CBC Vancouver interview with Scott Rees
By Brent Richter, Alanna Kelly It’s a 30-kilometre swim but Scott Rees is hoping to make it in 10 hours. A North Shore man is set to swim across the Strait of Georgia to help the organization that helps him walk across the street. Scott Rees, who is blind, is hoping to raise awareness and funds for Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.…
A B.C. man is preparing for an epic swim – across the strait of Georgia. That would be a huge challenge for most other people – but Scott Rees isn’t most people. Rees has been slowly losing his vision, but as Jay Durant shows us, he hasn’t lost sight of the bigger picture – that anything is possible if you…
Assistance Dogs International (ADI) and the International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation which will see them collaborate to improve the lives of people with disabilities including visual impairment. Between them, IGDF and ADI represent more than 250 assistance and guide dog programs with more than 36,000 active teams in more than 40 countries.
With Spring and more people out and about you may also notice more service dogs and guide dogs in training out and about.
Sabine Laubental has always been a dog lover, and as her vision started to deteriorate, the idea came naturally to apply for a dog with the Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind.
