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 […]
The Center for Vision Loss drew the first monthly winners of its 2019-2020 C. Well Sweepstakes Tuesday during a Facebook Live broadcast. The winners were Jackie Gregg of Coopersburg, PA; Susan Numbers of Macungie, PA; Gail Paul of Northampton, PA; Bernadette Porter of Center Valley, PA; and Donna Price of Alburtis, PA. Each will receive […]
Devin Darby, MS, OTR/L, an Occupational Therapist for Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, was elected to the Center for Vision Loss Board of Directors during the board’s September meeting. Darby has been a therapist in Good Shepherd’s vision rehabilitation group since 2016, and has been with the network since 2011. In her role, she designs and […]
Beatlemania will come to life when the world-renowned Beatles tribute band Strawberry Fields headlines Songs4Sight 2020 on Thursday, April 30 in the Musikfest Café at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, PA. Presented by Provident Bank, Songs4Sight 2020 is the Center for Vision Loss’ annual concert event. St. Luke’s University Health Network is the event’s Signature Sponsor. Doors […]