Guide Dog/Service Dog Recipient Scholarship

Covers all expenses involved in teaching a service dog recipient to successfully work with his/her new canine partner.
Guide Dogs of America Student Scholarship has been awarded to Arielle a first time guide dog user.  Arielle is 29, single and lives in Bakersfield.  She takes care of her younger brother with down syndrome.  She is interested in going to school but at the moment volunteers at a non-profit that deals with kids with Down Syndrome.  She has a small dog and a cat at home and she has been matched with Ilene, a Black, female Labbie.