United Way News

Concerned about what the proposed Pennsylvania State Budget will mean for children and families? Click News Title for details.

Philly Pretzel Factory is hosting a fundraiser benefiting the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley on February 24, 2012! Click News Title for details.

Building A Fair and Affordable Lehigh Valley. Click News Title for details.

This Charity Shopping Event is a chance for you to give back to United Way, by doing something you love…shopping and dining in the two downtowns of Bethlehem! Click here for details...

Three key events planned to help celebrate the milestone anniversary year. Click the News Title for details.

The Boys & Girls Club of Easton will be conducting "Money Matters: Make It Count" for teens, a practical money management program developed by Boys & Girls Clubs of America in collaboration with the Charles Schwab Foundation. Click the News Title for details.

The Bethlehem Area School District has been awarded a 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Cohort 6 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. This three-year funding will provide afterschool programming at four elementary schools. Click News Title to Read More.

More than 225 people will gather to celebrate the accomplishments of TeenWorks, a collaborative effort between organized labor in the Lehigh Valley and the United Way.

Two COMPASS Community Schools had a very Merry Christmas last month– thanks to the National Honor Society of the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for Performing Arts and Target. Click News Title for Details.

The Allentown School District welcomes volunteers for a “Start Your Day Right” Before-School Program at elementary schools. Click News Title for details.

Certified AARP TaxAide volunteers are available to provide free tax form assistance to all taxpayers with middle and low income, with special attention to those ages 60 and older. Click News Title for more information.

Valley Wide Help, an information and referral program of the American Red Cross of the Greater Lehigh Valley, will become a part of the statewide 2-1-1 program led by United Way of Pennsylvania. Click News Title to read more.

The Lehigh County Senior Center is coordinating snow removal efforts with the "Snow Way Out" volunteers. Click News Title for details.

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley staff now has access to internet and email. Thank you for your patience during our move.

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley staff is still without internet & email due to our move. If you need to get a hold of a United Way staff member please contact them via phone. We expect email & internet service to return end of business day December 22nd. Thank you for your patience.

Click the News Title for information on giving gifts of stock to the United Way.

Check out their December Newsletter.

The First Signature Project has helped children thrive by investing in the women and men who care for and teach them every day. Click News Title to read more.

McKinley’s 125th Birthday Celebration took place on November 23, 2011. Click the news title to read about the event.

During the move, please be aware of the following: 1. The United Way office will be closed on Thursday, December 15, 2011. 2. United Way staff will not have email or phone service on December 14-16, 2011. If you need to get a hold of a United Way staff member, please contact them via their cell phone.

Congratulations to Mardochee Dade, 8th grade South Mountain Middle School student. Mardochee has been selected as a 2011 Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholar. Click News Title to Read More.

The next Early Learning Network Meeting on December 6th at United Way. Click news title for details.

Open Enrollment for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage and Medicare Advantage plans has started! Click the news title for five things every person with Medicare should remember during this time of year.

Bob Wood, long-time advocate and friend of the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, has passed away. Click Here for Full Story.

Emergency shelters opened for residents without power. Click news title for details.

The United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley needs great speakers - like YOU - for its Speakers Bureau. Speakers are requested for United Way campaign and other donor events, as well as other United Way functions. Click news title for details.

The Annual Open Enrollment period in which people with Medicare may compare and enroll in Medicare Part D plays has changed for 2011. The Annual Open Enrollment period will begin October 15th and continue until December 7th. Click news title for details.

United Way is selling a ticket package through Groupon which includes: general admission ticket to Lehigh vs. Yale football game on Oct. 1, LIVE UNITED t-shirt, water bottle and access to the United Way tailgating tent which includes organic tailgating treats donated by Rodale Catering & Events. Purchase your ticket package today!

Grab your family and friends and join us at the Bethlehem Township location on September 27-29, 2011.Click News Title for details!

Is your company participating in United Way's Drive for Education? Well now you can Customize a Education Drive Flyer for your Company! Click here

Find out how you can get involved: Community Engagement Brochure

Results to Date for Children Healthy and Ready to Learn Program. Early Care and Education in the Lehigh Valley 2010-2011 Report To The Community.

It's good to shop Saturday August 27th. Buy a $5 savings pass from United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and save 25% all day on regular, sale & clearance items, including home -- even save on most brands usually excluded! Click News Title for details!

Allentown School District announced the creation of its new before-school program, “Start Your Day Right,” for its 15 elementary schools planned for fall 2011.  Click 'News Title' for full article.

The Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE) is a nationally known, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for vulnerable older adults. Click 'News Title' for details.

Want the inside scoop on your United Way? Join our LIVE UNITED Mobile Network. Receive real-time UWGLV news and alerts delivered directly to your mobile phone!  Text LIVE to 27722 . We will be delivering exciting news next week only to our Mobile Network. Message & Data rates may apply. Terms: www.mGive.com/E 

On June 30, 2011, the United Way brought the Allentown Family Fund to a close with the final distribution of donated dollars to families. Click 'News Title' for the full article.

Lehigh County Senior Center at 1633 Elm St., Allentown runs a UW program AND they are designated as a local “Cooling Center”. They will be open TO ALL Lehigh and Northampton County residents, regardless of whether or not they are members of the center. Click "News Title" for more information.

Their workday usually evolves around cellphones. But Thursday, the hand held devices used by T-Mobile employees were hammers,paintbrushes and rakes. Click here for full article via 69 News.

Communities In Schools of the Lehigh Valley and South Mountain Middle School, a Community School, are hosting the T-Mobile Corporation and City Year for a “Day of Service.” Click News Title for full article.

Girl Scout Brownie Troop 8614 donates landscaping to Northampton Area Food Bank - click the news title to learn more about the project.

