Volunteer: Short Distance Driver
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Since 1954, Guiding Eyes has managed to thrive on goodness, even in the most difficult of times. We relied on the goodness of our loyal base of generous supporters, passionate staff and dedicated volunteers to come together to meet the growing needs of our diverse community of people with vision loss. Through this unwavering support and dedication, Guiding Eyes has graduated more than 10,000 guide dog teams. We believe in the powerful, meaningful change that our beautiful dogs bring to the lives of people facing the daily challenges that blindness and vision loss present.
It can cost up to $50,000 annually to train and care for a guide dog throughout its working lifetime with a person who is blind. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we provide all services completely free of charge to people who are blind or with vision loss. At Guiding Eyes, we rely upon the contributions of our generous donors to fulfill our mission.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind has two locations Yorktown Heights and Patterson.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind is seeking volunteer drivers to assist with short-distance routes. Routes will go between our Yorktown and Patterson locations, as well as to New City, Brewster, Hopewell Junction, and Newton, CT.
If you are interested, please submit our driver application via this link (copy and paste it into your web browser).
Campus Volunteer Application - Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Volunteers will use Guiding Eyes vehicles (the largest vehicle being a minivan) and must be comfortable transporting dogs and/or humans.
Volunteers will have to pass a DMV background check before starting.
This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.
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This position is located in Patterson, CA with potential relocation and sponsorship assistance depending on candidate qualifications.
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