Guide Dog handler to speak at library

A Guide Dog handler and her guide dog will visit Umina Library at 10:30am on Thursday, October 5, to speak about the difference a guide dog can make in the life of a vision impaired person.

Ms Angela Allen, with her guide dog Piper, will tell their story.

"Having a Guide Dog improves my mobility and also the quality of my life," Ms Allen said.

As a member of the Central Coast Guide Dogs volunteer support group, Ms Allen attends fundraising stalls across the Central Coast.

The money raised is used to provide free services to enable people who are blind or vision impaired get around independently, so they can live the life they choose.

"It costs more than $35,000 to breed, raise and train each Guide Dog, with demand for them growing as the number of people with vision loss increases," Ms Allen said.

"Every day in Australia, 28 people are diagnosed with vision loss that cannot be corrected, including nine who will become blind.

"We are always looking for more volunteers to join our Central Coast Support Group, to help out at our stalls and promote the wonderful help that is provided by Guide Dogs NSW-ACT," she concluded.

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Media release, 27 Sep 2017

Lynne Lillico, Central Coast Support Group