexander
Mrs. Cynthia Allen
William Allmer
Jen Armbruster
Tamara Armstrong
Rana McMurray Arnold
Ms. Murielle Arseneau
Mrs. Rhoda Attanasio
Barbara A. Backer, RN
James & Irene Baranski
Dr. & Mrs. James Barnes
Dr. Michael L. Barnett
Paul L. Bash
Ms. Betty Bassett
Andrea Becker
Ms. Sandy Beery
Rita V. Bergerson
Frances H. Bernard
Mr. & Mrs. Paul P. Bernstein
Ms. Nancy Conant Berresford
Mrs. Ruth S. Blair
Miss Barbara Blejewski
Nanette Boak
Ms. Candice R. Bolte
Doris Bowen
Mr. Kenneth Bowles
Arnold Bowser
Fred & Kathy Brack
Carole J. Brand
Mr. Daniel P. Braun
Art & Mary Braunschweiger
Mrs. Robert A. Breitweiser in memory of Lt. Gen. Robert A. Breitweiser
Nina R. Brilli
Barbara Brooks Family Trust
Mr. & Mrs. William Brouillard
Cindy Brown
Bonnie Bruning
Carol & Ray Bsarany
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Buck
Dr. Mari Bull
Ms. Joan E. Burgomaster
Lolly Burke
Lloyd Burlingame
Cynthia Ann Burns
Robert and Marilyn Callander
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick B. Campbell
Thomas J. Cancro
Mr. Richard Cannon
Ms. Judi Cannon
Tracy and Gerald Carcione
Donna A. Carides
Ms. Jane Carona
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Carrier
Julie H. Carroll, Esq.
Ms. Judith Carson
Carole Doosey Cascella
Ms. Rosemary Catalana
Catherine A.M. Cavanaugh
David & Marion Chappell
Mr. and Mrs. John Charshafian
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Chase
Mr. Thomas J. Cherry
Dr. Lawrence X. Clifford
Claudia Colantuno
Marie H. Cole
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Collin
Ms. Jean Collins
Mr. James A. Collins
Ms. Elizabeth J. Conklin
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick G. Constantinides
Mr. Alan Conway
Miss Ann L. Corbly
Stephen and Shelley Cors
George & Nancy Cottrell
Mrs. Joan Coughlin
Mr. Charles Crawford
Mr. Charles E. Crawford
Mrs. Lee Crossman
Deborah E. Curtis
Mrs. Karen A. D'Alessandro
Mr. John A. D'Ambra
Mr. Alan Dalton
Joseph D. and Denise L. Daniele
Ms. Regina Dantas
Mr. & Mrs. C. Edward Dasch
Craig Davis
Anthony J. De Carlo, VMD
Mrs. Elizabeth Sandra DeGeorge
Ms. Raye L. Delle
Mrs. Anne DelVecchio
Lori & Dennis DeMarco
Francis & Karen DeNaro
Ms. Denise DePalma
Doris N. Desher
Ms. Barbara Dicks
Matthew DiLiberto
Margie Donovan
Dr. & Mrs. George Alexander Doumani
Mr. Michael P. Doyle
Janice G. Drake
Mr. Kenneth Dreyfuss
Ms. Michele Drolet
Kenneth Duncan
The Honorable and Mrs. Davis Duty
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Ebel
Douglas & Wyndham Eberle
Dr. Sylvia Ebert
Ms. Joan Eisen
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Eld
Allison Elston
Marcus Engel
Lorraine Engenito
Ms. Victoria L. Englishman
Elizabeth Esposito Chiarella
Miss Susan Etters
Gary A. Eulo
Albert Evans
Donna J. Evans
Elizabeth F. Evans
Ms. Helen Falcone
Mr. Paul H. Falon
Stuart H. and Sandra K. Fine
Ms. Eleanor A. Finnin
Mrs. Margaret Fitzgerald
Patricia E. Fleming
Ms. Bonnie Fleming
Mr. Gene F. Forsyth
Ms. Jane L. Fouraker
Maria Franchino
Jeri & Matt Frankel
Ms. Mary Franklin
Mr. Robert E. Friedman
Ms. Irene M. Gaitley
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Gallagher
Robert Garcia and Lauren Webster-Garcia
Tom Garner
Mrs. Peggy Garrett
Ms. Helen Gartman
Hank Gautschy
Drs. Philip and Marjorie Gerdine
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Giles
Mr. John J. Gimmi
Shirley M. Giovannoli
Florence Susan Godek
Keith Gonzalez
Charlotte Gotz
Mr. Brian Gourley
Ms. Marilyn Graham-Mulach
Joan Grandinetti
Evelyn Greene
Edmund A. Grossman
Peggy Grow
Elsie D. Hajdics
Robert & Dana Hamwee
Peggy Harris
Marilyn & Gord Harris
Ms. Mary Ellen Harris
Mr. J. Philip Hart
Timothy & Lorraine Hartley
Ms. Joan D. Hassan
Thomas and Elaine Hathaway
Robert & Jean Hegedus
Ken Hehan
Christine & Gary Heimsch
Mr. & Mrs. David G. Henry
F. Lois Henry
Tidi B. Herndon
Mr. Drew Herron & Mr. Ryan Rhodes
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon C. Hill
Jamie C. Hilton
