Agency’s VRT Services Gain Support from Alburtis Lions, NEPA Lions Service Foundation

Check presentation from the Alburtis Lions Club

The Alburtis Lions Club secured a $15,000 grant recently from the Northeast PA Lions Service Foundation to support the Center for Vision Loss’ vision rehabilitation therapies – effective hands-on approaches that empower people with visual impairments to seize their independence. Vision rehabilitation therapies, known commonly as VRT, is the agency’s fastest growing service type. The […]

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Center for Vision Loss Announces Executive Leadership Transition

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The Center for Vision Loss announced today that Executive Director Douglas Yingling will retire on June 30 and that Dennis Zehner, the agency’s Associate Director and Director of Advancement, will succeed him. The organization’s Board of Directors approved this leadership transition unanimously during its meeting last week. Yingling has been the agency’s Executive Director since […]

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Endowment Foundation Board Elects Two New Officers, New Member

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The Center for Vision Loss Endowment Foundation Board of Directors elected a new Vice President, a new Treasurer, and a new board member during its quarterly meeting Monday night. Todd Donnelly, Director of Business Development for The Workshop Content Studios, was elected Vice President. John Sharkey, a retired Senior Partner for Concannon Miller & Company, […]

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Center for Vision Loss Announces More than $85,000 in Corporate, Foundation Gifts

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The Center for Vision Loss has announced more than $85,000 in corporate and foundation gifts that it earned during the second half of the 2019 calendar year. The gifts support agency operations and services in the Lehigh Valley – which includes Lehigh and Northampton counties – and Monroe County. They are listed alphabetically below. A […]

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Janet Salek, Retired Educator of Students with Visual Impairments, Elected to Board

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Janet Salek, a retired educator who taught students with visual and hearing impairments throughout the United States, was elected to the Center for Vision Loss Board of Directors during the board’s November meeting. Salek has been an agency volunteer and a Braille instructor in Monroe County since 2018. Throughout a career of nearly 40 years, […]

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