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Mira Foundation
Blindness organization based in Quebec, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mira Foundation (Fondation Mira) is a Quebec-based community-based organization which pursues the following stated objective: "to bring greater autonomy to handicapped people and to facilitate their social integration by providing them with [guide and service] dogs that have been fully trained to accommodate each individual's needs of adaptation and rehabilitation." Mira assistance dogs are provided free of charge to disabled persons.
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Founded in 1981 by its CEO Éric St-Pierre, "Mira Foundation services are offered to anyone presenting with one or more of the following disabilities: visual, auditory and physical."
Its head office and training facilities are located in Sainte-Madeleine, Quebec.
Among supporters and spokespeople of the Mira Foundation have been Québécois actors Robert Brouillette, Roy Dupuis, Jean L'Italien, and Stéphane Rousseau. Additionally, a known guide dog user from Mira is YouTuber Molly Burke.
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External links
- Fondation Mira (Mira Foundation): Official site
- Stars at Mira (featured link on official site)
- Défi-Vision 2005 (18th edition) (official press release)
- Mira USA
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