A guide dog can provide far more than help getting from one place to another.
For someone who is blind or experiencing vision loss, the right guide dog partnership can support greater independence, confidence, mobility, and freedom.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind works to make those partnerships possible, providing expertly trained guide dogs and services completely free of charge to the people it serves.
Behind every partnership are puppies, volunteers, professional trainers, veterinary teams, facilities, and donors helping move the mission forward.
Want to be part of it?
Here are 5 ways you can support Guiding Eyes for the Blind.
1. Help Build the New Wellness & Training Center
One of the biggest projects underway at Guiding Eyes is the new Wellness & Training Center.
Guiding Eyes says nearly 200 people are currently waiting for a guide dog, with some experiencing waits of up to two years.
The new facility is designed to help Guiding Eyes:
Expand Capacity • Reduce Wait Times • Support More Dogs • Serve More People
It's an investment in the future of the organization — and the guide dog partnerships still waiting to begin.
Support the Wellness & Training Center
2. Make Your Miles Matter With WAGATHON 2026
Want to support Guiding Eyes while getting outside?
WAGATHON 2026 is Guiding Eyes' virtual marathon challenge taking place throughout September.
Participants aim to walk or run a cumulative 26.2 miles by September 30 while fundraising for the Guiding Eyes mission.
You can participate yourself, create or join a team, support another participant, or simply make a donation.
26.2 Miles • One Mission • More Life-Changing Partnerships
3. Support the Journey of a Future Guide Dog
Every working guide dog starts as a puppy.
From those early months through professional training, developing a future guide dog requires significant time, care, expertise, and resources.
The journey can include:
Puppy Development • Socialization • Veterinary Care • Training • Professional Instruction
Volunteer puppy raisers are an important part of the process, helping young dogs develop skills and experience the world before potentially moving into formal guide dog training.
Donations help support the wider network that makes this journey possible.
4. Help Create More Guide Dog Partnerships
Training exceptional dogs is only part of the Guiding Eyes mission.
The next step is finding the right partnership.
Guiding Eyes carefully matches guide dogs with people based on individual needs and factors such as walking pace, environment, personality, and lifestyle.
Once matched, the person and dog learn to work together as a team.
The result can be a partnership supporting greater:
Independence • Mobility • Confidence • Freedom
And Guiding Eyes provides its guide dogs and services at no cost to the people it serves.
Help make more partnerships possible
5. Support the Guiding Eyes Mission
You don't need to raise a puppy or participate in an event to make a difference.
A direct donation can help support the broader Guiding Eyes mission and the people, dogs, programs, and resources behind it.
That includes the journey from puppyhood through training and, ultimately, partnership with someone experiencing vision loss.
Supporters can also explore opportunities such as monthly giving, tribute gifts, workplace giving, matching gifts, fundraising, and other ways to contribute.
One donation becomes part of a much bigger journey.
Puppy → Care → Training → Partnership → Greater Independence
Help Make the Next Partnership Possible
Every Guiding Eyes journey starts with support.
Your donation can help raise and train future guide dogs, provide essential care, strengthen programs and facilities, and help connect more people with dogs that can support greater independence.
Whether you support a current campaign or contribute to the wider mission, every gift helps move Guiding Eyes forward.
Donate to Guiding Eyes Today
Give today and help make the next life-changing guide dog partnership possible.