Welcome to Guide Dogs Queensland’s Pawknock Appeal. It takes two years, $30,000 and countless hours of love, care and dedication from staff and volunteers at Guide Dogs Queensland to provide a Queenslander, who is blind or vision impaired, with a Guide Dog, free of charge.

FUNDS RAISED

$6,557.00

63 heroes fundraising today

Pawknock 2010

21 Feb 2010 - 30 Apr 2010

Guide Dogs Queensland's Pawknock Appeal has gone virtual, thanks to Everyday Hero and our growing number of online fundraisers. Create your own Everyday Hero Pawknock Page, by hitting the above tabs, or support one of our Pawknock Heroes by donating on their page. You can also help us promote the appeal by sending this link to your colleagues, friends and family, encouraging their support as well. We also welcome the assistance of thousands of Queenslanders, who between 21st February and 6th March, knock on the doors of around 250,000 neighbours, businesses and colleagues statewide to collect donations for Pawknock. For more information, or to sign up as a Pawknock volunteer go to www.guidedogsqld.com.au and click on the Pawknock link.

Guide Dogs Queensland

In 2010, Guide Dogs Queensland celebrates being 50 years young.

Established in May 1960, Guide Dogs Queensland is today proud to be the state’s principal not-for-profit association providing training and support to Queenslanders who are blind or have low vision.

Although best known for our Guide Dogs, GDQ’s programs have grown to become highly specialised. They include:

• Guide Dogs;
• White Cane training and Electronic Travel Aids;
• Low vision clinics;
• Counselling ;
• Special education programs for children;
• Community education and consultancy.

Every day we help thousands of Queenslanders of all ages overcome the isolation of sight loss. Our programs restore one’s dignity, confidence, independence, mobility and ultimately - freedom.

It costs more than $30,000 to breed, train and place each Guide Dog. We receive no government funding for our Guide Dogs and less than seven per cent in government funding for some fee-for-service orientation and mobility training.

Thanks to community support all services, including Guide Dogs, are provided free of charge.

With help from you, an ‘Everyday Hero’, Queenslanders who are blind or have low vision can look forward to our support and seeing the world through the eyes of a Guide Dog.