Lions Clubs Exceed the Challenge to Increase Giving as Costs and Needs Rise

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Lions Club members from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley and Monroe County have donated $48,369 to Sights for Hope so far in 2022-2023, exceeding Sights for Hope’s requested increase in giving. In its annual fundraising letter to Lions groups, Sights for Hope asked them to increase their donations by 10%, citing rising costs driven by inflation and […]

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Sights for Hope to Honor Douglas Yingling During its Lions4Sight 2022 Breakfast

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Sights for Hope will honor its former Executive Director and long-time Lions club member Douglas Yingling when its Lions4Sight Breakfast returns on Tuesday, March 22. Yingling – who retired in June 2020 from what was then the Center for Vision Loss – will receive Sights for Hope’s Accessibility Champion Award. The award is given to […]

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Lions4Sight Breakfast for 2020-2021 Canceled Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Center for Vision Loss has canceled its Lions4Sight Breakfast, scheduled for March 13, due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. The breakfast – which brings together Lions Club leaders from Lehigh, Northampton, and Monroe counties – is held typically in the fall during the early stages of the agency’s annual Lions campaign. The decision to […]

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Agency, Lions Open Annual Campaign, Pledge Collaboration on Children’s Vision Screenings

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The Center for Vision Loss and the Lions clubs of Lehigh and Northampton counties pledged their collaboration to provide free vision screenings for the area’s children Saturday as the agency opened its annual Lions campaign. The annual Lions breakfast provides the area’s clubs an opportunity to pledge and provide their support for agency services. The […]

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