Client-Led Monroe Sights for Hope Lions Club Succeeds Stroudsburg Lions Club

By Sights for Hope Team |
Three women – who are Sights for Hope clients and members of the Monroe Sights for Hope Lions Club – stand behind a table covered by a purple tablecloth and various items. They are smiling and appear welcoming. The background features steps and orange cones.

The Monroe Sights for Hope Lions Club has succeeded the Stroudsburg Lions Club upon assuming its charter.

The Monroe Sights for Hope Lions Club and its companion Lehigh Valley Sights for Hope Lions Club are led by Sights for Hope’s clients. Sights for Hope formed the clubs in 2022 to provide them opportunities to perform community service and apply some of their adaptive life skills. Members of both clubs select and implement their service projects.

Both Sights for Hope-sponsored clubs began as branches of existing clubs, with the Monroe club as a branch of the Stroudsburg Lions Club, which had been in existence for more than 100 years. The Monroe club assumed the Stroudsburg club’s charter on July 1. Most of the club’s members and all its officers are Sights for Hope clients. The club will operate autonomously within Pennsylvania Lions District 14-U, and Sights for Hope will continue its sponsorship.

“Our clients are enormously grateful for this opportunity to carry on the Stroudsburg Lions Club’s legacy,” said Jennifer Pandolfo, Sights for Hope’s Associate Director and Director of Services, who is also a club member. “They appreciate how the community has helped improve their lives, and they are enthusiastic about giving back.”

Lions International is the world’s largest service club organization, with 1.4 million members in 200 countries, and its members are known throughout the world for their work to improve the lives of people with visual impairments. Sights for Hope traces its inception to efforts by Lions clubs in 1928. Lions Clubs in the Lehigh Valley and Monroe County provide financial support to Sights for Hope annually.

Sights for Hope empowers people to overcome the challenges of vision loss and promotes healthy eyesight throughout Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and Monroe County. Sights for Hope educates people with limited or no vision about adaptive skills, improves their access to essential services, boosts their confidence and emotional well-being, and helps them obtain assistive devices. Sights for Hope also connects pre-kindergarten children to eye care and teaches people how to keep their eyes strong and safe. Founded in 1928, Sights for Hope is a member of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (PAB) and the national VisionServe Alliance.

Image: Three women – who are Sights for Hope clients and members of the Monroe Sights for Hope Lions Club – stand behind a table covered by a purple tablecloth and various items. They are smiling and appear welcoming. The background features steps and orange cones.