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 […]
Sights for Hope’s donors helped the organization earn a $1,000 match Tuesday during AllOne Charities’ Give Day 2024 event. Described as a “movement of radical generosity,” Give Day is held by AllOne Charities on Giving Tuesday – a global event on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to promote philanthropy during the winter holiday season. By raising […]
Works by two Sights for Hope clients and one of its team members are featured in an art exhibition opening September 30. The exhibition – titled Another Point of View: 4 Visually Impaired Artists – is sponsored by the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Sights for Hope clients Mary […]
Sights for Hope extended its growth in several key service categories during its 2023-2024 year. In the year ending June 30, Sights for Hope increased its total number of people served by 11% over the prior year, its number of pre-kindergarten children who received vision screenings by 27%, its number of low vision functional exams […]
Denise Shaffer, Toney Horst, and Walter Roland, IV, have joined the Sights for Hope Board of Directors. Shaffer, the Immediate Past District Governor of Pennsylvania Lions District 14-K, is the board’s 2024-2025 Lions Leadership Director. Horst and Roland have been elected to three-year terms. Board Treasurer Daniel Lombardo also began his second three-year term as a board […]
Lions clubs and organizations have contributed more than $50,000 to Sights for Hope in 2023-2024, reaching that mark for the first time in four years. The year’s Lions giving totaled $51,808. This is only the second year in the last seven when the $50,000 mark was topped. Most Lions contributions by clubs in Lehigh, Northampton, […]
Sights for Hope has opened a new Client Activities Area at its Lehigh Valley Services Center – including a room for hands-on projects, a lounge, and a counseling room. The area allows Sights for Hope to conduct more client programs and activities and facilitate its growing personal counseling service. It also will provide a space […]
Sights for Hope will be closed on Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. No services will be available that day. Operations will resume on Friday, July 5, at 8:30 a.m. Image: A field filled with American flags. […]
Sights for Hope closed its 2023-2024 C. Well Sweepstakes on Monday with the announcement of its June 2024 winners. The June winners are Donna Fink of Whitehall, PA; Jacquelyn Gregg of Coopersburg, PA; Fran Herman of Northampton, PA; Tom Lindeman of Whitehall, PA; and Eleanor Seng of Allentown, PA. This was the third win of this […]