NZOWA’s Gary Edgar and Rae Long with

The New Zealand Optical Wholesalers Association (NZOWA) has officially wound up and donated its remaining funds to 10 charities nominated by its members.

The recipients are: Blind and Low Vision NZ Guide Dogs ($14,386.82), The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ ($11,865.66), Blind and Low Vision NZ ($8,583.92), Macular Degeneration New Zealand ($8,330.40), Glaucoma New Zealand ($6,309.25), New Zealand Eye Bank Trust ($5,555.71), New Zealand Optometric Vision Research Foundation ($5,302.19), Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand ($4,034.57), Foureyes Foundation ($3,534.56) and The Visual Impairment Charitable Trust Aotearoa (NZ) ($2,520.46).

“Donating to these worthy charities selected by our members is a happy and fitting closing of NZOWA,” said former president Gary Edgar, who has been acting NZOWA caretaker since 2019.