Guide Dogs of Texas celebrates new membership with Metro SA Chamber

Guide Dogs of Texas celebrates new membership with Metro SA Chamber

Officials and supporters gathered Wednesday afternoon to celebrate Guide Dogs of Texas and their new membership with the Metro San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Their facility is located north of downtown San Antonio.In 1989, Ken and Deborah Baker started Guide Dogs of Texas in San Antonio after a visually impaired friend made a perilous journey to New York to get his guide dog.The Bakers believed that no Texan should have to travel that far for …

Guide dog puppies' training gets off to a flying start at Exeter Airport - Exeter Airport

[PHOTO: Guide Dogs staff and volunteers, airport staff and the special pups stand in front of the Exeter Airport entrance.] Exeter Airport recently welcomed some VIP visitors as guide dog puppies descended for a dedicated training day to give them new experiences. Thirteen guide dog puppies and their volunteer puppy raisers visited the airport as part of the pups’ preparation to become future guide dogs. The puppies, around 12-months old, got to…

Chamber gets fextive to celebrate rebranding

"What a great turnout!" Chelle Mitchell exclaimed as she surveyed the crowded room of people supporting the rebranding of the Thompson Falls Chamber of Commerce to the new Sanders County Chamber of Commerce annual dinner last Saturday at The Elks Lodge in Thompson Falls. The chamber proved its slogan "Better Together" to be true, drawing crowds from Clark Fork, Idaho, to...