Jim & Debbie Hoffert
Mrs. Elizabeth Hontz
David C. Horn
Don Horneff
Mrs. Vivian Hulse
Dr. Brook P. and Diane Hunt
George Hvozda
Lori Hysert
Ms. Mary Jane Irwin
Mrs. Jean Jaeckels
Graham & Jean Jeffrey
Miss Barbara L. Jennings
Priscilla H. Johnson
Miss Natalie Johnson
Mr. R. Bruce Johnson
In memory of Dolores Johnston
Lynda Jones
Ms. Jane Judson
Mrs. Karen Julius
Mr. Howard J. Kahn
Esther Kane
Dr. Sivia Kaye
Mrs. Virginia S. Kelcec
Mike & Eithne Kelly
Kevin & Gina Keyte
Mrs. Junerose Killian
Mr. Larry E. Kittrell
Robert Kizere
Joseph Dean Klatt, PhD
Ms. Toni M. Knie
Mrs. Virginia Knoll
Cameron & Martha Koblish
Raymond & Lois Kohan
Mrs. Janice L. Kolm
Earl & Anna Kragnes
Norma Krajczar
Charles W. & Cissy R. Kramer
Mrs. Gaytha I. Kraushar
Ulrike Kreiner-Holzhauer and Viktor Kreiner
Jim & Ginger Kutsch
Ms. Elissa La Bagnara
Mrs. Jean C. La Plante
Mrs. Mary Lacatena & Mr. Jerome Lacatena
Mr. & Mrs. John Lafenhagen
Ms. Barbara A. Landmann
Annette M. Lange
Mrs. Myrna Laracuente
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lardine
Theresa Lassek
Thomas Lauria
Elaine J. Lawrason
Kathleen & Leonard Lederer
Mr. Ralph W. Ledford
Mrs. Denise Lee
Dr. Harold F. Leeper & Ms. Ann B. Gourley
Kaye Leslie
Helen and Robert Levins
CeCe Lichtenstein
Dr. Rebecca Lineberger
Irwin & Lois Ann Linker
Richard H. Livesey III & Mrs. Mae F. Livesey
Ms. Lori A. Locke
Judith and Victor V. Lolli
Mr. Michael Paul Lund
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Lurie
Mrs. Marjorie Machesney
James & Eugenia MacKellar
Mary Jeanne MacLaurin
Lois A. Mandato
Maureen S. Mangee
Mr. David S. Mangeim
Mrs. Ann Mann
Mary Manwaring
Carmen & Didi Mariano
Donna Jean Marrone in memory of Karen Ann & Louis Jr.
Ms. Phyllis J. Marsteller
Robert & Debra Mastera
Camille Mastri
Ms. Flora Mattis
Mr. Donald B. McCarthy
Mrs. Gwynne G. McDevitt
Mrs. Toula McEllen
Charles & Hana McKenna
Erin McNamara
Mr. David McShane
Mr. William Meinecke
Mr. Richard G. Mercner
Edward Messer
Michael and Sylvie Meyers-Jouan
Mrs. Judith Meyers
Stephen and Marsha Meyers
Mrs. Melba Middleton
Mr. Edward W. Miller
Asya Miller
Lois Mills
Harriet E. Monaghan
Pim Montgomery
Mrs. Barbara Moore
Rev. Bonnie L. Moore
Jeanne-Marie Moore
Paul and Rosie Morline
Jed C. Morris
Ms. Jennifer Muir
Ms. Phyllis M. Murphy
Jeanne C. Myers
Dr. Grace Napier
Miss Evelyn M. Nemes
Dr. & Mrs. Edwin B. Nettleton
Dr. Aminda Nicoloro
Arlene Nihan
Mrs. Renate S. Nolius
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Norman
Steve Nugent
Barbara W. Nugent
Richard K. O'Dea
Mrs. Juanita B. Oleyar
Louise B. Olshan
Mr. & Mrs. L. Ostar
Elizabeth Ostrowski
Margaret E. Otto
Mr. & Mrs. Steve N. Pangere
Lois Paris
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Parisi
Marion E. Paul
Theodore C. Paulson, Sr.
Mrs. Judy E. Peltier
Mr. Louis Pepe
Ms. Zucel Perez
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Peterson
Gail J. Petre
Miss Camille Petrecca
Dianne & Beverly Petty
Mrs. Lisa Pfleider
Mrs. Jeannie Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Piasecki
Mr. William J. Pimblott
Cheryl L. Pitz
Deacon Robert Pladek
Martha & Howard Polin
Mr. Sean Pollock
Dena L. Polston
Andrea C. Popick
Mr. Charles A. Prescott
Ralph and Sandy Price
Mr. William D. Quick
Ms. Ellen L. Quimper
Claire Durand Racamato
Mildred & John Rasweiler
Mrs. Ruth Reed
Nancy Richman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Roberts
Everett Roberts
Ms. Rachel Robinson
Miss Marilyn Rodda
Claire Barlow Roffino
Mr. Thom Rogers & Mr. James W. Stoecker
Richard & Lisa Roiseman
June Catherine Romano
Diane Romano
Barbara Ina Rosen in memory of Rose and Max Rosen
Elyse G. Rosenfield
Mr. Kenneth Rosenthal
Ms. Grace Rosenthal
Mr. Jack Rouse
Jan Rumbaugh
David A. Salo
Mr. Anthony Salvati
Sylvia Sammons
Dave & Janet Sanders
Mrs. Kathleen A. Santaus
Doris R. Satterwhite
Susan Schechter
Mrs. Linda D. Schmider
Patricia & Richard Schnadig
Stephanie Marie Schnatz
Katherine Schneider, Ph.D.
