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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Black Belt Entrepreneur who Overcame Visual Impairment to Inspire Sights for Hope Clients

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Paul Miller is a fifth-degree black belt in karate and is skilled in the discipline of kung fu. He has trained more than 1,000 karate black belts. He owns two thriving businesses with five locations and 150 employees. Paul Miller also is, in his own words, completely blind due to progressive retinal disease. Through his […]

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#WorldBrailleDay2022: Sights for Hope Clients and Team Members Tell the Story of Braille

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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 […]

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Sights for Hope Announces its January C. Well Sweepstakes Winners

C. Well Sweepstakes

Sights for Hope announced its January C. Well Sweepstakes winners on Sunday. The January sweepstakes winners are June Breitfeller of Whitehall, PA; Carol Heller of Orefield, PA; Kathy Fenstermacher of Bethlehem, PA; Joe Keller of Whitehall, PA; and Stanley Reith of Coplay, PA. Tickets for the 2021-2022 C. Well Sweepstakes are still available through the […]

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Sights for Hope Seeks to Grow its Community Partners Program in 2022

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Sights for Hope seeks to grow its Community Partners program in 2022 after generating more than $26,000 in new gifts during its first seven months. The Community Partners program was created to evolve Sights for Hope’s previous fundraising model – one conducted through piece-by-piece requests and sponsorships – to one in which partners commit their […]

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Sights for Hope Salutes Leon Peters for Service to its Agency, Endowment Boards

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Sights for Hope salutes the legacy of Leon Peters, whose efforts over nearly four decades have helped empower people with visual impairments thrive independently, in response to his passing on December 4 at the age of 90. Peters was a long-time board member of the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ABVI), one of […]

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Endowment Board Elects Two Members to New Terms, Re-Elects Officers for 2022

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The Sights for Hope Endowment Foundation Board of Directors elected two members to new three-year terms and re-elected its officers for 2022 today during its quarterly meeting. Elected to new terms are Todd Donnelly, Director of Business Development for The WorkShop Content Studios, and Thomas Reilly, Esq., a Partner of Gross McGinley Attorneys at Law. […]

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Donors Can Help Sights for Hope Earn Bonus #GivingTuesday Dollars from AllOne Foundation

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Donors who make gifts to Sights for Hope for #GivingTuesday 2021 can help the organization earn bonus funds through AllOne Charities. AllOne Charities will match the first $1,000 in contributions made to Sights for Hope through its #GivingTuesday webpage on Tuesday, November 30. Sights for Hope can earn an additional $1,000 if it collects the […]

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H. Ross Ramaley, Esq., Elected to Second Term on the Sights for Hope Board

H. Ross Ramaley, Esq.

H. Ross Ramaley, Esq., was elected to his second three-year term on the Sights for Hope Board of Directors during the board’s November meeting. His second term begins on December 1. Ramaley is a member of the board’s Strategic Planning Committee and has served as an at-large member of its Executive Committee. Ramaley worked previously […]

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