Sights for Hope has announced that its 2025 end-of-year donor campaign generated the highest net revenue in the organization’s current era. The campaign produced a net of $34,096, surpassing the prior year’s high of $30,189. It also resulted in year-over-year increases in the number of donors giving $1,000 or more and the average contribution per […]
Sights for Hope has announced that PABikerLaywer.com will return as Presenting Sponsor for the 2026 Bikers for Sight Ride – which will be held on Saturday, September 19 in Monroe County. Anchored by the Northeast PA Inter Club, this year’s Bikers for Sight event will be a traditional group ride after it was formatted as […]
Sights for Hope mourns the passing of James Van Horn, Sr., a former member of its Board of Directors and a long-time client support group leader. Living with total blindness himself, Jim gave generously of his heart and talents to support others and help build a community where people facing blindness and vision loss could […]
With northeastern Pennsylvania blanketed with snow and more possibly on the way, it is important to remind children, and adults for that matter, to avoid tossing snowballs near someone’s eyes. Snowballs can cause serious eye injuries – including internal bleeding in the eye, scratches to the eye surface, and damage to the eye’s drainage system […]
The inaugural Marian Boehm Memorial Bowlers for Sight Tournament, presented by BowlerX, will roll into action on Saturday, June 6, at Steel City Bowl & Brews in Bethlehem, PA, to benefit Sights for Hope. Sights for Hope and Marian Boehm’s family have organized the tournament to honor her lifelong love of bowling and years of […]
Sights for Hope has earned Charity Navigator’s maximum four-star rating for the fifth straight year and Candid’s platinum transparency rating for the sixth straight year. Charity Navigator is the world’s largest and most utilized evaluator of nonprofit organizations. It evaluates nearly 200,000 organizations globally based on their financial health, accountability, and transparency. Sights for Hope’s […]
Sights for Hope has welcomed Risthika Neopaney as its newest Lehigh Valley Prevention Specialist. Neopaney is a Lehigh University graduate student in Public Health. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Public Health from Slippery Rock University in December 2025 after just two-and-half years of study. She is fluent in English, Nepali, and Hindi. In addition […]
Paul Miller, founder of Lehigh Valley Martial Arts and Active Learning Centers, was featured by WFMZ 69 News this week for guiding Sights for Hope clients through a self-defense lesson focused on confidence, awareness, and the power within each individual to respond to danger. Miller, who also is Sights for Hope’s Board President, has dealt […]
Thirteen-year-old Sights for Hope client Caroline Rach has been named Pennsylvania’s winner of the 2025–2026 Lions International Peace Essay Contest, and her winning essay will advance to the international competition. Caroline’s essay on this year’s contest theme – titled “Together As One” – imagined what could happen if a diverse group of people unites around […]
Elizabeth Santiago joined the Sights for Hope team on December 3 as a full-time Lehigh Valley Client Caseworker. Santiago was a caseworker for Northampton County Children & Youth Services from 2023-2025. She also credits her 10 years of medical industry experience for deepening her appreciation and understanding of people and their needs. During that decade, […]