The Center for Vision Loss has canceled its May 2020 C. Well Sweepstakes drawing as the organization remains under Pennsylvania’s stay-at-home orders due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The agency also had canceled its April drawing, and it will draw additional winners during its final 2019-2020 drawing in June. No entrant will be allowed to […]
The Center for Vision Loss has canceled its Songs4Sight 2020 concert event and its 2020 Monroe Focus Breakfast in anticipation of continued restrictions on public crowds. Songs4Sight 2020 – which was to feature Strawberry Fields, the world’s most renowned Beatles tribute band – had been rescheduled for June 25 in the Musikfest Café at SteelStacks […]
The Center for Vision Loss has rescheduled its Songs4Sight 2020 concert event, presented by Provident Bank, for Thursday, June 25, in concern for public health and safety during the global COVID-19 emergency. Produced in partnership with ArtsQuest, the concert by the world-renowned Beatles tribute band Strawberry Fields will be held in the Musikfest Café at SteelStacks in Bethlehem with revised event times. […]
The Center for Vision Loss has issued its 2019 Annual Report – titled Greater Hope in Sight – which reflected several gains in services provided and stakeholder support. Growth in the agency’s 2018-2019 year included an 5% one-year increase in the number of people with visual impairments served and a 22% increase over two years […]
The Center for Vision Loss drew the March winners of its C. Well Sweepstakes drawing on Monday. The March winners are Anita Ambler of Allentown, PA; Gail Boissonneault of Emmaus, PA; Barbara Reimert of Allentown, PA; Jeff Smith of Allentown, PA; and Joy Stickler of Allentown, PA. Prizes are sent to the winners by postal […]
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 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 […]