

Rescuing and professionally training dogs to assist people, enhance lives & provide greater independence is what Dogs for the Deaf is all about.
Dogs for the Deaf rescues dogs from animal shelters throughout the western United States. After professional training at our southern Oregon facility, the dogs are placed with…
•People with a variety of disabilities and challenges including: hearing loss, deafness, and children on the autism spectrum.
•Full-time professionals (teachers, physicians, counselors, and licensed therapists) who work with people with various disabilities and challenges.
Join Dogs for the Deaf, along with some very special guests, at the Wilshire Country Club Oct. 27th, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, for an evening of hor d’oeuvres, refreshments, cocktails, and entertainment.
Get your tickets now for this great event!
Guests include Betty White, Elaine Hendrix, Lea Thompson, Ryan Lane, Kristin Bauer, Abri Van Straten, Stephanie Nogueras, David Faustino, Stephen Sorrentino, Stephanie Carpentieri, Joanna Krupa, Daniel Logan, Anderson Davis, Rosie Donovan, Randall, Roxie Bardo, Rosalie Bardo.
When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.
When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.
When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.
When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.
When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.
When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.
When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.
When times are tough, dare to be tougher.
When love hurts you, dare to love again.
When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.
When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.
When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.
When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.
When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.
When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.
Dare to be the best you can –
At all times, Dare to be!”
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Live With PASSION
By thinking of all sentient beings as even better than the wish-granting gem,
for accomplishing the highest aim, may I always consider them precious.
Wherever I go, with whomever I go,may I see myself as less than all others, and from the depth of my heart,
may I consider them supremely precious.
May I examine my mind in all actions, and as soon as a negative state occurs,
since it endangers myself and others
,may I firmly face and avert it.
When I see beings of a negative dispositionor those oppressed by negativity or pain,
may I, as if finding a treasure, consider them precious, for they are rarely met.
Whenever others, due to their jealousy,
revile and treat me in other unjust ways,
may I accept this defeat myself,
and offer the victory to others.
When someone whom I have helped,or in whom I have placed great hope, harms me with great injustice,
may I see him as a sacred friend.
In short, may I offer both directly and indirectly all joy and benefit to all beings,
my mothers, and may I myself secretly take on all of their hurt and suffering.
May they not be defiled by the concepts of the eight mundane concerns,
and aware that all things are illusory, may they, ungrasping, be free from bondage.
by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa (1054 – 1123)
Love & Light