Mrs. Leon E. Schrader
Mr. David A. Schuh
Ms. Betsy Schuhart
Narrin Schwartz
Mary Dell Scobey and Stan Scobey
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scott
Pamella C. Scotto
Mrs. W. Sydnor Settle
Helen E. Sheehan
Katherine Shelton
Irene Sidun
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Silver
Harris Singer
Judith L. Sissick
Helen Skiba-Powell
Ann C. Smith
Mrs. Lenore Smith
Cornelia J. Smith
Mr. Gerald Smith
Susan V. Smith
Mrs. Marian Sparkes
Doreen Sproviere
Ms. Valorie Stanard
Mrs. Lois A. Stange
Mark & Barbara Steinberg
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Stephens
Eva Marie Stevens
Jo Anne Stevens
Carol Stevens Hewson
Mrs. Marilyn Stiglitz
Mrs. Gloria Strei
Donald Stripling
Mr. Bruce Strnad
David & Janice Szumowski
Jo Taliaferro
Mr. J. C. Teeple
Ms. Carol Jean Telloeken
Irmgard Thoma
Leon A. Tierney, Jr.
Mr. Peter M. Tilkin
Jane Toleno
Kathy Towson
Miriam Travis
Eileen Trotta
Mr. John Turner
Carol A. Ungro
Ms. Peg Van Patton
Shirley M. Vavra
Mark Vellen
Ms. Karen Wales
Dr. Brian Wallach
Mr. & Mrs. Frank E. Walsh, Jr.
Sally A. Webb
Ms. Jane Weidlund
Mrs. Dorothy Weidowke
Eric Weitze
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Whalen
Miss Suzanne Whalen
Gary E. and Beverly A. White
Mrs. Marie Whitlatch
Ms. Theresa Wierszylo
Ms. Virginia Wild
Ms. Diane Wilgan
Dwight Wilson, Jr.
Vicky Winslow
Ms. Karen A. Wood
Mary E. Wurst
Mr. Yockey and Ms. Derolf
Mr. and Mrs. Russell S. Young
Joyce B. Young
Pamela and Robert Zisner
Richard & Simone Zoladz
35 members wish to remain anonymous
NASDAQ Closing Bell
This story has a photo of more than 30 Seeing Eye staff members and eight dogs standing in behind a lectern that reads NASDAQ. Projected on the wall behind them is the logo of The Seeing Eye. The caption reads: Seeing Eye staff (and dogs) at the NASDAQ closing ceremony on January 28, 2019. Photo by Chris Marksbury.
January 29, 2019, marked the 90th anniversary of The Seeing Eye’s founding. The celebration began one day before our anniversary, when Seeing Eye President & CEO James A. Kutsch, Jr., rang the closing bell at NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City. Joining him were Seeing Eye Board of Trustees Chair Thomas Duffy; Trustee (and graduate) Cynthia Bryant with her Seeing Eye dog, Summer; Trustee Ari Benacerraf; Trustee Mark “Duke” Mulvoy; and Seeing Eye puppy raiser and television personality Guy Adami. Also in attendance were more than 30 Seeing Eye staff members, plus three Seeing Eye dogs, three Seeing Eye dogs in training, and two Seeing Eye puppies. The event was televised and broadcast on NASDAQ’s seven-story video display overlooking Times Square!
BEQUESTS
A bequest may include an outright gift, a percentage of the estate, or the remainder of the estate after specific gifts are disbursed. The Seeing Eye received or was notified of bequests from the deceased donors listed below.
Charles John S. Allan
Mary Joan Allen
Mary H. Anderson
David G. Baird, Jr.
Martha Barberi
Michael Lawrence Barnett
Judith Barrett
Helen Bassio
Gloria Becker
Joel M. Brown
Janet S. Bryant
Ethel R. Buckmir
Muriel E. Carlson
Ann L. Cavalli
Cathleen Chern
Millicent Cocheo
Steven L. Conrad
Joan M. Coplin
Deborah E. Curtis
William A. DeLuca
Joan M. Dickson
Michael J. Divito
Nancy K. Doty
Elmer David DuPre
Edwin L. Edwardsen
Edith H. Evans
Alvie R. Fairall
Robert L. Feller
Brian T. Field
Martha A. Fischer
Mary Jane Gassner
Jeannine Giordano
John F. Gordon
Charles Gottesman
Marion L. Graf Duhling
Barbara Greene
Amy L. Gustafson
Ruth N. Hall
Karl Halperin
Nancy Jane Hamilton
Leonard W. Harner
Mary O. Harper
Olive Schubach Heldt
Mina Helm
Rosann Herdyk
Geraldine D.G. Hoffman
David W. Hough
Helen Hurler-Landi
Mary Jane Irwin
Jack Ellwood Jones
Ivanka Jurkiewicz
Lewis Kaplan
Jeanne G. Kaskey
Robert J. Kelemen
Dorothy C. King
Paul Kramer
Elliott H. Krevens
Lois E. Larro
Roberta Larsen
Alan William Lau
Glenda R. Leigh
Veronica R. Lerch
Jennie Levy
Will and Muriel Lidsker
Melvin Lindgren
Elizabeth M. Looney
Joan J. Lueddeke
Theodore Macdonald
Maureen S. Mangee
Modesta T. Marsalone
Judith D. Matthews
Catherine L. McDermott
Margaret R. McGinnis
Constance Meisinger
Muriel Miller
Patricia D. Moulton
Lillian Mulick
Charmaine Musselman
William Clarkson Norris
Virginia C. Ohmeis
Linda O'Kane
Sandra E. Oland
Elise R. Olton
Audrey H. Petersen
Patricia J. Poore
Deborah M. Ruby
Louise Scheril
Chrystal M. Schmitt
Anna M. Schrader
Francis Schumm Jr.
