Doggone: Leader Dogs for the Blind puppies say 'thank you' to Jaffe law firm

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Photos courtesy of Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss

By Sheila Pursglove
Legal News
 
Employees at Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss in Southfield enjoyed a recent visit from a couple of puppies from Leader Dogs for the Blind.  The two black Labs, “Alloy” and “Ruby”—both in the Leader Dogs training program—visited the office with their puppy raisers, as a ‘thank you’ for the firm’s support, after Jaffe employees raised more than $750 for the cause in April. 

“Jaffe has supported Leader Dogs many times before. It’s a cause near and dear to a lot of the employees at the firm,” says Jaffe CEO William Sider.

The firm supports a local charitable organization each month through its community outreach “Giving Back” program. Jaffe attorneys and staff are involved with local, regional and national organizations and charities, providing leadership, volunteer and financial resources to a variety of non-for-profit professional and trade organizations and impactful causes, including Leader Dogs for the Blind, Winning Futures, Care House of Oakland County, Gleaners Food Bank, American Cancer Society, Gift of Adoption, Turning Point Shelter, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and more.

The firm, which makes a charitable donation each month to the selected charity, provides information to all employees regarding the charity, and encourages them to volunteer time or money.

“Our attorneys and staff care deeply about the community,” Sider says. “We consider engaged corporate citizenship a matter of vital importance to the health and wellbeing of our community, our people and our firm,”

Two of the firm’s attorneys spent the morning with the Leader Dog pups.

“Leader Dogs for the Blind makes a point to visit donors at their office as a thank you for supporting their cause,” explains attorney Ralph Margulis, a partner and member of the Aviation and Financial Institutions Practice Groups, and an alumnus of Detroit Mercy Law, where he served as chairman of the Moot Court Board of Directors and associate editor of the Journal of Urban Law. “I was able to visit Alloy and Ruby between work as they were making their rounds around the office. The dogs made for a friendly and fun Friday at Jaffe.”

“I’m proud to work for a firm that makes it a priority to engage in and support the local community,” says Paul Hage, a partner and member of the Insolvency and Reorganization Practice Group, and an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Law School.

“It’s a great program because it allows each of us to become more familiar with one of the many charitable organizations that are doing important work in the community.
Leader Dogs for the Blind was a great organization to partner with, as they have been doing important work in the community and nationwide for over 75 years.”
 

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