By joining a United Way coalition or committee, you can use your time, talent and voice to make a difference in your community.
Using the Collective Impact model, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley is making a long-term investment in deep and meaningful change around large-scale, complex social issues. To achieve population level goals and lasting results, Collective Impact partners must come together to solve a common goal from multiple angles with one organization serving as the“backbone” or lead convenor.
what we do
COLLECTIVE IMPACT PARTNERS
- Focus on a common goal
- Authentically engage in community-led problem solving
- Align on a mix of policy and programmatic interventions
- Agree on how to measure progress
- Continuously communicate, learn and improve
Coalitions
- Age-Friendly Lehigh Valley – Building an inclusive community for people of all ages
- AmeriCorps – Expanding collective impact to address critical concerns
- Bank On Lehigh Valley – Ensuring everyone has access to safe and affordable financial services
- Challenge 5 Attendance Coalition – Keeping students engaged in learning
- Fund for Racial Justice and Equity – Investing in community-led solutions to systemic racism
- Leader in Me – Empowering students, teachers and families to be life-ready learners
- Lehigh Valley Early Childhood Coalition – Increasing school readiness
- Lehigh Valley Freedom Schools Partnership – Empowering youth through summer literacy and cultural enrichment
- Lehigh Valley Reads – Ensuring all students can read on grade level
- Lehigh Valley Regional Homeless Advisory Board – Preventing homelessness
- Lehigh Valley Summer Learning Coalition – Increasing access to high-quality summer learning
- Public Policy and Advocacy Committee – Advocating for a healthy community through legislative change
- Resilient Lehigh Valley – Building resilient youth through trauma-informed communities
- United Way Community Schools Network – Supporting students’ needs and academic success
“United Way assures us that our contribution makes a purposeful impact. The flexibility to direct dollars to causes important to our family is influential to our giving.”
Jarrett and Mandy Laubach
Tocqueville Society Members
In the News
Celebrating Service: AmeriCorps Members Honored for Their Impact
Photo Gallery: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley hosts an AmeriCorps End of Year Celebration to celebrate the impact of AmeriCorps members this year.