Vision Australia and the Petbarn Foundation have raised over $850,000 for the 2021 Seeing Eye Dogs Appeal to cover the costs of training and caring for 17 Seeing Eye Dog puppies.
Queensland raised more money than other states, contributing over a quarter of the national total with over $220,000 raised in the Seeing Eye Dogs Appeal.
The initiative began in 2014 has succeeded in helping vision impaired Australians by training over 100 dogs and raising a total of nearly $5 million.