Future Farmers of America students in Nevada Union and Bear River high schools are making a huge difference in the future lives of the visually impaired. Starting last school year, a number of student volunteers have taken it upon themselves to raise dogs who would be used as guide dogs in the future, according to The Union.
The program was coordinated with a non-profit organization from California, Guide Dogs for the Blind, which has been providing guide dogs for visually impaired individuals across the U.S. since 1942.
Nicole Darbya, a sophomore at the Nevada Union and one of the volunteers, stated that student such as herself are motivated by the good that the dogs would give others in the future.
"Knowing that dog just might give someone without eyes a way to see the world, that is the reward. That's why we do it," she said.
After all, raising a dog for about 12 to 15 months before they are endorsed to an official guide dog program is a massive commitment, reported Scotsman News.
One of the best things that the dogs get from the FFA students is practice for the real world. While staying with the students, the future guides would have the opportunity to develop a number of useful skills that would be invaluable once they become full-fledged guide dogs for the blind.
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