Sights for Hope has welcomed Sylvia Keverenge to its team as a full-time Lehigh Valley Client Caseworker. A native of Kenya who came to the United States 20 years ago, Keverenge has several experiences in the social service sector. She has worked as a Case Manager for New Bethany Ministries in Bethlehem, PA, from 2022-2024; […]
Sights for Hope will premiere a new peer support group on grief care and reintroduce its men’s client support group in July. Both groups will begin with phone sessions to offer easy access for clients from the Lehigh Valley and Monroe County. The grief care group will be for all clients who are dealing with […]
A grant from the Lehigh Valley Council of the Blind has enabled Sights for Hope to upgrade the kitchen at its Lehigh Valley Services Center – the site of many of its most popular life skills lessons. Sights for Hope used the grant funds to buy a new refrigerator and a four-burner electric range. Sights […]
Despite being in just three Pennsylvania counties, Sights for Hope has established itself as one of the state’s leaders in rehabilitative and preventive services against vision loss. Data from the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind (PAB), which supports services in 66 of the state’s 67 counties, shows that Sights for Hope provided nearly 10% of […]
Sights for Hope extended its growth in several key service categories during its 2023-2024 year. In the year ending June 30, Sights for Hope increased its total number of people served by 11% over the prior year, its number of pre-kindergarten children who received vision screenings by 27%, its number of low vision functional exams […]
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 has made additions to its services team as it works to meet increased needs in its communities. Sarah Madden has been hired as a Lehigh Valley Client Caseworker, Sarah Pierro has been hired as a Monroe Transport Driver, and Jesus Ramirez has joined the organization as a Lehigh Valley Transport Driver. Sights […]
Sights for Hope’s clients have given the organization high marks again for the quality of its services and its impacts on their lives. In client surveys from the year ending June 30, 97% of respondents said that Sights for Hope has helped them improve their ability to perform daily activities and 99% agreed that it […]
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 […]
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 […]