Sights for Hope announced the February 2022 drawing winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Tuesday. The February winners are Marvin Aylsworth of Blakeslee, PA; the Lehigh Township Lions Club of Walnutport, PA; Hilda Mortimer of Coplay, PA; Theresa Noraka of Fountain Hill, PA; and George Witt of Tobyhanna, PA. Tickets for the 2021-2022 C. […]
Most people know that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires government entities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that serve the public to allow service animals in all places where the public is allowed. What most people do not know, however, is that the ADA also has requirements about what can and cannot be asked about […]
Sights for Hope and the Sights for Hope Endowment Foundation have earned platinum seals for transparency from Candid, the world’s largest source of information about nonprofit organizations, for the second straight year. Sights for Hope and its affiliated endowment have earned the highest transparency rating by providing extensive up-to-date information on the GuideStar by Candid […]
Sights for Hope and Pennsylvania Lions District 14-K have formed the Lehigh Valley Sights for Hope Lions Club – a branch of the Whitehall Lions Club that empowers people with visual impairments to give back to their communities. The Lehigh Valley Sights for Hope Lions Club will select and implement service projects at its own […]
Sights for Hope will honor its former Executive Director and long-time Lions club member Douglas Yingling when its Lions4Sight Breakfast returns on Tuesday, March 22. Yingling – who retired in June 2020 from what was then the Center for Vision Loss – will receive Sights for Hope’s Accessibility Champion Award. The award is given to […]
Paul Miller is a fifth-degree black belt in karate and is skilled in the discipline of kung fu. He has trained more than 1,000 karate black belts. He owns two thriving businesses with five locations and 150 employees. Paul Miller also is, in his own words, completely blind due to progressive retinal disease. Through his […]
In honor of World Braille Day, Sights for Hope’s clients and team members with visual impairments created a video to tell the story of Braille’s creation and its impact on their lives. The video features clients Chuck Alison, Annette Gozzard, Annie Ocasio, and Gary Dvorshak, who also is a member of Sights for Hope’s Board […]
Sights for Hope announced its January C. Well Sweepstakes winners on Sunday. The January sweepstakes winners are June Breitfeller of Whitehall, PA; Carol Heller of Orefield, PA; Kathy Fenstermacher of Bethlehem, PA; Joe Keller of Whitehall, PA; and Stanley Reith of Coplay, PA. Tickets for the 2021-2022 C. Well Sweepstakes are still available through the […]
Sights for Hope seeks to grow its Community Partners program in 2022 after generating more than $26,000 in new gifts during its first seven months. The Community Partners program was created to evolve Sights for Hope’s previous fundraising model – one conducted through piece-by-piece requests and sponsorships – to one in which partners commit their […]
Sights for Hope salutes the legacy of Leon Peters, whose efforts over nearly four decades have helped empower people with visual impairments thrive independently, in response to his passing on December 4 at the age of 90. Peters was a long-time board member of the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI), one of […]