New Talk Read Sing Space at Boys & Girls Club Empowers Lehigh Valley Families
On Thursday, January 30, 2025, the Community Impact team from United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley gathered at Boys & Girls Club of Allentown, Turner Street Clubhouse to transform a new Talk Read Sing Space.
This space is part of an ongoing effort to foster early literacy and support families in the Lehigh Valley. Through the Talk Read Sing campaign, United Way encourages parents and caregivers to engage in simple activities like talking, reading and singing with their children. These small moments can have an impact on a child’s language development, vocabulary and social-emotional growth.
Over the years, the Talk Read Sing campaign has reached over 12,000 families across the region, providing early literacy resources and transforming spaces within the community to encourage learning. With the addition of the new space at the Boys & Girls Club, the initiative now includes 9 newly created Talk Read Sing spaces throughout the Lehigh Valley including Early Learning Resource Center, Casa Guadalupe WIC Clinic, The Church of the Mediator, Christ Lutheran Church, Ripple Church, Allentown Health Bureau, Valley Health Partners Children’s Clinic and Star Community Health KidsCare.
Through the Talk Read Sing campaign and the help of community partners, United Way is helping close the literacy gap and ensuring that all children have the opportunity to succeed and thrive.