Guiding Eyes For Blind is an internationally accredited guide dog school. The nonprofit organization was founded in 1956 to provide the blind and visually impaired with the freedom to travel safely and independently.
There are two campuses, one at the Yorktown Heights headquarters and training site and the Patterson Canine Development Center.
Guiding Eyes has had more than 7,000 graduating guide dogs. It provides professional training and follow-up services. It costs approximately $45,000 to prepare students and dogs to become a Guiding Eyes team.
The organization receives no government funding and provides dogs, plus training and lifetime support, to its blind and visually impaired students at no cost to them. To fulfill its mission, Guiding Eyes depends on contributions from individuals, corporations and foundations.
Founded in 1963, the Huntington Arts Council is a not-for-profit organization which enriches the quality of life of Long Islanders with programs and services that address the needs and interests of artists, cultural organizations and the community.
The Council's programs reach over 750,000 Long Island residents, and it serves the entire region with its cultural listings at www.huntingtonarts.org. The New York State Council on the Arts has accorded the Huntington Arts Council the primary status designation of "being of particular importance to the cultural life of New York State."
The Council is the official arts coordinating agency for the Town of Huntington, and serves as the primary regranting agency on Long Island for the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), in addition to its services to over 600 member cultural organizations and individual artist members.