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 […]
Sights for Hope’s client population increased by 8% during its 2021-2022 service year, according to organizational data. The organization had 582 clients with visual impairments and blindness when it ended the year on June 30. Sights for Hope also provided services to 83 non-client patients in 2021-2022 through its low vision care centers and delivered […]
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 […]