Thirteen-year-old Sights for Hope client Caroline Rach has been named Pennsylvania’s winner of the 2025–2026 Lions International Peace Essay Contest, and her winning essay will advance to the international competition. Caroline’s essay on this year’s contest theme – titled “Together As One” – imagined what could happen if a diverse group of people unites around […]
Sights for Hope topped its fundraising goal Saturday during its first Bikers for Sight ride, which was presented by PABikerLawyer.com and set against the autumn Pocono Mountain splendor. Led by the Northeast PA Inter Club, the Bikers for Sight event was inspired by Sights for Hope client Wendy Smentkowski, an avid motorcycle rider who recently […]
Limitless, Sights for Hope’s client-led band, will take the stage at Bikers for Sight 2025, presented by PABikerLawyer.com, on Saturday, October 11. Bikers for Sight is a motorcycle poker run through the Pocono Mountains’ autumn splendor led by Founding Event Partner Northeast PA Inter Club, with proceeds benefiting Sights for Hope. Limitless will perform at […]
The Monroe Sights for Hope Lions Club has succeeded the Stroudsburg Lions Club upon assuming its charter. The Monroe Sights for Hope Lions Club and its companion Lehigh Valley Sights for Hope Lions Club are led by Sights for Hope’s clients. Sights for Hope formed the clubs in 2022 to provide them opportunities to perform […]
Artwork from Sights for Hope client Mary Ellen Stoyanov was chosen as the cover of the organization’s 2024 Impact Report, which was released this week. The cover shows Stoyanov’s painting of a vibrant bird sitting among purple flowers and green foliage to convey a sense of nature and growth. This is the second straight year […]
Sights for Hope has opened a new Client Activities Area at its Lehigh Valley Services Center – including a room for hands-on projects, a lounge, and a counseling room. The area allows Sights for Hope to conduct more client programs and activities and facilitate its growing personal counseling service. It also will provide a space […]
Jasmyn remembers the heat of the two-ton vehicle rolling over her. She recounts screaming and a driver who did not stop. She recalls wondering if she would be crushed or burnt to death. Jasmyn, who has lived with low vision since developing Glaucoma at the age of 9, has never let circumstances stop her. However, […]
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 […]
Sights for Hope clients who enjoy sculpting have an opportunity to be part of a public exhibition in the Lehigh Valley. The Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission is in search of a sculptor who lives with a visual impairment to be part of a juried art exhibit in the Bethlehem Town Hall Rotunda Gallery from September […]
Sights for Hope marked a milestone this week by holding a graduation for the first clients in more than 40 years to complete its Advanced Braille life skills education program. The four graduates had been studying what is known as grade 2 Braille, or contracted Braille, for more than two years. When the COVID-19 pandemic […]