Provident Bank Becomes First Sights for Hope Diamond Community Partner
Sights for Hope announced today that Provident Bank has become its first Diamond Community Partner and will be Presenting Sponsor of its Songs4Sight 2021 concert.
Sights for Hope created its Community Partners program this year to evolve its previous fundraising model – one conducted through piece-by-piece requests and sponsorships – to one in which partners commit their support for a 12-month period and collaborate with the agency on events and services. Sights for Hope offers community partnerships of various sizes.
“We are grateful for the continued support from Provident Bank for our Songs4Sight event as well as their early leadership and commitment as our very first Community Partner at the Diamond level,” said Dennis Zehner, Executive Director and CEO of Sights for Hope. “These partnership opportunities give our agency a chance to work more closely and collaborate with local businesses in a new and more engaging way and gives our agency the chance to recognize their support in a more robust way. We are eager to work with cause-marketing and corporate partners to help us spread our mission and programs to even more community members throughout the Lehigh Valley and Monroe County.”
Songs4Sight 2021 will be held on Wednesday, June 16, at 7:30 p.m. on the Air Products Town Square and Levitt Lawn at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, PA. The concert will feature Strawberry Fields, the world-famous Beatles tribute band.
“We are extremely pleased and excited to be part of such a worthwhile event,” said Trevor Hart, Vice President and Market Manager for Provident Bank. “Not only does it help support a meaningful cause, but it’s also a fantastic opportunity for the community to enjoy a great show after overcoming all of the obstacles that 2020 brought.”
Sights for Hope blends a service tradition inspired directly by Helen Keller in 1928 with contemporary practices to remove the barriers to independence and success caused by visual impairments. Sights for Hope transforms the lives of people with visual impairments in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and Monroe County through life skills education, specialized technologies, individualized support services, free vision screenings for children, and prevention education programs. Sights for Hope services impact more than 10,000 people in a typical year and are provided at little or no cost. A total of 85% of Sights for Hope clients with visual impairments are from low-income households. Sights for Hope, known formerly as Center for Vision Loss, is an independent member of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (PAB) and is affiliated with the VisionServe Alliance, a network of North American agencies that serve people with visual impairments.