How You and Your Club Can Help
Memberships & Fellowships
Memberships and Fellowships recognize the dedication and service of individual Lions. All Memberships and Fellowships can be purchased to recognize a Lion’s outstanding achievement.
Dog Guides Scholarship Program
Donating a scholarship for a Dog Guide team covers a portion (or all) of the approximately $35,000 that it costs to raise and train a puppy and ultimately place the Dog Guides with a Canadian living with a disability, at no cost to them. Select the link below to see our Scholarship page for more details and to sign up, or complete our online form.
The Difference Campaign
Lions Clubs have contributed substantial funding to every capital campaign in the foundation’s history. Our current school has reached maximum capacity for both dogs and people. Help us build for the future and make a difference by training more dogs and helping more people.
For more information, email: thedifference@dogguides.com or call 1-800-768-3030, ext.0.
Make a Donation
A donation from you or your Club helps make a difference in the lives of Canadians with disabilities. Your gift allows us to unleash potential and provide a life-changing Dog Guide at no cost. Choose to donate in recognition of a celebration, such as a birthday, wedding or anniversary.
Memorial Gifts
Commemorate the life of a loved one, two or four-legged, at our Memorial Forest or Pet Memorial Wall in Breslau. A special ceremony is held in Breslau every June.
Legacy Giving
You can make a large impact on the future of Dog Guides with a planned gift. We encourage you to consult with your legal and financial advisor.
Your Donations at Work!
Marielle lends a paw in the Courtroom
Sometimes we need someone to simply be there for us. Facility Support Dog Marielle has proven this to be true. The court room can be a very scary place, especially for a child. Thankfully, Marielle is there to lend a paw. She provides love and support to children who have been through traumatic experiences explains handler Kristal Leblanc.
It can be very isolating in the witness box. Family members or safe supporters are seated far back in the gallery. It can be intimidating to have to tell a room full of adults details of what has happened, especially in sexual assault cases.
Since graduating from the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides, Marielle has worked on more than 75 trials. She is the first and only accredited facility support dog to be used in a New Brunswick courtroom. Her impact has been immeasurable.
I don’t know what we would do without her. There are things as professionals we can’t offer. We can’t go into the witness box and provide comfort and compassion. She just gives something that no other human could ever give.
Tammy & Kiwi
On July 17, 1983, Tammy dove into a pool and broker her neck. In 2011, after 28 years of pushing herself around in her wheelchair, her shoulders and back were giving her trouble. If she dropped something she had trouble bending down and then getting back up. Opening a door was difficult and painful. A friend told her about Dog Guides. That’s when Kiwi came into her life. Tammy immediately felt that their partnership was meant to be… Kiwi’s birthday is July 17th… the date of her accident.
I can’t imagine my life without Kiwi. She helps me pick things up or get things I can’t reach. She’s a great companion. Everyday with my disability is a new challenge. But with Kiwi, she takes that challenge away. She makes me feel safer. When I’m sick, she alerts my neighbours. When my chair got stuck on ice, she saved me from freezing to death by alerting a passerby. She has brought back my independence that I was losing. I’d be lost without her.