Volunteers from Guide Dogs of America walk puppies in training along the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, June 29, 2014.

Guide Dogs of America provides professionally trained guide dogs and instruction in their use, free of charge, to blind and visually impaired individuals so they may pursue their goals of independence and greater mobility.

Since 1948, Guide Dogs of America has been dedicated to its mission to provide guide dogs and instruction in their use, free of charge, to blind and visually impaired men and women from the United States and Canada