 The Guide Dogs Graduation Day 2019 was hosted at the Hawthorne Arts Centre. This video shows the clients and guide dogs on stage as they accept their award, as well as socially in the foyer after the event. Our first speaker is Karen Hayes, CEO of Guide Dogs Victoria. With a theme of adventure awaits, today is the 2019 graduation day for Guide Dogs Victoria. Very exciting day, the biggest day in our calendar, where today we are seeing 77 of our beautiful dogs graduate as either Guide Dogs or Pets' Therapy Dogs or other assistance dogs. Lisa Bradley is a puppy raiser and broody holder. My daughter and I have raised three dogs and our third dog is Hattie and Hattie is a broody. And actually about 16 weeks ago she had her first litter, she had nine puppies. So it's actually more acknowledgement of the success of the dogs and knowing that they're going on to help people live an independent life. The following speaker is client Cassandra from Singapore. I've been a client of Guide Dogs Victoria over the last eight years and Alki who is beside me today is my second guide dog. It really hit home for me the huge journey that all the different dogs go through from breeding to raising to training to eventually being matched and it's a whole big tribe of people supporting. This is the McGregor family and their companion dog Tamsen. We have to thank Guide Dogs so much for the gift that they've given us not just to Hamish but to our family. The people that take the time and energy to raise these dogs for Guide Dogs Victoria we're just so happy that we can present Tamsen and they can see what an amazing job they've done. Can I please ask that all our puppy raises in the room please stand for a well deserved round of applause. Lee McFadseen is the general manager of Guide Dogs and Vision Services at Guide Dogs. Today is about celebrating a point in time because the client and the staff are on an ongoing journey together but to have them come together in a room today acknowledge each other and celebrate that is fantastic.