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 […]
The Center for Vision Loss announced the February winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes drawing on Tuesday. The February winners were Dennit Golden of East Bangor, PA; Timothy Fox, O.D., of Bethlehem, PA; Beverly Hanlon of Whitehall, PA; Michael Martin of Allentown, PA; and Dolores Shafer of Bethlehem, PA. An entrant’s first win in a […]
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 […]
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, […]
The Center for Vision Loss opened 2020 with its January C. Well Sweepstakes drawing on Thursday. The January winners were Theresa Dugan of Holland, PA; Rita Granitz of Whitehall, PA; Binae Karpo of Allentown, PA; Hilda Mortimer of Coplay, PA; and Richard Wiscount of Allentown, PA. Five more monthly drawings will be held through June. […]
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 […]
The Center for Vision Loss drew and announced the Dec. 2019 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Wednesday. The winners were Kathy Baltsar of Whitehall, PA; Jim Fink of Bethlehem, PA; Jackie Gregg of Coopersburg, PA; Hilda Mortimer of Coplay, PA; and Richard Wiscount of Allentown, PA. Six more monthly drawings will be held […]
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, […]
The Center for Vision Loss drew and announced the Nov. 2019 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes Friday during a Facebook Live video broadcast. The November winners were Gail Boissonneault of Emmaus, PA; Barry Miles, Sr., of Easton, PA; Gwen Holmes of Macungie, PA; Richard Oplinger of Whitehall, PA; and Cindy Schuster of Emmaus, PA. […]
Halloween is almost here, an exciting night for all the little ghosts, princesses, superheroes, and other trick-or-treaters out ringing doorbells around the neighborhood. To keep this Halloween’s trick-or-treating safe and fun, the Center for Vision Loss shares some tips on costume safety. 1. Costumes should be brightly colored. Make sure they are clearly visible at […]