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The Seeing Eye The Seeing Eye THE SEEING EYE® 75 YEARS OF RAISING PUPPIES ANNUAL REPORT 2017 02 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO JAMES A. kUTSCH, JR. 04 LETTER FROM THE OFFICERS 05 BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS 06 COMMITTED MEMBERS LETTER from the 38 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PRESIDENT and CEO of THE SEEING EYE 40 VETERINARY RECOGNITION AWARDS THANk YoU FoR HElPING To MAkE 2017 SUCH A success. YoUR GENERoUS SUPPort HElPED 257 PEoPlE ACHIEVE THEIR DREAM oF BEING matched WITH A SEEING EYE® DoG. I’ve worked with Seeing Eye dogs since 1970 – the photo shows me with my current Seeing Eye dog, a German shepherd named Vegas. Thanks to your thoughtful gifts to The Seeing Eye, we haven’t had ON THE COVER to raise our student tuition since our founding… a truly amazing 2017 WAS THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEEING Eye’s PuPPY RAISING PROGRAM. achievement. The dollar certainly doesn’t go as far today as it did in 1929, when you could buy a dozen oranges for a quarter, an For the first 13 years of our history, The Seeing Eye acquired dogs from Dorothy Harrison admission ticket to a New York Yankees game for a dollar, or a Eustis’s dog breeding and training facility, Fortunate Fields, in Vevey, Switzerland. But five-room colonial home in Morristown for $6,000… but it does by the late 1930s, the school was graduating more than 100 students a year, and it was at The Seeing Eye, where student tuition includes round-trip apparent The Seeing Eye would soon need its own breeding program closer to our transportation from anywhere in the United States or Canada, three headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey. weeks’ room and board, training in how to use and care for a guide The Seeing Eye began its program with six German shepherds born in February 1942. dog, equipment, ongoing support after graduation, and of course, the Following a system that had been created at Fortunate Fields, the puppies were raised dog itself, can still be had for $150 for a first-time student, $50 for a not in the kennel but by area families, where they would learn valuable lessons about returning student, or $1 for a military veteran. going new places and meeting new people. The Seeing Eye initially found families through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 4-H youth program. You will find stories and photos of some of the people you helped In 1949, there were a handful of families participating in the Puppy Raising Program, achieve increased independence and dignity through the use of all in Morris County; today, there are more than 550 families spread across New Jersey, Seeing Eye dogs throughout this annual report. I hope you enjoy Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Northern Maryland, and Warwick, New York. these stories as much as I do. Without you, we couldn’t have done it. 02 THE SEEING EYE ANNUAL REPORT 2017 James A. Kutsch, Jr. and Vegas HIGHLIGHTS OF FIScal YEAR 2017 IncluDE: in Psychology. Initial findings indicate that the breed of the mother dog, the size of her litter and whether she was a first time or a more • We served 257 students, received 421 applications, and accepted 260 experienced mom affected her mothering style and were factors that candidates into our program. (Some candidates accepted in 2017 will appear to contribute to the success of her pups as guide dogs. The attend in 2018.) Seeing Eye received national media coverage for our involvement in the study. • We continued our follow-up support for our 1,771 actively working Seeing Eye teams, with Seeing Eye instructors conducting follow-up • The Seeing Eye Orientation and Mobility Program held 14 seminars visits to Seeing Eye graduates in 45 states, Puerto Rico, and seven on the campuses of participating colleges and universities, including Canadian provinces. one at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Mobility specialists instruct people who are blind in how to travel safely using a long • At our Chester breeding facility, 473 puppies were whelped from 62 white cane. The goal of the Seeing Eye O&M Program is to give O&M litters, with an average litter size of 7.6 puppies. The success rate for the students an understanding of guide dogs, so when they graduate dogs that began the training program after returning to campus from and encounter an individual who would benefit from a guide dog, their puppy raising families and went on to graduate from the program the specialist will recognize that the individual’s mobility would be or entered the breeding program was approximately 75 percent, enhanced by the use of a guide dog. Over 150 future O&M specialists allowing us to train only the very best dogs, and to find the very best attended