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Downtown Rochester Client Guide
ORGANIZATION: Leader Dogs for the Blind
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Be a part of Leader Dog's mission by welcoming new clients to Downtown Rochester!
Client guides in this position provide safe introduction to the downtown Rochester Leader Dog facility for clients during their first week of residential training. Volunteers will be working at the building with clients who are blind or visually impaired. In doing so, they provide an enhanced experience for our clients. Guides will work one-on-one or in small groups. Volunteers may also provide other support to the client or training team during training activities. Key tasks include:
- Orient clients to the facilities available in the downtown building
- Ensure clients feel welcome and comfortable while they are waiting for their individualized instruction
- Interact with the client group and not the dogs during this first week of training
- Make coffee if required
- Other Leader Dog client training activities as agreed (possibly supporting the training team as they work with clients downtown)
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About Leader Dogs for the Blind
Location:
1039 S. Rochester Rd., Rochester, MI 48307, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is empowering people who are blind or visually impaired with lifelong skills for safe and independent daily travel.
Description
Founded by three Detroit area Lions Clubs members in 1939, Leader Dogs for the Blind provides dog guides to people who are blind and visually impaired to enhance their mobility, independence and quality of life. Each year, clients attend our residential training program to be paired with a dog guide. This is a life-changing event that opens the doors to independence, safety and self-worth for many of our students.
In addition to our guide dog program, we offer programs that enhance a person's independence and quality of life in other ways, including orientation and mobility training, teen summer camp, and seminars for Orientation and Mobility professionals. Currently, Leader Dog is the only facility in the Western Hemisphere to teach DeafBlind students to work with a guide dog.
Thanks to generous donations from our supporters, our guide dog services are provided free of charge, including room and board and travel to and from our campus in Rochester Hills, Michigan, for clients.
Leader Dog is recognized as a "Best In America" Charity by the Independent Charities of America (ICA).
CAUSE AREAS
Advocacy & Human Rights,
People with Disabilities
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
1039 South Rochester RoadRochester, MI 48307
(42.6887 ,-83.13439 )
DATE POSTED
December 17, 2024
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2 Shifts (3hrs) per month
- • Must be able to bend, stoop and walk Must be able to comprehend, follow and retain verbal directions Must be able to read and follow written directions