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Guide Dogs for the Blind Brings Out the Dogs to Tour de Cure

Yountville, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2007 -- On Sunday, May 6, "Team GDB" (a cycle team formed of affiliates of Guide Dogs for the Blind), participated in the American Diabetes Association's "Tour de Cure" in Napa Valley. Guide Dogs for the Blind is an organization that sees the impact of diabetes in its work every day; diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in the United States. With 20.8 million adults and children in America living with diabetes, Team GDB was eager to not only help support efforts toward finding a cure, but share the message that until a cure is found, people can still enjoy active, healthy lifestyles despite diabetes and blindness. The 33 cyclists on Team GDB raised more than $17,000 to support the American Diabetes Association's efforts. Among the cyclists were several blind riders on tandem bikes, who were enthusiastically greeted by their awaiting Guide Dogs at the finish line.

Guide Dogs for the Blind is a national nonprofit organization based in San Rafael, Calif. Its services are provided free-of-charge to those it serves, and relies solely on private donations (GDB receives no government funding). For more information on GDB and how its power of partnering is improving quality of life, please visit http://www.guidedogs.com/, or call (800) 295-4050.

High-res photos available for download: http://www.guidedogs.com/highres

Captions:
* jessica_aerial.jpg: Blind cyclists Jessica Gonzales of San Rafael (l) with her yellow Lab Guide Dog, Fender, and Aerial Gilbert of Petaluma with her German Shepherd Guide Dog, Hedda.
* zach_ayaka.jpg: Husband and wife tandem cycle duo Zach Roth and Ayaka Isono of Richmond. Zach is a professional Guide Dog Mobility Instructor, and Ayaka (who is blind) is an IT Specialist. Her black Lab Guide Dog is named Pablo.
* zach_ayaka2.jpg: Zach Roth and Ayaka Isono in action on their tandem bicycle.
* paolo_jessica.jpg: Team GDB captain Paolo Pompanin and blind cyclist Jessica Gonzales in action.
* team_gdb.jog: A group photo of Team GDB, plus dogs.

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