the seminars. match for each of our students. We had 566 active families participating in puppy development in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, • Public visits to our campus continue to be very popular. The public Sincerely, and New York by providing foster homes for our puppies. is welcomed to make reservations and visit on Thursdays and one James A. Kutsch, Jr. Saturday per month. The visit includes videos, talks by a graduate and President & CEO • On January 29, 2017 – the 88th anniversary of our founding – The an instructor, and a history of The Seeing Eye. In FY17, over 2,300 The Seeing Eye, Inc. Seeing Eye was featured on CBS’s Sunday Morning. As part of the people attended 56 visits (an average of 44 individuals per visit). segment, host Jane Pauley sat with a Seeing Eye dog in training, a yellow Labrador retriever named Phoenix. The video can be viewed at • On May 9, the second annual Dinner Party for The Seeing Eye was https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-seeing-eye-dogs. held, with 182 attendees enjoying the culinary skills of seven local chefs. Guests also enjoyed a video about one of our graduates, a graduate • Groundbreaking research on mothering styles in canines and speaker and a live auction. Over $162,000 was raised for our mission. the effect it has on their puppies’ development was done with The Seeing Eye’s breeding colony in collaboration with the University of oN BEHAlF oF All THE PEoPlE YoU HElPED Pennsylvania, and published in the February 2017 issue of Frontiers IN 2017… THANk YoU. THE SEEING EYE ANNUAL REPORT 2017 03 LETTER from the OFFICERS of THE SEEING EYE Dear Friends: In Fiscal Year 2017, we celebrated the 75th anniversary of the founding of our Puppy Raising program. It’s an extraordinary concept – taking 8-week-old puppies born at The Seeing Eye and distributing them to families or individuals throughout the area who volunteer to raise these dogs, teach them basic commands and house manners, bring them to different places and meet new people to socialize them, and most importantly give them the love, care, and attention that will develop the foundation of the uncanny bond they will share with the person they will eventually guide. For more than a year, the puppy is a part of your life… and then the puppy, now generally 14 to 16 months old, comes back to The Seeing Eye to be trained as a Seeing Eye dog. It really is a lot to ask of a volunteer. And we hear people say it all the time: “I’d love to do that, but I could never give the puppy up!” Puppy raisers will tell you it’s not easy. But they know they are doing this for a higher purpose: To make a profound difference in the life of someone who is blind or visually impaired. And those of you who have supported our mission in the last year with your gifts of money, dedication, and time have made it possible for our dogs to do what they truly love to do. If our puppies could thank each and every one of you, they would! oN THEIR BEHAlF… THANk YoU! Clockwise from top left: Thomas J. Duffy, Ari Benacerraf, Thomas J. Duffy Ari Benacerraf James A. Kutsch, Jr., and Margaret E. Howard Chairman Vice Chair Margaret E. Howard, D.Lit. James A. Kutsch, Jr. Vice Chair President & CEO 04 THE SEEING EYE ANNUAL REPORT 2017 ExECUTIVE oFFICE AND lEADERSHIP TEAM BoARD oF Trustees Glenn Cianci T homas J. Duffy Vikram Agarwal, Esq.* Michael G. May* Director, Facilities Management Chairman Shareholder Executive Director Peggy Gibbon Global Chief Operating Officer, Audit Bean Kinney & Korman PC BVI Workforce Innovation Center KPMG LLP Director, Canine Development Karon C. Bales, TEP, CS Envision, Inc. Dolores Holle, VMD Ari Benacerraf Partner Michael B. McKitish Vice Chair Director, Canine Medicine & Surgery Bales Beall LLP Assistant Head for Finance and Operations Senior Managing Director Richard V. Boulger Peddie School Randall Ivens Diamond Castle Holdings Director, Human Resources Adjunct Lecturer Vicki N. Meyers-Wallen, VMD, Margaret E. Howard, DLit University of Arizona PhD, Dipl. ACT David Johnson Vice Chair Director, Instruction & Training Cynthia Bryant, LLM* Associate Professor, V.P. of Administration & Special Legal Adviser Genetics & Reproduction James A. Kutsch, Jr., PhD* University Relations (retired) Federal Communications Commission J.A. Baker Institute for Animal Health President & CEO Drew University Cornell University Dr. Lewis M. Chakrin Jennifer Lieberman Robert A. Hamwee Dean, The Anisfield School Michael H. Mittelman, OD, MPH, FAAO Executive Assistant to the President Treasurer of Business (retired) President Managing Director Deborah Morrone-Colella Ramapo College of New Jersey Salus University Director, Donor & Public Relations New Mountain Capital LLC Anthony J. DeCarlo, VMD Mark “Duke” Mulvoy Julie H.
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