Caroline Siess
Louis Stiglitz
Mary Jane Urban
Doris G. Vercelli
Claire C. Wagner
Helen E. Walker
Lura E. Warren
Norma D. Weinstein
Edith E. Wieth
John A. Willson
Pauline Winterhalder
Margo Straus Wintersteen
Joan Wiseman
Sharon Fischer Wolf
Patricia Yu
Albert and Grace Zeky
Advocating for Graduates
This story has a photo of Melissa Allman with her Seeing Eye dog, a yellow Labrador retriever named Luna, in the lobby of the main house at The Seeing Eye. The photo was taken by Seeing Eye Senior Manager of Instruction & Training Tom Pender.
In April 2018, The Seeing Eye hired lawyer and Seeing Eye graduate Melissa Allman as its Senior Specialist of Advocacy and Government Relations.
This year, Melissa represented The Seeing Eye at a meeting with the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to discuss proposed new regulations concerning assistance animals; organized and presented at a New Jersey State Bar Association continuing legal education seminar hosted at The Seeing Eye campus; kept graduates informed via our website of new state laws concerning guide dogs and service animals; cultivated working relationships with airlines for the benefit of all guide dog handlers; made educational presentations to State Police officers who conduct security screenings at courthouses, and appeared with her Seeing Eye dog, a yellow Labrador retriever named Luna, in a video to be used for future trainings; advocated on behalf of The Seeing Eye in our effort to have Seeing Eye dogs designated as New Jersey’s state dog; and was instrumental in the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s development of a policy regarding service animals.
Melissa also designed a new survey for Seeing Eye graduates about the interference they experience while working their dogs. Our Instruction and Training department will use the survey data to educate the public and law enforcement about the profound effects interference has on guide dog teams, and to help better prepare graduates for the kinds of interference they may face in the field.
TRUSTS
The following named trusts have been established to provide a legacy of ongoing support to The Seeing Eye.
Jesse & Hertha Adams Trust
George V. Alloways Trust
James Annenberg La Vea Charitable Foundation Trust
Margaret D. Barber Trust
Josephine D. Bedle Trust
The Bette Fritz Bielefeldt Living Trust
Caroline B.R. Cepek Trust
Adrienne Chamberlain Trust
Flora B. Cherry Trust
Margaret S. Colyer Charitable Trust
Louise M. Curcio Trust
Alice A. Elsasser Trust
The Emory M. and Laura E. Ford Charitable Fund
A. Somers Gardner Trust
Francis Abbott (Pitts) Gunn Trust
The Marion and Herbert Hess Charitable Trust
Blanche Hyslop Fund at the Boston Foundation
Jerry Icenogle Trust
Helen St. John Iverson Trust
Kathe Kasten Trust
May I. Kaufman Trust
Jean S. Lancaster Trust
George K. Large Trust
Virginia W. Little Charitable Trust
Zoe Blunt MacDonald Trust
Estelle A. Manning Trust
Edmund Piasecki Charitable Annuity Trust
Florence Power-Ott Trust
Robert B. Ransom Trust
Josephine V. Rogers Trust
Idalia Roth Trust
Jack P. Sanders & Marguerite E. Sanders Memorial Fund
Aldo Scafati Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
Angeline R. Schad Trust, in memory of Charles Schad
Catherine D. Sharpe Trust
T. Max & Cardella Stanger Trust
Dollie Swarts Trust
Esther F. Teplitz Trust
Edward R. Tinker Trust
Truman-Hess Memorial Fund
Albert A. Walters Foundation
Allison Pierce Wood Trust
G.C. for Allison Wood Trust
Sarah Wolfberg Endowment Fund
Toby Wolfberg Endowment Fund
George H. Zendt Trust
The Grace and Albert Zeky Memorial Endowment Fund
Minnie E. Zschripe Trust
NAMED ENDOWMENTS
The following named endowments provide support in perpetuity for various programs of The Seeing Eye. Endowment income allows The Seeing Eye to have a steady stream of financial resources each year.
