ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 7, 2025—CooperVision announced today that through the commitment and generosity of its employees around the world, the company has cumulatively raised more than $5 million for the Optometry Giving Sight (OGS) World Sight Day Challenge. CooperVision is the largest all-time donor and a Global Gold Sponsor of the organization, supporting its mission to eradicate preventable blindness.
OGS helps expand access to eye care in underserved communities around the world by funding initiatives to establish optometry schools and vision clinics; train eye care practitioners; and provide eye exams and eyeglasses.
Since 2008, CooperVision employees have engaged in a variety of creative fundraising activities for the OGS World Sight Day Challenge. In 2024, the company’s sites raised nearly $290,000 through a series of regional and global initiatives. Teams from CooperVision have also supported the organization through participation in OGS-funded mission trips to provide eye exams and glasses for more than 4,000 children in underserved communities. This includes visits to schools in Mexico and two clinics in Jamaica, one of which took place just last month.
“CooperVision’s mission is to help improve the way people see each day, and our employees around the globe understand the profound ways in which vision can change lives,” said Dan McBride, Chief Operating Officer, CooperCompanies, and OGS board member. “It is incredible to see their generosity, year after year, to extending the gift of sight to so many more individuals, families, and communities through OGS.”
To learn more about the World Sight Day Challenge and how you can participate, visit www.givingsight.org/wsdc/.
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About CooperVision
CooperVision, a division of CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO), is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of contact lenses. The company produces a full array of daily disposable, two-week and monthly soft contact lenses that feature advanced materials and optics, and premium rigid gas permeable lenses for orthokeratology and scleral designs. CooperVision has a strong heritage of addressing the toughest vision challenges such as astigmatism, presbyopia, childhood myopia, and highly irregular corneas; and offers the most complete portfolio of spherical, toric and multifocal products available. Through a combination of innovative products and focused practitioner support, the company brings a refreshing perspective to the marketplace, creating real advantages for customers and wearers. For more information, visit www.coopervision.com.
About CooperCompanies
CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO) is a leading global medical device company focused on helping people experience life’s beautiful moments through its two business units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision is a trusted leader in the contact lens industry, helping to improve the way people see each day. CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women’s healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most. Headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., CooperCompanies has a workforce of more than 16,000, sells products in over 130 countries, and positively impacts over fifty million lives each year. For more information, please visit www.coopercos.com.
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