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 […]
Sights for Hope’s client population increased by 12% during its 2021-2022 service year, according to organizational data. The organization had 625 clients with visual impairments and blindness when it ended the year on June 30. A total of 149 clients enrolled during the year and 81 clients withdrew or passed away. Sights for Hope also […]
Sights for Hope and Pennsylvania Lions District 14-K have formed the Lehigh Valley Sights for Hope Lions Club – a branch of the Whitehall Lions Club that empowers people with visual impairments to give back to their communities. The Lehigh Valley Sights for Hope Lions Club will select and implement service projects at its own […]
In honor of World Braille Day, Sights for Hope’s clients and team members with visual impairments created a video to tell the story of Braille’s creation and its impact on their lives. The video features clients Chuck Alison, Annette Gozzard, Annie Ocasio, and Gary Dvorshak, who also is a member of Sights for Hope’s Board […]
Technology can make all the difference for our clients living with visual impairments. One of our clients, Earl*, has been a professionally-trained carpenter for over 40 years and continues to practice his craft despite his visual impairment. Although it may take him a bit longer to complete projects, the quality of his craftsmanship does not […]
The Sights for Hope Lehigh Valley Service Center is fortunate to also be the home to the Posch Braille Library. Dianne Michels, our Vision Rehabilitation Therapist, provides Braille class to clients at various levels, and Jim* is one of those clients. Jim came to Sights for Hope after having been blinded in an accident. With […]