Josephine Aresty Endowment
Ralph Hazler Baer and Laura M. Baer Fund
Bernice Barbour Foundation Endowment
Margaret Ann Barbour Endowment
The Anton and Augusta Birkel Foundation Harness Endowment
Jane H. Booker Endowment Fund for Canine Genetics
Edward A. Bragaline Endowment
Dolores A. Colombo Fund
Vincent De Cosmo Endowment Fund for the Blind
David M. Crowley Foundation Endowment
Janice G. Drake Endowment for Veterinarian Services
Linda Feinne-Roth Manager of Puppy Development Endowment
Fludzinski Foundation Endowment
Bruce J. Heim Foundation Endowment
Hermione Foundation Endowment
Sally A. Jumper Endowment
Kirk Library Fund
Michael J. Kosloski Foundation Endowment
Aaron and Rachel Meyer Foundation Endowment
Dale and Lois Osier / Thomas and Elaine Osier Hathaway Endowment for Professional Development
PETCO Foundation Endowment
Sandy Hill Foundation Endowment
Toni Stabile Endowment
Vincent A. Stabile Canine Health Center Endowment
Vincent A. Stabile Endowment
Eleanor Merriam Tate Fund
Online Auction
This story has a photo of the entrance to the Columbus Zoo.
The Seeing Eye held its annual online auction in April 2019, raising approximately $112,000!
Up for bid were numerous items donated by Seeing Eye supporters, plus unique experiences like a behind-the-scenes tour of the Columbus Zoo, a visit to The Seeing Eye Breeding Station, custom Seeing Eye leashes and harnesses for graduates, and spending a day with a Seeing Eye instructor.
This year’s online auction will be held April 13 through April 23. For more information, go to seeingeye.
PENNIES FOR PUPPIES® PROGRAM
The following organizations participated in our Pennies for Puppies®
(for schools and youth groups) and Dollars for Dogs® (for business and civic organizations) fundraising programs.
The Academy of Our Lady of Peace - Panther Power Robotics Team 1159
Active Learning Centers & Lehigh Valley Martial Arts
Adler Aphasia Center
Allen W. Roberts School
Allied Wealth Partners
Alvogen Inc.
Apple Montessori Elementary School
Bergen Catholic High School
Berlin Community School
Bernardsville Middle School
Binsky Home Service
Bridgewater United Methodist Church
Bridgewater Woman's Club
Brownie Troop #20507
Brownie Troop #96559
Bryan Manor
Bucks Co. Assn for the Blind &Visually Impaired Lions Club
Byram Lakes Elementary School
Campbell Hall School
The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine
Catherine A. Dwyer School
Cedar Creek High School
Chatham Day School
Cherry Hill Public Library
The Chestnut Hill School
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church - VBS
Clinton Elementary School
Cloister Inn at Princeton University
The Cranbury School Student Council
Crawford-Rodriguez Elementary School
Cub Scout Pack #49
Cub Scout Pack #66
Cub Scout Pack #111
Cub Scout Pack #165
Dallastown Area Intermediate School
Day Pitney, LLP
Denville Senior Citizens Association
Divine Mercy Academy
Dogwood Hill School
Donavan Catholic High School
Dunkirk Vision
East Orange STEM Academy
Key Club Students at ECLC
Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary
Elmwood Academy School
Emerson Girl Scouts Troop #96882
Eye Care Specialists
Fair Lawn Lions Club
Fairfield Grace United Methodist Church
Fanwood Lions Club Foundation-16E
Fanwood Presbyterian Church - Thrift Shop
Far Hills Country Day School
Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.
Firestone Library - Princeton University
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen
First Presbyterian Church of Sparta
Flemington Lions Club
Foothill Women’s Club
Forest Avenue Elementary School
Franklin County 4-H Seeing Eye Puppy Club
Franklin Elementary School
Garden State Yacht Club
George Washington School
Gill St. Bernard's School
Girl Scout Troop #5487
Girl Scout Troop #45482
Girl Scout Troop #80060
Girl Scout Troop #94464
Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Troop #20025
Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey Troop #20554, Service Unit 2
Girl Scouts Heart of NJ Troop #20015
Girl Scouts Heart of NJ Troop #40491
Girl Scouts of Denville
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey Troop #6304
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey Troop #97032
Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey Troop #97478
Gloria Dei Farms Residents' Association
The Goddard School - Morganville
Grandview Elementary School
Grandview School Third Graders
Gunnison Community School
Keira Hall
Hasbrouck Heights Lions Club, Inc.
Healthquest of Central Jersey LLC
Hi-Step Summer Program
Jody Ianuzzi, Seeing Eye Graduate
Ironia Elementary School
Anna Isleib
Jacksonville Elementary School
John Adams Elementary School
Joyce Middle School
Juniper Village at Chatham
Lafayette Mills PTA
The Learning Experience
Lincoln Park Lions Club
Linden Avenue School
Lions Club - Elizabeth Cubanos
Lions Club of Haddonfield
Lions Club of Ridgefield Park
Little Schuylkill Lions Club
Littleton School
The Livingston Sunrise Rotary Fund
M. Povinelli & Sons, Inc.
Madison High School
Main Line Health
Marcum LLC
Marlboro Cub Scouts Pack #86
Mechanicsburg Lions Club
Medford Lakes Lions Club
Memorial School
Merton Intermediate School
Metuchen Lions Club
Metuchen-Edison Women's Club
Milford Lions Club
Monmouth University
Montgomery Woman's Club
Moorestown Lions Club
The Moriah School of Englewood
Morris Hills High School Leo Club
Morris Knolls High School Leo Club
Mountainside Active Retirees
Mt. Prospect School
National Council Of Jewish Women
New Jersey Shore Consortium for Gifted and Talented
Nolan's Ridge
North Arlington Womans Club
North Warren Lions Club
Northwest Christian School
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippell LLP
Ocean County Puppy Power 4-H Club
Order of the Eastern Star, Bird Chapter #460
Ben Otner's Bar Mitzvah Project
Palisades Country Day School
Palisades Country Day School
Palisades Pre-School & Kindergarten, Inc.
