Finding My Way

Special Update:

Similar to other organizations, 2025 has been a challenging year for Cleveland Sight Center due to funding challenges that put pressure on our ability to serve the many people that need us. These pressures are real, but so is the impact of your support.

Your gift this season, small or large, is critical to ensure that people like Kayshawn, who are adjusting to vision loss, don’t face that journey alone.

Thank you for your continued investment and belief in our mission.

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Meet KayshawnKayshawn walks along a paved path next to Lake Erie with his white cane.

When I first started losing my sight, I felt useless. I kept thinking:

What can a blind man really do?

How am I supposed to support my family and take care of my kids?

I didn’t know what was next for me, but I knew I had to figure out a way forward for my family. That’s when I came to Cleveland Sight Center (CSC).

With every lesson, every tool and every ounce of encouragement, CSC supported me in getting my life back on track.

Thanks to CSC’s tools and your support, I found my way again. I can walk safely on my own, help my kids with their homework, write poetry, play piano and bowl. I even teach others how to use a computer – something I never thought possible when I lost my sight. 

Kayshawn sits with his family on a bench. From left to right is Kayshawn, his second daughter, his wife who is holding their son, the youngest and his eldest daughter.I can confidently say, I am the dad my kids need, the husband my wife is proud of and the helper I thought I’d lost the chance to be.

My story is just one of many. Right now, someone else is where I used to be, wondering how they will rebuild their life after vision loss.

Please give by December 31 to give someone else the chance to take that first step forward, like you helped me. 

- Kayshawn

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