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United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley VISTAs Volunteer at Bethlehem Emergency Shelter for MLK Day of Service
AmeriCorps VISTAs took food orders, prepared meals and greeted dozens of shelter guests during their MLK Day of Service project.
AmeriCorps VISTAs took food orders, prepared meals and greeted dozens of shelter guests during their MLK Day of Service project.
Meet Nikki, AmeriCorps member representing United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) at Sixth Street Shelter in Allentown.
New United Way Community School, Panther Valley Elementary School, hosted a special Thanksgiving Food Pantry that provided nearly 500 individuals with turkeys, ham and other staple Thanksgiving foods.
Several Lehigh Valley organizations will offer free Thanksgiving meals to the community throughout November.
On Wednesday, November 2nd, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, in collaboration with Resilient Lehigh Valley and Aevidum, a student-founded suicide awareness organization, held the area’s first-ever Youth Mental Health Summit sponsored by Lehigh County at Artsquest Center’s Musikfest Café.
Lehigh Valley locations have been designated as winter warming stations for the community throughout the winter months.
UWGLV serves a tri-county area about 60 miles north of Philadelphia that includes Allentown – Pennsylvania’s third-largest city – and Lehigh County, one of the fastest growing counties in the state.
Applications are now available for Lehigh County’s COVID-19 Relief Nonprofit Block Grant Program.
Today, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) and PPL Corporation (PPL), along with representatives from Community Action Lehigh Valley (CALV) and the City of Allentown, announced an initiative to increase awareness and funding around the region’s growing housing crisis.
Neighbors in Easton’s West Ward have a new place to shop for fresh produce, baked goods and meals this summer.