The Give Day 2024 initiative by AllOne Charities offers Sights for Hope’s donors a new chance to do more with their contributions. AllOne will match the first $1,000 in contributions made to Sights for Hope through its platform on Tuesday, December 3. All dollars given to Sights for Hope will support its mission throughout Pennsylvania’s […]
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Sights for Hope to be Closed November 28-29 for Thanksgiving
Sights for Hope will be closed on Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29, in observance of Thanksgiving No services will be available on those days. Operations will resume on Monday, December 2, at 8:30 a.m. Image: A baked turkey on a dining table along with bowls of side dishes. […]
Works by Sights for Hope Clients and Rehab Therapist Featured in Art Exhibition
Works by two Sights for Hope clients and one of its team members are featured in an art exhibition opening September 30. The exhibition – titled Another Point of View: 4 Visually Impaired Artists – is sponsored by the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Sights for Hope clients Mary […]
Sights for Hope Extends Growth in Several Key Service Categories
Sights for Hope extended its growth in several key service categories during its 2023-2024 year. In the year ending June 30, Sights for Hope increased its total number of people served by 10% over the prior year, its number of pre-kindergarten children who received vision screenings by 28%, its number of low vision functional exams […]
Sights for Hope Board of Directors Welcomes Three New Members
Denise Shaffer, Toney Horst, and Walter Roland, IV, have joined the Sights for Hope Board of Directors. Shaffer, the Immediate Past District Governor of Pennsylvania Lions District 14-K, is the board’s 2024-2025 Lions Leadership Director. Horst and Roland have been elected to three-year terms. Board Treasurer Daniel Lombardo also began his second three-year term as a board […]
Lions Club Contributions Surpass $50,000 for First Time in Four Years
Lions clubs and organizations have contributed more than $50,000 to Sights for Hope in 2023-2024, reaching that mark for the first time in four years. The year’s Lions giving totaled $51,808. This is only the second year in the last seven when the $50,000 mark was topped. Most Lions contributions by clubs in Lehigh, Northampton, […]
Sights for Hope Unveils New Client Activity Area in the Lehigh Valley
Sights for Hope has opened a new Client Activities Area at its Lehigh Valley Services Center – including a room for hands-on projects, a lounge, and a counseling room. The area allows Sights for Hope to conduct more client programs and activities and facilitate its growing personal counseling service. It also will provide a space […]
Sights for Hope to be Closed July 4 for Independence Day
Sights for Hope will be closed on Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. No services will be available that day. Operations will resume on Friday, July 5, at 8:30 a.m. Image: A field filled with American flags. […]
Sights for Hope Closes its 2023-2024 C. Well Sweepstakes with June Drawing
Sights for Hope closed its 2023-2024 C. Well Sweepstakes on Monday with the announcement of its June 2024 winners. The June winners are Donna Fink of Whitehall, PA; Jacquelyn Gregg of Coopersburg, PA; Fran Herman of Northampton, PA; Tom Lindeman of Whitehall, PA; and Eleanor Seng of Allentown, PA. This was the third win of this […]
Sights for Hope to Honor Black Belt Entrepreneur with its Titan of Hope Award
Sights for Hope has named Paul Miller – Founder and CEO of Active Learning Centers and Lehigh Valley Martial Arts – the 2024 recipient of its Titan of Hope Award. Miller will be honored during Sights for Hope’s Titan of Hope Award 2024 Luncheon – presented by Active Learning Centers, and Lehigh Valley Martial Arts […]