Center For Vision Loss

Lehigh Valley Customer Calendars January/February 2012

karen — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:01:09 +0000

Basket Bingo & Brunch, April 22, 2012

karen — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:22:56 +0000

It’s time to circle Sunday, April 22, 2012 on your calendar and make plans to attend our 6th annual Basket Bingo & Brunch! This favorite “fun” fundraiser will again be held at the Historic Hotel Bethlehem. 437 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA, 18018, from 1-5 pm. It will feature the fabulous Hotel Sunday Brunch, 20 games of bingo featuring Longaberger Products as prizes, plus many interesting raffle items and door prizes.

Early Bird Tickets will cost $48 per person and can be purchased until March 16, 2012. After that date, the regular ticket price of $55 will be effect until the reservation deadline of April 13. Click here to get a printable Ticket Reservation Form. Last year we were sold out but the good news is that this year we will have space for more tables and more seating. So gather your friends and make plans to have an enjoyable afternoon which supports the Center for Vision Loss’s Vision Rehabilitation Services.

To date, we thank the following businesses for helping sponsor this event: Inova Technologies, Lessig Oil & Propane, HMK Insurance, Hotel Bethlehem and Minuteman Press of the Lehigh Valley. Sponsorships are still available and welcome and include tickets at some levels. Call 610.433.6018, x 241 to inquire.

For more information now, call 610.433.6018, x. 241.

InSights Customer Newsletter January/February 2012

karen — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:36:55 +0000

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VISION Fall 2011 Newsletter

karen — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:49:48 +0000

Click here to download our VISION newsletter in PDF format. If you do not have adobe acrobat installed on your computer you can download it from Adobe by clicking here (link opens in a new window).

Chrysalis Award Dinner Cancelled for 2011

karen — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:49:19 +0000

Unfortunately our 2011 Chrysalis Award Dinner had to be cancelled on October 29 due to the snowstorm which created dangerous conditions throughout the Lehigh Valley, the Poconos and beyond. We have decided not to reschedule this event but put our energies into our 2012 Chrysalis Award Dinner and we will post information about that in the future. Unfortunately our sponsors, friends, patrons and guests did not have the opportunity to meet Dr. Bower and hear about her career and experiences. However, if you click on this link http://youtu.be/HMBLTPLMmvo you will be able to see a video presentation of another talk that Dr. Bower presented.

We do wish to thank the Sponsors and Friends who made this year’s event possible: A D Computer, Air Products, Buckno Lisicky & Company, Catalyst360, Colon-Rectal Surgery Associates, Concannon, Miller & Co. PC, Dr. Ihor and Marta Fedoriw, Fox Optical & Gallery, LLC, Genentech, Highmark Blue Shield, Victor and Elizabeth Joliat, Lang Faylor Chomo Company, Lehigh Valley Council of the Blind, Lehigh Valley Hospital Network, Minuteman Press of the Lehigh Valley, The Morning Call, Stephanie Olexa, Ph.D. and Seth Weber, Esp., Leon Peters, Versatile Voicing, viamedia, Edward and Rosalie Vogrins, Anonymous, Dr. Neil Boderman, Dr. Thomas Burkholder and Lions of District 14-K and District Governor Joe Chunko. We also thank the DeSales University Staff for their help and understanding throughout the planning and subsequent cancellation of this event and can’t wait to have the students from the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts and pianist Bob Muth return to entertain us next year.

We were pleased, however, that our honoree Dr. Amy Bower, her family and her colleague Kate Fraser, Perkins School for the Blind science teacher, did arrive in the Lehigh Valley prior to the snowstorm. Dr. Bower and Ms. Fraser were able to conduct a fun and inspirational Saturday morning workshop with our student customers who are blind or visually impaired. The group chatted animatedly with Dr. Bower about her career as a legally blind Physical Oceanographer and then worked with Ms. Fraser on experiments about water temperature and salinity and buoyancy using adaptive technology (and a few eggs!). While the students focused on their work, their adult partners were able to participate in a support group session hosted by James Van Horn, our counselor. A pizza party followed before everyone headed home. We thank Amy and Kate for a job well done and a morning to remember!

InSights Customer Newsletter November/December 2011

karen — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:20:56 +0000

Lehigh Valley Customer Calendars November/December 2011

karen — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:21:32 +0000

Moravian College Freshmen Sharpen Their Focus

karen — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:00:02 +0000

On Tuesday, September 13, 2011, students in Dr. Christie Gilson’s freshman writing seminar at Moravian College took part in a service learning project with customers from the Center for Vision Loss. Dr. Gilson, who is blind, is a member of our Board of Directors. Together the students and customers had a great time on a beautiful fall day walking, shopping, and eating in downtown Bethlehem and learning about disabilities and each other. Click this link to read about their experiences http://www.moravian.edu/news/inCommon2/2011-2012/11_09_29/article2.html. It will take you to INCOMMON, the e-Newsletter of Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary, September 29, 2011.

Lehigh Valley Lions Celebrate Needs Night 2011

karen — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:51:17 +0000

Following a more than 30 year old tradition, Lions and Lioness Clubs from District 14-K gathered together to support the Center for Vision Loss on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. This year’s fundraising event took place at the Northampton Memorial Community Hall in Northampton, PA. Center for Vision Loss board member Brad Ott served as Master of Ceremonies. He was joined by Douglas Yingling, agency Executive Director, and Lions leadership Joseph Chunko, District Governor; Dennis Butz, 2nd Vice District Governor; and Lowell Hawk, District 14-K liaison with the Center for Vision Loss.

In 1925, Helen Keller spoke to the Lions at their International Convention at Cedar Point, Ohio. There Miss Keller exhorted the Lions to become “Knights of the Blind in this crusade against darkness.” Following that event, Lions took up the challenge to support programs and services relating to blindness and visual impairment. In 1928, local Lions heard Miss Keller speak at Liberty High School in Bethlehem and decided to form the two county blind associations which eventually consolidated into the Center for Vision Loss in January, 2010.

Following a very tasty country-style banquet, the agency thanked the Lions and Lionesses by presenting each club with a special card containing a patch which could be sewn onto a club flag. Then Doug Yingling took the podium and filled club members in on the “state of the agency,” describing the changes that occurred in the last fiscal year in staffing and programming. Ruthie Asmus, Prevention of Blindness Coordinator, discussed the PediaVision Assessment Solution equipment which the agency is now using to vision screen children. And the event closed with the clubs making pledges to the agency for the new year. In all over $47,000 was raised from intitial donations.

The Center for Vision Loss applauds the efforts of the Lions and Lionesses of District 14-K and thanks all club members for their continued interest in serving the blind and visually impaired in the Lehigh Valley.

Left to right: Lowell Hawk, Lions liaison; Doug Yingling, Executive Director; Joseph Chunko, District Governor; Brad Ott, Board Member and Master of Ceremonies, Dennis Butz, 2nd Vice Governor

karen — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 23:30:06 +0000

If you are a Center for Vision Loss customer, this page is just for you! Look here for news, updates and/or changes to client activities, programs and other agency events. Click on the links below to read and print out InSights, the bimonthly client newsletter, as a Word document and view and print out the Lehigh Valley Client Activity Calendars (you can find Monroe County Office activities listed in the newsletter itself). We look forward to adding more features in the months ahead!