Sights for Hope has earned a matching contribution from NEPA Gives sponsors for the second straight year. By raising more than $1,000 during the crowdfunding event on Friday, Sights for Hope won an additional $1,000 from the Moses Taylor Foundation. The Moses Taylor Foundation also provided Sights for Hope’s NEPA Gives bonus in 2024. Led […]
Sights for Hope’s Lions campaign has exceeded $50,000 for the second straight year, raising $50,130 for 2024-2025 as of June 3. The annual campaign calls for support from the more than 35 Lions clubs and district organizations in the Lehigh Valley and Monroe County. The campaign is highlighted yearly by the Lions4Sight Breakfast. This year’s […]
Sights for Hope and motorcycle clubs from northeast Pennsylvania will throttle up for a new fundraiser among the Pocono Mountains’ autumn splendor. Created in partnership with the Northeast PA Inter Club, Bikers for Sight will be a poker run on the roads of Monroe County on Saturday, October 11. It will start at 9:30 a.m. […]
A grant from the Lehigh Valley Council of the Blind has enabled Sights for Hope to upgrade the kitchen at its Lehigh Valley Services Center – the site of many of its most popular life skills lessons. Sights for Hope used the grant funds to buy a new refrigerator and a four-burner electric range. Sights […]
Sights for Hope has made it simpler for supporters to make contributions of stocks. Appreciated stocks and other securities can now be contributed directly through Sights for Hope’s brokerage account, managed by Cornerstone Advisors Asset Management in Bethlehem, PA. Details and a stock contribution form can be found at SightsforHope.org/WaystoGive. Stock contributions typically provide savings […]
Monroe County has the sixth highest population of older adults with visual impairments and blindness among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, and Sights for Hope has worked continually to serve its people since 2003. Among Monroe County adults ages 65 and up, 7.3% have difficulty seeing while wearing glasses or are blind, according to studies from The […]
Despite being in just three Pennsylvania counties, Sights for Hope has established itself as one of the state’s leaders in rehabilitative and preventive services against vision loss. Data from the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (PAB), which supports services in 66 of the state’s 67 counties, shows that Sights for Hope provided nearly 10% of […]
While 49% of Sights for Hope’s clients have incomes below or near the federal poverty line, its caseworkers connect them with free smartphones and affordable apps to live more independently. Sights for Hope caseworkers teach clients who have smartphones how to use apps such as Seeing AI, BlindSquare, Be My Eyes, and Cash App. Seeing […]
Artwork from Sights for Hope client Mary Ellen Stoyanov was chosen as the cover of the organization’s 2024 Impact Report, which was released this week. The cover shows Stoyanov’s painting of a vibrant bird sitting among purple flowers and green foliage to convey a sense of nature and growth. This is the second straight year […]
Former Sights for Hope Board President Linwood Gehris rejoined the organization’s Board of Directors on January 1 as its Endowment Foundation Director. Gehris – who served on board from 2014-2023 and as President from 2017-2021 – was elected by the affiliated Sights for Hope Endowment Foundation to be its representative to the Sights for Hope […]