Sights for Hope is looking to form a new beginner Braille class for its Lehigh Valley clients. Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter, each number, and symbols used in music, mathematics, and science. Named after its 19th century French inventor Louis Braille, Braille is […]
Sights for Hope announced the March 2024 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Friday. The winners are Terri Davis of Bethlehem, PA; Kathryn Dilliard of Allentown, PA; Martin Lang of Macungie, PA; the Slatington Lions Club of Slatington, PA; and Diane Stanczak, Easton, PA. This was the Slatington Lions Club’s second win during this drawing […]
Sights for Hope will be closed on Monday, February 19, to observe the Presidents’ Day holiday. No services will be available that day. Sights for Hope will re-open on Tuesday, February 20, at 8:30 a.m. Image: Mount Rushmore in South Dakota […]
Sights for Hope and the Sights for Hope Endowment Foundation have earned 2024 platinum seals for transparency from Candid, the world’s largest source of information about nonprofit organizations. This is the fourth straight year in which both organizations have earned this distinction. Sights for Hope and its affiliated endowment have earned the highest transparency rating […]
Sights for Hope announced the February 2024 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Thursday. The winners are Kelly Baldwin of Bethlehem, PA; James Fenstermaker of Coopersburg, PA; Joseph Kernick of Zionsville, PA; Hilda Mortimer of Coplay, PA; and Gary Posch of Bethlehem, PA. This was Posch’s second win during this sweepstakes period. All C. Well […]
Sights for Hope has determined that nearly 9,000 pre-kindergarten children in its communities have undetected visual impairments that keep them from learning to their fullest potentials. To establish that figure, Sights for Hope analyzed a custom data set it received from the United States Census Bureau and data from two years of its pre-kindergarten vision […]
Sights for Hope has welcomed Ariana Ingstad to its team as a Lehigh Valley Prevention Specialist. Ingstad has been a volunteer vision screener for the Prevention Services team for more than a year. Ariana also has been a licensed and practicing optometrist earlier in her career. She received her Doctor of Optometry degree from Southern […]
Sights for Hope announced the winners today of the 2023-2024 C. Well Sweepstakes Pay It Forward drawing. For each participating donor, a Sights for Hope client was assigned. When a donor’s ticket was selected, their respective client won a $50 prize. The winning donors were Donna Fink of Whitehall, PA; Jacquelyn Gregg of Coopersburg, PA; […]
Sights for Hope’s guided transport service in Monroe County was bolstered recently by the contribution of a specially equipped Dodge Grand Caravan by Elaine Bartholomew of Emmaus, PA. The van had been converted with a wheelchair lift and space for wheelchair seating by Elaine’s late husband, Richard Bartholomew, a former President of the Emmaus Lions […]
Sights for Hope announced the January 2024 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Tuesday. The winners are Mary Ann Bartone of Bethlehem, PA; Annie Ocasio of Bethlehem, PA; Tina Tillou of Bangor, PA; Nancy Remaley of Allentown, PA; and Monica Wall of East Stroudsburg, PA. This was the second during in this sweepstakes period for […]