While food access has gained attention nationally in recent months, Sights for Hope’s guided transport service has increased its clients’ abilities to obtain sufficient and healthy foods for years. In its 2021-2022 service year, Sights for Hope provided 404 transports to grocery stores, food banks, and pantries throughout the Lehigh Valley and Monroe County. A […]
Sights for Hope Executive Director and CEO Dennis Zehner has been elected Board Secretary of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (PAB), which represents organizations that serve people with visual impairments throughout the state. Zehner will serve a two-year term as Secretary and will be a member of the board’s Executive Committee. He also serves […]
Sights for Hope announced the September 2022 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Thursday. The winners are Creilia Anoia of Macungie, PA; Gail Boissonneault of Emmaus, PA; Sandra Colon of Macungie, PA; Richard Golebiowski of Slatington, PA; and Nancy Ruhmel of Allentown, PA. All sweepstakes proceeds benefit Sights for Hope and its services. Nine additional […]
In the midst of an American mental health crisis, Sights for Hope’s services have been shown to improve the emotional wellbeing of a large majority of its clients. A total of 73% of Sights for Hope clients surveyed during its 2021-2022 service year reported achieving an improved outlook on life. Moreover, 76% or more of […]
Sights for Hope announced the August 2022 winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes on Monday. The winners are the Emmaus Lions Club of Emmaus, PA; Jane Fisk of Cresco, PA; Joseph Kernick of Zionsville, PA; Anne Kuna of Allentown, PA; and Fred Ressler of Allentown, PA. All sweepstakes proceeds benefit Sights for Hope and its services. […]
A group of kids who have a special appreciation for personal independence worked this summer to help people fighting for their own independence halfway around the world. Participants in Sights for Hope’s Camp I CAN! summer program donated personal care items to the people of the Ukraine with funds they helped to raise. The campers […]
Sights for Hope’s client population increased by 12% during its 2021-2022 service year, according to organizational data. The organization had 625 clients with visual impairments and blindness when it ended the year on June 30. A total of 149 clients enrolled during the year and 81 clients withdrew or passed away. Sights for Hope also […]
Sights for Hope opened its 2022-2023 C. Well Sweepstakes on Friday with the drawing of its July winners. The July winners are Kathryn Dilliard of Allentown, PA; Carol Hafner of Bethlehem, PA; the Lehigh Township Lions Club of Walnutport, PA; Diane Lindeman of Whitehall, PA; and Barry Miles, Sr., of Easton, PA. All sweepstakes proceeds benefit Sights […]
Deborah Lillegard, Immediate Past District Governor of Pennsylvania Lions District 14-K, has begun a one-year term on the Sights for Hope Board of Directors. Each District 14-K Governor becomes the board’s Lions Leadership Director automatically at the conclusion of his or her tenure. District 14-K represents Lions Clubs in Lehigh and Northampton counties, areas from […]
While fuel prices skyrocketed in the first half of 2022, Sights for Hope’s clients will not pay more for its guided transport service this summer as the organization seeks to increase support from its communities. With the recent adoption of Sights for Hope’s 2023 budget, which goes into effect on July 1, the agency held […]