Sight-Loss Support Group of Central PA Inc

09/08/2026

This Thursday, Sept 10th is our 2nd Thursday Lunch Meeting! Louise Victor, our View Via Voice audio-description coordinator (and SLSG co-president) will introduce the fall theater season. In addition to providing a brief description of each audio-described performance, she will help all who are interested sign up for tickets. It’s one of the great joys of fall; we get to return to the playhouse! Hope you can join us, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, at Mt. Nittany Residences (301 Rolling Ridge Dr, State College, 16801).

06/09/2026

Hope you can come to our June luncheon this Thursday, June 11th!

Maria Burchill from Schlow Centre Region Library in State College will join us for a presentation about Schlow’s library services. Maria will emphasize formats that make reading accessible to people with vision loss.

When: Thursday, June 11th from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Where: Mt. Nittany Residences, 301 Rolling Ridge Drive,
　　　　State College, in the community room on the first floor.
Details: We meet on the second Thursday of the month except
for the month of July. Lunch is provided and is “on the house”.

NO MEETING IN JULY!
ENJOY THE MANY EVENTS OF THE MONTH.
HAPPY SUMMER!

05/07/2026

Our next “Second Thursday Luncheon“ will be held on Thursday, May 14th at 11:30. Hope to see you there!

05/07/2026

Next Thursday, May 14th, is our 2nd Thursday Lunch Meeting. Zandy Dudiak from the Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians (LAMP) will explain all the services from this free public library. It serves residents who are visually and physically challenged and have difficulty reading standard print. This is a Zoom presentation due to the travel distance between Pittsburgh and State College. Hope you can join us from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, at Mt. Nittany Residences, 301 Rolling Ridge Dr, State College, 16801.

Read to discover new worlds, meet new characters, connect to deeper emotions, learn something amazing or share stories with friends. We’ll make sure you never have to stop. Read for the love of it. Forever. For life.

02/12/2026

The ever popular Steven Kechisen, Bureau of Blindness & Visual Services (BBVS) and Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, will be speaking at this month's 2nd Thursday Lunch Meeting, Thursday, February 12, 2026. Hope you can join us from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, at Mt. Nittany Residences, 301 Rolling Ridge Dr, State College, 16801.

01/15/2026

https://www.slsg.org/calendar/2026/1/15/legally-blonde

Legally Blonde, the Musical, at the State College Area Hight School Performing Arts Center The State HIgh Thespians present “Legally Blonde: The Musical.” Legally Blonde follows Elle Woods, a fashion-loving sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex, only to discover her

01/07/2026

Oh my, this winter is flying by; tomorrow is already the second Thursday of January! We hope you can join us for the "2nd Thursday Lunch" tomorrow, January 8, 2026! It will be a general social/support meeting... 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, at Mt. Nittany Residences, 301 Rolling Ridge Dr, State College, 16801. (Photos from the December holiday lunch.)

12/10/2025

Thursday, December 11, 2025, 11:30 AM: Holiday Party! Come celebrate the holiday season with us, with many of your favorite holiday dishes, good company and festive music!
The "new and improved" lunch bunch is a joint venture of the SLSG (Sight-Loss Support Group), the BBVS (Bureau of Blind and Visual Services), and the NCSS (North Central Sight Services). Open to the general public, the lunch bunch is a social, supportive, and informative afternoon. Representatives from each of the organizations will be present at each lunch, a new topic of interest will be presented on alternate months, and a complementary lunch is provided. Our popular monthly lunch meetings are typically held on the second Thursday of every month, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, at Mt. Nittany Residences (301 Rolling Ridge Dr, State College, 16801).

11/11/2025

This Thursday's Lunch Meeting, November 13: “Show and Tell”. Please bring an item or two that helps you cope with your vision loss to share. High tech, low tech, or no tech. Sometimes it’s the simple things that help the most. This is a golden opportunity to learn from one another.

Join us from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, at Mt. Nittany Residences, 301 Rolling Ridge Dr, State College, 16801.

10/06/2025

This Thursday, October 9th, 2nd Thursday Lunch Meeting: Dan Longmore, pastor of the Marsh Creek Brethren in Christ Church in Howard, PA, will share his story - how he lost his vision and how he set upon his chosen path of pastor and spiritual guide. Prepare to be uplifted.
Join us from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, at Mt. Nittany Residences, 301 Rolling Ridge Dr, State College, 16801.