Kate Raymond has been elected Secretary of the Center for Vision Loss Board of Directors, DaWayne Cleckley has been elected to the board, and Erin Pietrulewicz has been elected to a second board term. Raymond has been a Director of Marketing and Public Relations for St. Luke’s University Health Network since 2011 and was a […]
Christe Konopitski – a specialist in donor cultivation, promotions, branding, and digital influence – will become the Director of Advancement of the Center for Vision Loss on Oct. 1. Konopitski has provided leadership and specialized skills to successful fundraising efforts in eastern Pennsylvania since 2014. As a board member for The Open Link – a […]
Through its promotion of personal independence, the Center for Vision Loss continues to help stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus among people from vulnerable populations. In the agency’s 2019-2020 service year, 92% of its clients did not reside in assisted living facilities while 65% of its clients were ages 65 and up and 85% […]
The Center for Vision Loss announced its September C. Well Sweepstakes winners on Tuesday. The September winners were Ursula Behrens of East Stroudsburg, PA; Brad Jennings of Pocono Summit, PA; Brian and Barbette Niles of Allentown, PA; Bernadette Porter of Center Valley, PA; and Ray Venable of Bethlehem, PA. Contestants have nine more chances to […]
The Center for Vision Loss will offer more in-person client services in September as it extends its response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Agency caseworkers resumed visits into select clients’ homes in the last week of August. Visits will be only made for clients with the most pressing needs until further notice. Caseworkers are equipped […]
While the Center for Vision Loss could not deliver most of its services for months because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it earned excellent impact ratings again in 2019-2020. In surveys recorded for the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (PAB), 97% of agency clients said that its services helped them maintain their level of independence. A […]
The Center for Vision Loss announced its August C. Well Sweepstakes winners on Monday as the agency resumed its practice of drawings at the start of each month. The August winners were Margaret Hilbert of Allentown, PA; Robert Kasinecz of Allentown, PA; Kathleen Miller of Allentown, PA; Frances Moore of Mount Pocono, PA; and Richard […]
The Center for Vision Loss has announced its August schedule of client programs and activities, which includes its first in-person activity for adults since March. The organization adapted its services for virtual or remote delivery in April because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The agency intends to resume in-person programming incrementally in the coming months. […]
The hardships that took most of Dorothy Montero’s sight, paralyzed her from the waist down, and isolated her in a new city would be enough to drop most people into deep despair. For Dorothy, that loss of hope led her to, in her words, make bargains with God. She reasoned that she would have a […]
Kids in the Center for Vision Loss’ Camp I CAN! program spent part of their summer raising money to bring joy to patients in Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network’s Pediatric Rehabilitation Program in Allentown, PA. Each year, Camp I CAN! participants ages 7-13 complete a service project in which they develop teamwork skills and empathy and […]