Have Paws Will Travel    
 Guide Dog Puppy Raising Club
 Arapahoe County, Colorado
yellow lab puppy looks at beeping eggs, a child's white cane is visable
Penne and the Easter eggs.

 VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN'S
EASTER EGG HUNT
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Each year, Qwest volunteers host an Easter Egg hunt for visually impaired children. The fun includes hunting for Easter eggs that beep so the blind children can find them, playing T-ball (the balls also beep), a visit from the Easter Bunny, and of course, meeting some very special dogs--our Guide Puppies! What a wonderful way to introduce these kids to the prospect of using a Guide Dog for mobility when they are old enough while socializing our pups with some wonderful youngsters. Plus, it's just a lot of fun! Afterward, volunteers & raiser enjoy a thank you breakfast. 

Come on in....Everybody's Welcome.

inside the Qwest building where the egg hunt takes place
The event had to be held inside due to the cold, windy and snowy conditions outside.
 Miranda and Jasper pose with an easter bunny costumed character
Miranda and Jasper meet an Easter Bunny.
 yellow lab penne and black lab melrose and their raisers
Deb, and Emily with Penne, and Steve with Melrose
check out the scene.



Making Friends

Jasper
 Dogs with bunny ears were a big attraction.
Golden retriever puppy jonathan poses in his white and pink bunny ears
Jonathan
(Dogs with Vision puppy club)

a child touches Jasper's bunny ears. both are facing away from the camera
Jasper



dot and fandango meet a new friend All the puppies were popular--bunny ears or not!
Dot and Fandango (Dogs with Vision puppy club)                                                   
Melrose enjoys attention from a young girl
Melrose loves an ear-scratch.



Let the Easter Egg Hunt Begin!


a pink easter egg that beeps so blind children can find it
Eggs beep so the visually impaired children can locate them audibly
 Penne investigates the tip of a white cane. A pink easter egg is nearby
Penne doesn't know which is more interesting--
a noisy egg or a white cane
 children with white canes search for eggs
Children scurry to get to the eggs first.



Jasper in bunny ears with a young girl and her easter egg bag
Jasper may just think he really IS the Easter Bunny!
 a blind boy locates a pink beeping egg while a man strokes a yellow lab guide puppy
AHHhh! Found one!



Lots of Easter Baskets to hand out!   
a table brimming with easter basketsthree costumed easter bunny characters poseJasper with yellow bunny ears and an easter basket



Lunch is Served
A child explores the lunch area with his cane
Where shall we sit?
 wrigley and Laura go through the lunch line
Wrigley and Laura go through the lunch line.
 Jasper looks on hopefully as Miranda eats her lunch
Jasper looks so hopeful--just a tiny crumb, Mom?



We had a wonderful time!
emily and penne
Emily and Penne
hpwt members and dogs pose in front of a table full of easter baskets
Thanks Qwest, for inviting us to this fun event!
 Miranda and golden retriever Jasper, wearing yellow bunny ears
Miranda & Jasper


golden retrievers Jasper & Jonathan check out each other's bunny ears
See you next ear.....uh, YEAR!