FLUVANNA COUNTY, Va. — Karl and Kim Houseknecht never imagined where life would take them when their daughter needed to complete a project to earn a Girl Scout Gold award.
Their daughter connected with New York-based Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a nonprofit that trains and provides guide dogs to individuals who are blind or experiencing vision loss with no cost to the recipient.
“We did a total 180 and decided we were doing another one. So she raised a second dog, then our second daughter raised one, and then after they both moved out, we continued on our own,” Kim said…