Hi, I’m Maddie Link, a high school sophomore at Allentown Central Catholic High School. I enjoy the company of all my friends, but especially that of my furry, four-legged companion, Snowbird. I was matched with my MIRA guide dog in July of 2012, and he and I travel everywhere together. Snowbird has been to the United Nations, Lake Seneca, and Bethlehem’s MusikFest and on the Washington DC Metro.
He even guided me all the way up the 832-step Gorge Trail at Watkin’s Glen State Park in New York, and then all the way back down, through tunnels, past cascading waterfalls, beside cliffs, and down spiral staircases cut into solid stone.
I play the Celtic harp for many events in the area, and Snowbird makes an excellent and very regal resident harp dog. He has attended weddings, cocktail parties, brunches, concerts, black tie events, and country clubs. In addition, he successfully navigates high school, and performs spectacularly in all of his classes!
My favorite classes are history and theology, and I hope to become a peace negotiator with an expertise in world religions after graduating from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service.
I love to play the harp, read, learn, play with Snowbird, travel, and sing, and I strive to be a difference in the world with my MIRA miracle at my side.