The Pangere Corporation
Parda Senior Partners
Park Ridge Middle School
Passaic-Clifton Lions Club
Pearl R. Miller School
Phythian Sisters - Shing Star Temple #1
Plymouth Rock Management Company of New Jersey
Plymouth Rock Management Company of New Jersey
Point Pleasant High School - Leo Club
Princeton - McGraw Graduate Student Learning Programs
Princeton University
Princeton University Office of Religious Life & Chapel
Princeton University - Frick Chemistry Laboratory
Princeton University Class of 1988
The Rahway Woman's Club
Randolph Middle School
Alex Rebhun Bar Mitzvah
Red Bank Primary School
The Reform Temple of Forest Hills
Regency At Flanders
Revolution Eyes
Ridgefield Lions Club
River Plaza Elementary School
Rockefeller College - Princeton University
Roebling Elementary School
Roosevelt Middle School
Saddle River Valley Lions Charities, Inc.
Saint Augustine of Canterbury School
Saint David's School
Salem Lions Club
Senior Citizen #1 Club of Paramus
Seven Generations Charter School
Shady Grove Christian School
Shanda's Sunny Days on Main
Wendy Sherid
South Brunswick Lions Club
Sparta United Methodist Church
St. John's United Church of Christ
St. Joseph School
St. Virgil's Church Prime Time
Stanley Preschool
The Stirling Tavern
Stow Kent Animal Hospital
Summit Free Public Library
Sunrise Senior Living
Sussex Avenue School
Teachers Club of Montclair
Temple Sha'arey Shalom Religious School
Temple Sholom
Ukranian Youth Organization
Union Church of Lake Bluff
United Steel Workers, Local 10-86
Verona Lions Club
Wallington Lions Club
Wandell Elementary School
Watchung Elementary School
Westmont Lions Club Foundation, Inc.
Windsor Learning Center
Woman's Club of Lyndhurst
Woman's Club of Paramus
Woman's Club of Parsippany - Troy Hills
Women's Club of Carlstadt
Women's Club of Dumont
Women's Club of Little Falls
Woodbridge Lions Club
Woodland Park Memorial Middle School - Animal Club
Wyckoff Lions Club
Wyoming School
Wyoming Seminary Lower School
Yeshiva Even Yisroel
Yeshivat He'atid
Pennies for Puppies
This story has a photo of students and teachers standing in front of a row of lockers with several Seeing Eye puppies.
Franklin Elementary School in Franklin, New Jersey, has an 8th grade leadership club, “Altitude,” which fundraised for The Seeing Eye through our Pennies for Puppies program. The students made presentations in the auditorium for the entire school explaining The Seeing Eye’s mission, and representatives of The Seeing Eye – both two-legged and four-legged! – visited the school.
In Fiscal Year 2019, Pennies for Puppies and Dollars for Dogs volunteers made more than 200 presentations, attended by approximately 10,000 people, and raised more than $100,000 to support The Seeing Eye!
MATCHING GIFTS
Some employers match their employees’ gifts to nonprofits. Matching gifts were received from the following organizations.
AbbVie Employee Engagement Fund
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
AIG Matching Gifts
AllianceBernstein Matching Gift Center
American Express Foundation
The Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation
AstraZeneca Matching Gifts Program
BAE Systems, Land & Armaments Matching Gifts Program
Bank of America Matching Gifts Program
The Bank of New York Mellon Community Partnership
Bank of the West Employee Giving Campaign
Barings
Ben and Jerry's Foundation
Benjamin Moore & Co.
Best Buy Corporate Giving Program
Biogen Idec Foundation
The Biondo Group, LLC
BlackRock Matching Gift Program
Boeing Gift Matching Program
BP Foundation
Bristol-Myers Squibb Matching Gift Foundation
Causecast Foundation
Barclay's TCI
Chevron Humankind
Cigna Foundation
CIT Bank NA
Colgate-Palmolive Matching Gift Program
ConocoPhillips
Crum & Forster
Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Dominion Foundation Matching Gift Program
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Matching Gifts Program
Embrace Home Loans Inc.
Eversource Energy Foundation Inc.
Exelon Foundation
ExxonMobil Foundation
Fiera Capital
FirstEnergy Foundation
FrontStream Connect
GE Foundation Matching Gifts
Georgia Museums, Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Company Matching Gift Program
Google. Inc.
Gorton's Matching Gift Program
Health Care Service Corporation
The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey
HP Company Foundation
HSBC Matching Gift Program
The IFF Foundation Inc.
