Former Sights for Hope Board President Linwood Gehris rejoined the organization’s Board of Directors on January 1 as its Endowment Foundation Director. Gehris – who served on board from 2014-2023 and as President from 2017-2021 – was elected by the affiliated Sights for Hope Endowment Foundation to be its representative to the Sights for Hope […]
Denise Shaffer, Toney Horst, and Walter Roland, IV, have joined the Sights for Hope Board of Directors. Shaffer, the Immediate Past District Governor of Pennsylvania Lions District 14-K, is the board’s 2024-2025 Lions Leadership Director. Horst and Roland have been elected to three-year terms. Board Treasurer Daniel Lombardo also began his second three-year term as a board […]
Gary Dvorshak has been elected to a second three-year term on Sights for Hope’s Board of Directors. Dvorshak, who has been a Sights for Hope client since 2013, will begin his second term on January 1. He is a former President of the Lehigh Valley Council of the Blind (LVCB) – an advocacy and peer […]
Nicole Williams, O.D., Lead Optometrist for the Valley Health Partners Community Vision Center in Allentown, PA, was elected to a three-year term on Sights for Hope’s Board of Directors during its July meeting. Williams has been with Valley Health Partners since September 2022 and helped to form the new community center on Allentown’s North Sixth […]
Kathy Duelley, 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 […]
Kate Raymond was elected to her first full term as Sights for Hope’s Board President and Daniel Lombardo was elected Board Treasurer during the organization’s Annual Meeting. Paul Miller was elected to his first full term as Board Vice President and Devin Darby was re-elected Board Secretary. All two-year officer terms begin July 1. Officers […]
Sights for Hope honored former Board President Michael Wambaugh Monday for his recent retirement and 17 years of support for the organization. Board President Kate Raymond presented a plaque to Wambaugh at the start of the board’s January meeting. Wambaugh, who retired from Sights for Hope’s board in November, was introduced to the organization in […]
Paul Miller was elected to the Sights for Hope Board of Directors and four directors were elected to new terms during the board’s annual meeting. Miller, who identifies as completely blind due to progressive retinal disease and has dealt with visual impairments for most of his adult life, is Founder and CEO of Active Learning […]
Sights for Hope honored 40 employees and volunteers and marked one year with its new name Tuesday during its first Team Appreciation Luncheon. The luncheon at The Phoenix in Nazareth, PA, was organized by Sights for Hope’s Board of Directors, and attendees received gifts of appreciation with support from St. Luke’s University Health Network and […]
Sights for Hope salutes the legacy of Leon Peters, whose efforts over nearly four decades have helped empower people with visual impairments thrive independently, in response to his passing on December 4 at the age of 90. Peters was a long-time board member of the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI), one of […]