Our Big Impact Goals

Sights for Hope is dedicated to affecting the greatest possible impact for people in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and Monroe County who live with visual impairments and blindness. We have set four big impact goals to achieve from 2022 to 2030.

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Assistive Tech

Goal
  • To provide assistive technologies to 2,500 people with visual impairments and blindness.
  • These devices boost their ability to interact with the people and environments around them.
Progress
  • Sights for Hope has provided assistive devices to 322 people through August 2024.
  • Sights for Hope has opened its expanded Low Vision Care Area at its Lehigh Valley Services Center in Allentown, PA, including a larger demonstration area and store.
  • The organization also has held free consumer demonstrations of devices and has solicited funding for future distributions.
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Transports for Access

Goal
  • To provide 25,000 guided transports to people with visual impairments.
  • These transports increase access to medical care, food, life skills education, and critical wellness services.
Progress
  • Sights for Hope has provided 6,989 transports from July 2022-August 2024.
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Skills

Goal
  • To provide 7,500 life skills education sessions to people with visual impairments.
  • These educational opportunities enhance their ability to live independently.
Progress
  • Sights for Hope has provided 1,861 life skills education sessions through August 2024.
  • Sights for Hope has initiated efforts to conduct programs at locations in its communities. It also will work to develop large-scale public events and digital delivery options for future programs.
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Solutions for Learning

Goal
  • To ensure that 2,500 children ages 0-6 receive professional eye exams and glasses or equivalent solutions.
  • These solutions advance their readiness to learn.
Progress
  • A total of 130 children ages 0-6 who were screened by Sights for Hope received eye exams and glasses or surgical solutions through August 2024.
  • Sights for Hope has formed its Focused Futures program to facilitate this work. It also has built or has commenced building partnerships with the Pennsylvania Vision Foundation, VSP Eyes of Hope, Stroudsburg Eye Specialists, St.Luke’s University Health Network, and Valley Health Partners.
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