The Center for Vision Loss unveiled its new name, Sights for Hope, with its stakeholders, friends, and community leaders in a virtual event Monday afternoon. Executive Director and CEO Dennis Zehner spoke during the videoconference along with the agency’s Board President, Linwood Gehris, and Director of Services, Jennifer Pandolfo. If you were unable to attend […]
Spring is in the air, and the Center for Vision Loss has news to share on Monday, April 5. Community members, clients, and supporters and invited to an exciting virtual announcement about the agency’s future at 4 p.m. The presentation will be held on the Zoom platform. The announcement’s meeting number is 852 7637 5675, […]
The Center for Vision Loss drew the April 2021 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Thursday. The winners are Gary Gushen of Hellertown, PA; Gloria Kern of Allentown, PA; Skip Link of Coopersburg, PA; Elizabeth Mattern of Emmaus, PA; and Barry Miles of Easton, PA. Contestants have two more chances to win during this […]
The Center for Vision Loss has canceled its Lions4Sight Breakfast, scheduled for March 13, due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The breakfast – which brings together Lions Club leaders from Lehigh, Northampton, and Monroe counties – is held typically in the fall during the early stages of the agency’s annual Lions campaign. The decision to […]
The Center for Vision Loss announced the March 2021 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Monday. The winners are Donna Fink of Whitehall, PA; Matthew Kasprenski of Bethlehem, PA; Donald Kuntz of Walnutport, PA; Thomas Lindeman of Whitehall, PA; and Peggy Reimer of Bangor, PA. Contestants have three more chances to win during this […]
Center for Vision Loss client Gary Dvorshak was elected to the agency’s Board of Directors during the board’s January meeting. Dvorshak, who has been a client since 2013, is in his second year as President of the Lehigh Valley Council of the Blind (LVCB) – an advocacy and peer support network of individuals who live […]
The Center for Vision Loss announced the February 2021 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Monday. The winners are Dawn Leibensperger of Allentown, PA; Kathleen Miller of Allentown, PA; Stanley Saganowich of Coplay, PA; Robert Schrammel of Allentown, PA; and Philippe Winowich of Tobyhanna, PA. Contestants have four more chances to win during this […]
The Center for Vision Loss seeks clients to take part in a new series of beginner Braille class that begin in March. All classes will be conducted over the phone due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Braille is a code comprised of series of dots that compose letters, punctuation marks, and numbers. It also is a […]
Imagine that you are making a recipe but the paper is blank, the spices are unlabeled, and any directions are in a code. This is the case for people who are blind or have a visual impairment. Spices, recipes, and oven settings all are unreadable without the skill of reading braille. Braille is a code […]
The Center for Vision Loss drew the January 2021 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Monday. The winners were Ursula Behrens of East Stroudsburg, PA; Cheryl Petrakovich of Allentown, PA; Jeanette Shiffert of Slatington, PA; Marie Smith of Center Valley, PA; and Byrne Turk of Allentown, PA. Contestants have five more chances to win […]