Agency Announces Expanded Virtual Program Slate for June

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The Center for Vision Loss has announced an expanded slate of services to be delivered by phone or videoconferencing in June due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. All services, as listed below, are available exclusively for the agency’s enrolled clients with visual impairments from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh, Northampton, and Monroe counties. Support Group Meetings Monday, June […]

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May Sweepstakes Drawing Canceled; Additional Winners to be Drawn in June

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The Center for Vision Loss has canceled its May 2020 C. Well Sweepstakes drawing as the organization remains under Pennsylvania’s stay-at-home orders due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The agency also had canceled its April drawing, and it will draw additional winners during its final 2019-2020 drawing in June. No entrant will be allowed to […]

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Center for Vision Loss Cancels Songs4Sight, Monroe Focus Breakfast Events

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The Center for Vision Loss has canceled its Songs4Sight 2020 concert event and its 2020 Monroe Focus Breakfast in anticipation of continued restrictions on public crowds. Songs4Sight 2020 – which was to feature Strawberry Fields, the world’s most renowned Beatles tribute band – had been rescheduled for June 25 in the Musikfest Café at SteelStacks […]

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Agency Continues Reduced Operations by State Order

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The Center for Vision Loss continues its reduced operations because of the COVID-19 pandemic through at least June 4 in accordance with orders from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The agency’s campuses will remain closed and its client transportation service will remain limited to critical medical and grocery needs during this time. Select services will continue […]

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Agency Schedules May Services by Phone, Videoconferencing

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The Center for Vision Loss has announced several services to be conducted by phone of videoconferencing in May. These services were developed because of social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 global pandemic. All of these services, as listed below, are available exclusively for the agency’s enrolled clients with visual impairments in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh, Northampton, […]

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Agency Cancels its April Sweepstakes Drawing, Will Draw 10 Winners in May

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The Center for Vision Loss has canceled its April 2020 C. Well Sweepstakes prize drawing because of the national COVID-19 pandemic and will draw 10 winning tickets in the following month. The agency has closed its offices through at least April 30 in response to the extension of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home orders to […]

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Agency Offices Closed, Transportation Service Limited to Critical Needs

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The Center for Vision Loss has closed its offices and has limited its client transportation service to critical medical appointments and grocery deliveries that have been scheduled. The decision to close agency offices was made Wednesday after Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued a stay-at-home order for Lehigh and Northampton counties in response to the COVID-19 […]

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Songs4Sight 2020 Rescheduled for June 25

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The Center for Vision Loss has rescheduled its Songs4Sight 2020 concert event, presented by Provident Bank, for Thursday, June 25, in concern for public health and safety during the global COVID-19 emergency. Produced in partnership with ArtsQuest, the concert by the world-renowned Beatles tribute band Strawberry Fields will be held in the Musikfest Café at SteelStacks in Bethlehem with revised event times. […]

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Center for Vision Loss Releases Statement on COVID-19 Situation

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Douglas Yingling, Executive Director of the Center for Vision Loss, has issued a statement related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. The statement is shown below in its entirety: “As the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation unfolds, the Center for Vision Loss reaffirms its commitment to the health and safety of its clients, the community members it serves, […]

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