Sights for Hope announced the August 2022 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Monday. The winners are the Emmaus Lions Club of Emmaus, PA; Jane Fisk of Cresco, PA; Joseph Kernick of Zionsville, PA; Anne Kuna of Allentown, PA; and Fred Ressler of Allentown, PA. All sweepstakes proceeds benefit Sights for Hope and its services. […]
A group of kids who have a special appreciation for personal independence worked this summer to help people fighting for their own independence halfway around the world. Participants in Sights for Hope’s Camp I CAN! summer program donated personal care items to the people of the Ukraine with funds they helped to raise. The campers […]
Sights for Hope’s client population increased by 8% during its 2021-2022 service year, according to organizational data. The organization had 582 clients with visual impairments and blindness when it ended the year on June 30. Sights for Hope also provided services to 83 non-client patients in 2021-2022 through its low vision care centers and delivered […]
Sights for Hope opened its 2022-2023 C. Well Sweepstakes on Friday with the drawing of its July winners. The July winners are Kathryn Dilliard of Allentown, PA; Carol Hafner of Bethlehem, PA; the Lehigh Township Lions Club of Walnutport, PA; Diane Lindeman of Whitehall, PA; and Barry Miles, Sr., of Easton, PA. All sweepstakes proceeds benefit Sights […]
Deborah Lillegard, Immediate Past District Governor of Pennsylvania Lions District 14-K, has begun a one-year term on the Sights for Hope Board of Directors. Each District 14-K Governor becomes the board’s Lions Leadership Director automatically at the conclusion of his or her tenure. District 14-K represents Lions Clubs in Lehigh and Northampton counties, areas from […]
While fuel prices skyrocketed in the first half of 2022, Sights for Hope’s clients will not pay more for its guided transport service this summer as the organization seeks to increase support from its communities. With the recent adoption of Sights for Hope’s 2023 budget, which goes into effect on July 1, the agency held […]
Sights for Hope’s Songs4Sight 2022 concert produced the largest fundraising total in the event’s history and doubled the prior year’s result, according to organizational data. Presented by Sights for Hope Diamond Community Partner Provident Bank, Tuesday’s concert was the second Songs4Sight produced with ArtsQuest. Songs4Sight 2022 was held outside SteelStacks in Bethlehem, PA, and featured […]
Sights for Hope’s popular Bethlehem Boat Picnic returns on Sunday, July 31, after a two-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The boat picnic has been a tradition for what is known today as Sights for Hope for more than 60 years. This year’s picnic is sponsored by the Mountainville Lions Club with support from […]
Sights for Hope closed its 2021-2022 C. Well Sweepstakes on Wednesday with the announcement of its June winners. The June winners are Mary Agustini of Nanticoke, PA; Kathy Baltsar of Whitehall, PA; Emily Howell of Hollis Hills, NY; Jim Joyce of Hellertown, PA; and the Slatington Lions Club of Slatington, PA. The 2021-2022 sweepstakes raised more than […]
Paul Miller was elected to the Sights for Hope Board of Directors and four directors were elected to new terms during the board’s annual meeting. Miller, who identifies as completely blind due to progressive retinal disease and has dealt with visual impairments for most of his adult life, is Founder and CEO of Active Learning […]