Intel Corporation
The Interpublic Group of Companies
ITW Foundation
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Matching Gift Program
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Kate Spade & Company Foundation
Kimberly Clark Foundation
MacArthur Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Macy's Foundation
Medtronic Foundation
Merck Partnership for Giving
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Mutual of America
Novartis US Foundation
Pepsico Foundation
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Program
PSEG Power of Giving Campaign
S&P Global Foundation
Shell Foundation
Solix, Inc.
State Farm Companies Foundation
Thrivent Financial
UnitedHealth Group
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
UBS Matching Gift Program
Vanguard Community Fund
Vanguard Matching Gift Program
Verisk Analytics Matching Gifts
Verizon Foundation
Wafra Inc
Wakefern Food Corporation
BLUEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE
We thank the generous supporters who donated to the construction of Dr. Robert H. Harris Canine Pavilion, a state-of-the-art kennel expansion for our main campus.
Vikram & Pratibha Agarwal
A. W. Baldwin Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Angelina Barber
Ari & Margarita Benacerraf
Rita V. Bergerson in memory of O. H. Bergerson
Paul P. & Peggy Bernstein
Joanne M. Bicknese, DVM, MS, ELS
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Boismenu
Ms. Candice R. Bolte in loving memory of Frances and George Bolte
Richard V. Boulger & Mary S. Irion
Cynthia R. Bryant, LLM
Mr. John Caffarelli
Joseph J. & Carin A. Caffarelli Charitable Foundation & the Friends of Cora Fund
Julie Carroll
Lew & Linda Chakrin
Peter & Kay Crnkovich
D'Andrade Family Fund of the CFNJ
Margaret A. Darrin Charitable Trust
Ms. Kathie David
John and Margaret De Carlo from their devoted children Anna, Patricia and Anthony
Brian & Trish Dorey
Thomas & Deborah Duffy
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Eichelberger
Mr. & Mrs. Terry J. Eld in honor of Mae Janet Smith Jaquith
The Ellis Family
The Robert G. & Jane V. Engel Foundation
Dr. Stuart H. & Sandra K. Fine
The Freed Foundation
Stephen Cyrus Freidheim Foundation/Cyrus & Mitzi Freidheim in honor of Jolie
Mr. Dan Getsch
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Gnall
Golden Dome Foundation Inc.
Stanley & Audrey Goldstein Foundation
The Goodnow Fund
Mr. Arnold Gordon
E.J. Grassmann Trust
John & Sheridan Greeniaus
Mr. Scott Grieve
Robert & Dana Hamwee
Ann T. Hardiman Fund of the CFNJ
Mary Ellen & Gates Hawn
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Henderson
Mr. & Mrs. David Hertz
Ms. Jacquelyn Hill
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Himan
Mr. Phil Hinderaker
Margaret & William Howard
The Arthur L. & Elaine V. Johnson Foundation
Blanche and George Jones Fund in memory of William D. Hartranft
Ms. Carrie Kaiser
The Honorable & Mrs. Thomas H. Kean
Mr. Dan Keyes
Mr. Jim Kidd
Catherine Kiernan, Esq. & Bill Van Nostrand
Michael J. Kosloski Foundation in memory of Helene Kosloski
Jim & Ginger Kutsch
Mr. OhSang Kwon & Ms. Alice Kang
Mr. Michael G. May
Ms. Susan May in honor of John, Karen, Patrick and Ethan May
Ms. Maureen McGuire
Michael B. & Joanne McKitish
Ms. Stephanie Meacham
The Medway Charitable Trust in honor of Dorothy Harrison Wood Eustis
Vicki Meyers-Wallen
Lois H. Mills
Dr. & Mrs. Michael H. Mittelman
Mr. & Mrs. Mark T. Mulvoy
Alfiero and Lucia Palestroni Foundation, Inc.
John and Margaret Post Foundation
Mildred L. & John F. Rasweiler
Marion S. Monteverdi Roberts & Robert R. Roberts
Rosenthal Family Fund of the CFNJ
Michael M. Schwager & Michele Farrell
Ms. Adrienne P. Scott
Sealy Mattress Company
Ms. Gail South
Mark & Barbara Steinberg
Mrs. Marilyn Stiglitz
David & Janice Szumowski
Union Foundation
Mr. John Vail
Mr. Dave Welsh
Ms. Mary J. Wilson
Three donors wish to remain anonymous
Dr. Robert H. Harris Pavilion Dedication
On June 13, 2019, The Seeing Eye held a dedication for its new state-of-the-art kennel, the Dr. Robert H. Harris Canine Pavilion. The facility was named by the project’s principal donor, the Golden Dome Foundation, in memory of its late founder, Dr. Robert H. Harris. The facility serves as living quarters for the dogs that live at the Morristown campus during the four months of training it takes to become Seeing Eye dogs.
Golden Dome Foundation President Mary Ellen Harris spoke at the dedication, which was followed by a luncheon inside the new facility’s exercise yard.
This page has a phot of two people standing in front of the Dr. Robert H. Harris Pavilion on the campus of The Seeing Eye. The caption reads: President & CEO Jim Kutsch with his Seeing Eye dog, a German shepherd named Vegas – both are now retired – and Golden Dome Foundation President Mary Ellen Harris. Photo by Victoria Alfonzo.
