Serving in their role as Knights of the Blind, the Killingworth Lions Club has undertaken a new and challenging project, the sponsorship of a Fidelco guide dog. The Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, that breed, raise and train German Shepard guide dogs for placement with the visually impaired throughout the United States and Canada. The cost to the organization of breeding, training, placement and the on-going contact with the Fidelco client for the eight to ten year service life of a guide dog is approximately $26,000. In view of this lofty goal, the Lions see this project as a multi-year undertaking.

To raise the funds to support this project, the Killingworth Lions Club will conduct another raffle with prizes we feel will be attractive to the homeowners of our community. Prizes this year are to be determined.

The Lions have paid for the prizes and the raffle expenses up front, meaning that 100% of the cost of a ticket goes toward the sponsorship of the Fidelco guide dog.

The Killingworth Lions

 

Last Updated: July 17, 2008