Vision Corps

March 14, 2023 - Carol Gifford with Vision Corps joined us for breakfast to tell us about how her organization helps the vision impaired.  Vision Corps is Southeastern and South Central Pennsylvania’s resource for individuals with vision loss to learn to live independently. Beyond rehabilitation and recreational services, Vision Corps encourages meaningful employment for people who are blind through their comprehensive Business & Industry Group. Services for clients are provided at no cost and are made possible through community support and revenue from the Business & Industry Group. Low vision can affect each person differently. To address this need, they provide individualized and comprehensive rehabilitation programming to 2,000 individuals each year. Through assessment, education, support, and instruction, their goal is to empower individuals to live independently and maintain their quality of life. Emotionally, it can be difficult to adjust to losing your vision. Vision Corps provides opportunities for clients to talk to others who are or have been in similar situations. Knowing you are not alone and that others have overcome these same challenges is often the first step in regaining one’s independence. Vision Corps offers regularly scheduled education and support groups to give individuals a forum to share feelings, experiences, and information, among others with vision loss.

On Friday June 9, Vision Corps will host the Eye Drop Rappelling Event, giving nearly 100 people the opportunity to rappel from the roof of the Holiday Inn Lancaster! This event takes participants to the roof and then they safely go over the edge and rappel 125’ down to N Queen Street in the heart of downtown Lancaster – all for a great cause! The goal of the event is to raise $175,000.

 For more information:  www.eyedrop2023.org