11.21.2025

Our very best wishes for a happy and safe Thanksgiving

During this Thanksgiving season, we pause to reflect on our many blessings. We are grateful for the freedoms we enjoy as Americans and for the opportunity each of us has to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

We appreciate the ability, through hard work and dedication, to achieve great things within and beyond a shared profession. And we are especially thankful for our able and committed volunteers, and for the friendship and trust you place in us. For all of this, we are deeply grateful.

This moment of reflection is also an opportunity to once again recognize our 2025 membership service award recipients. We are proud to honor the doctors marking milestone anniversaries – 25, 45, 50, and 60 years of dedication to optometry and to the people of New Hampshire.

25-Year Awards

• Michael Abrams

• Eva Fung

• Catherine Radakovic

45-Year Awards

• Marguerite Cote Murphy

• Douglas Benoit

60-Year Awards

• Roger Collins

• David Helfman

• Paul Noury

Your commitment has strengthened our community, advanced our profession, and inspired future generations of ODs!

Our collective success continues to be shaped by the people who give their time, talent, and heart to this profession. As we pause to give thanks for the strength within our association, we wish you, your families, and your staff a warm, healthy, and joyful Thanksgiving.

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