Statements of Financial Position
ASSETS September 30, 2019 September 30, 2018
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,356,000 $ 1,884,000
Prepaid expenses and other assets 205,000 157,000
Unconditional promises to give, net 132,000 208,000
Investments 275,671,000 278,828,000
Beneficial interests in perpetual trusts held by others 28,544,000 29,322,000
Beneficial interests in other charitable trusts 4,568,000 4,650,000
Land, buildings and equipment, net 48,065,000 44,827,000
$ 359,541,000 $ 359,876,000
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 2,809,000 $ 3,487,000
Deferred revenue --- 746,000
Accrued pension and postretirement benefits 23,704,000 15,221,000
Interest payable 348,000 348,000
Finance lease obligation 2,347,000 2,383,000
Bonds payable 35,898,000 36,213,000
65,106,000 58,398,000
NET ASSETS
Without donor restrictions 254,743,000 259,325,000
With donor restrictions 39,692,000 42,153,000
Total net assets 294,435,000 301,478,000
$ 359,541,000 $ 359,876,000
Reproduced from the September 30, 2019, financial statements audited by EisnerAmper LLP.
For a complete copy of our September 30, 2019, audited financial statements, please visit about-us/financials.
Statement of Activities
Year Ended September 30, 2019
(With summarized information for the year ended September 30, 2018)
Without Donor With Donor Total Total
Restrictions Restrictions 2019 2018
Operating revenue, gains and other support:
Contributions 9,905,000 337,000 10,242,000 8,353,000
Legacies 6,313,000 183,000 6,496,000 12,168,000
Trust income 1,504,000 — 1,504,000 1,322,000
Investment assets
appropriated for operations 12,370,000 218,000 12,588,000 12,100,000
Other revenues 151,000 — 151,000 152,000
Net assets released
from restrictions 2,317,000 (2,317,000) — —
32,560,000 (1,579,000) 30,981,000 34,095,000
Operating expenses:
Program services 21,854,000 — 21,854,000 21,325,000
Management and general 1,552,000 — 1,552,000 1,464,000
Fundraising 3,679,000 — 3,679,000 3,391,000
27,085,000 — 27,085,000 26,180,000
Increase (decrease) in net assets
from operating activities 5,475,000 (1,579,000) 3,896,000 7,915,000
Other changes:
Investment return, net 10,907,000 379,000 11,286,000 24,209,000
Investment assets
appropriated for operations (12,370,000) (218,000) (12,588,000) (12,100,000)
Unrealized loss on beneficial
interests in perpetual trusts
held by others --- (961,000) (961,000) 763,000
Change in value of split-interest
agreements (143,000) (82,000) (225,000) 32,000
Net periodic pension and
postretirement change other than
service cost 147,000 — 147,000 (646,000)
Pension and postretirement –
other changes (8,598,000) --- (8,598,000) 6,700,000
(10,057,000) (882,000) (10,939,000) 18,958,000
Change in net assets (4,582,000) (2,461,000) (7,043,000) 26,873,000
Net assets - beginning of year 259,325,000 42,153,000 301,478,000 274,605,000
Net assets - end of year $ 254,743,000 $ 39,692,000 $ 294,435,000 $ 301,478,000
Reproduced from the September 30, 2019, financial statements audited by EisnerAmper LLP.
For a complete copy of our September 30, 2019, audited financial statements, please visit about-us/financials.
Veterinary Recognition Awards
Each year, The Seeing Eye receives nominations from our graduates and puppy raisers for our Veterinary Recognition Awards. These veterinarians, and many others who remain unnamed, have gone “above and beyond” as they provided extraordinary service and care to Seeing Eye dogs in all stages of their lives. Our puppies, our dogs-in-training, and the Seeing Eye dogs working with their owners all benefit greatly from the generosity of these veterinarians and their staffs.
This year, The Seeing Eye recognizes Dr. Christine E. Bryan at the Animal Health Center of Mississippi State University in Mississippi State, Mississippi.
Back Cover
On the back cover is a photo of a golden retriever puppy wearing a green bandana that says Seeing Eye Puppy Raiser Program. The puppy has her eyes closed and her mouth open, so it looks like she’s laughing! The caption reads: Zani, a golden retriever in The Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Program. This photo and many more of the photos found inside this annual report can be found in The Seeing Eye’s Puppy Raiser Calendar, available at calendar. Photo by Kara Anderson.
The Seeing Eye
President & CEO
Glenn D. Hoagland
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Editor
Craig Garretson, Senior Communications Officer
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ISSN 0037-0819
Publication number 488580
The Seeing Eye produces the annual report in print, Braille, audio, and electronic versions. Copies are available by request. This issue and past issues also are available on our website. Permission to reprint may be obtained by contacting The Seeing Eye.
Seeing Eye® is a registered trademark for guide dogs of The Seeing Eye, Inc., and is its registered service mark for training dogs as guides and instructing visually impaired individuals in their use and care. The Seeing Eye admits and offers students of any race, color, religion, nationality, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation or ancestry all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, nationality, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation or ancestry in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.
The Seeing Eye follows the guidelines recommended by the Council of U.S. Dog Guide Schools for the humane care and training of dogs to be guides, and the instruction and graduate services offered to people who are blind or visually impaired.
The Seeing Eye is an accredited member of the International Guide Dog Federation. The mission of The Seeing Eye is to enhance the independence, dignity and self-confidence of people who are blind, through the use of specially trained Seeing Eye dogs.
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