Guide Digs was the chosen charity of the most recent Master of Yeatman-Biggs Lodge Neil Suiter from Lincoln. His members, who meet in London, are drawn from all over the UK and even the Far East, and together raised £650.
In North Lincolnshire Lodge Almoner Trevor Davey handed the money to a group from Guide Dogs, including five dogs ranging from Cooper, who’s a pup in training, to retired Zeus, who’s 12 years old. In our picture (above), all the doggie eyes are on Cooper, who’s about to get a treat from Brian Whitfield.
Although guide dogs are always the property of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, they become members of the families of people for whom they restore independence, building a quality of life which might not otherwise exist.
In our main picture are Tracey and Brian Wilson with dog Cooper, Mike and Andrea Coulson with dogs Felix and Zeus, Linda and Iain Tennant with dog Orson, and the local group treasure Michael Smithson and Yeatman-Biggs Lodge Almoner Trevor Davey.