Please join us on June 22 as we celebrate YOU, our dedicated volunteers who helped make our 2010 campaign a huge success! Click news title for full event details.

GIVE UNITED and qualify for great incentive prizes! Drawings are held following the close of the United Way campaign. This years incentive prizes were donated by Greater LV Auto Dealers Association, Martin Guitar Company, Thomas J. Bailey, Wegmans, Tallman, Hudders & Sorrentino, Downtown Bethlehem Association, Lehigh Valley Restaurants! Click here to see the 2010 Incentive Prize Winners. Visit our Facebook page to see pictures!

Two organizations are joining forces to sponsor an event for Lehigh Valley businesswomen. Electronic Invite

A fine art & photography exhibit. The exhibit is the first nonprofit event at SteelStacks!

Saturday, May 14, 2011
1pm – 4pm
Air Products Town Square at SteelStacks

Great event for the whole family. Click here for event flyer.

For 2011-2014, 73 programs and three partnerships will receive funding from the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley to help people secure a good life for themselves and their children. Read Lehigh Valley Live Blog.

CALLING ALL KIDS!! For an afternoon of free food, free books, free entertainment at the 5th Annual Celebration of Reading. Click News Title for event details!

UWGLV has invested in Meals on Wheels of Lehigh County Meal Delivery program for many years. Hundreds of volunteers gathered at America on Wheels to celebrate the anniversary. Eight volunteers were honored. Click News title for full story.

Over 13,000 seniors and those who care for them will once again, come to this fun and information packed one-day festival Thursday, May 5th 2011 from 10AM-6PM. Click News Title for Details.

Central Elementary's PTA is looking for local companies to donate breakfast or give away prizes for its Perfect Attendance Breakfast for students and families on May 27th. Click News Title for Details.

Join United Way's Women's Leadership Initiative on April 20th 6 - 8PM in welcoming new members, as they celebrate their friendships and how the Power of their Purses improve our community!  

Please RSVP by April 15th, to Kelly Gooley kellyg@unitedwayglv.org or (610) 807-5702

Click here for event details!

More than 60 stakeholders from school districts, business, early childhood providers, legislators, early intervention, foundations, and more came together for a legislative briefing. Click News Title for more info.

Kindergarten registration is happening all over the Lehigh Valley now. Don’t miss the opportunity for your children to register on time! To help you find your school’s date of registration, please click here to Pennsylvania’s Promise for Children site. Click news title for more info.  

Watch WFMZ’s “Business Matters” "A Look Back at the Allentown Gas Explosion". Check out the "Business Matters" Blog. We welcome your comments.

The deadline to apply to the UW Fellowship to Harvard Business School's Strategic Perpectives in Nonprofit Management has been extended to March 25. Click News title for application.

28% increase in employee giving for the 2010 campaign. A personal best for Good Shepherd! Don't forget their Day of Caring in September. Big thank you to the campaign team and all GSRH employees. Way to go!

Daisy troop #6549 is hosting a pancake breakfast on Sat. March 19th from 8am -10am at the Applebee's in Trexlertown. All funds raised will be donated to the explosion victims. Big thanks to these little girls who are thrilled to support a community in need.

The Network for Good is confirming which agencies are mobilized to provide relief.  By clicking HERE you’ll see a list of nonprofits, a summary of their efforts, and a way to “click and give” directly to that organization.  Thanks for your help in helping others.

UWGLV is in the final days of their 2010 campaign. Here are a few easy & fun ways to help us reach our goal. Spread the good word to your friends and family!

69 News: Edicion En Espanol at 11pm - United Way Profiles. Click here to watch.

Deadline for Applications: Friday, March 18, 2011
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Sponsorship levels range from $500-$10,000. To download sponsorship package, click here. For details click news title.

Women's Leadership Initiative
Fundraiser for UWGLV at Shuze, Downtown Bethlehem
Wednesday, February 16 · 6:00pm - 8:00pm

BY SARA K. SATULLO
The Express-Times

Two grants will allow Broughal Middle School students to work in their school's greenhouse to nurture seedlings into plants that will eventually find new homes on South Mountain and in the city's greenway.

Muhlenberg College
4:00pm - 5:30pm

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and Muhlenberg College invite you to a Community Forum featuring the 2010 Harvard Business School Fellowship awardees: Suzanne Beck, Executive Director of The Crime Victims Council, and Rev. Dr. Christine Nelson, Executive Director of Lehigh County Conference of Churches. Free and open to the public.

On March 18, 12% of sales  for the day will go to the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley. Click news title for participating locations...
 

Due to the inclement weather, the upcoming PEAN meeting in the Lehigh Valley has been rescheduled to next Wednesday , February 9, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at Wegmans in Bethlehem off of Rt 512.  More details are found below.

Are you interested in joining a non-partisan legislative district-based team of volunteers who represent a broad range of education perspectives?  Are you interested in being a part of a larger statewide network of advocates?  If so, you may be interested in attending the next Pennsylvania Education Advocacy Network here in the Lehigh Valley, a program of the This Education Policy and Leadership Center. 

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The Seattle Community Schools Learning Lab will explore the reciprocal relationship between practice and policy in the community schools movement. Participants will learn how to plan, organize, and implement their community schools strategy back home. They will explore the development of policies at the state, city, district and school levels to support and sustain community schools work. Local practitioners will develop skills to inform and influence policies that support site-based and systems-level practice.

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Your legislators need to know why investing in quality early education is important to YOU!

University Center, DeSales University
7:30am - 4:00pm

Two organizations are joining forces to sponsor an event for Lehigh Valley businesswomen.

"What's Next for Early Childhood Education?"
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley Third Floor Conference Room
2200 Avenue A,  Bethlehem, PA 18017
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

American Bank of the Lehigh Valley's employee giving is up 27% from their 2009 United Way campaign.

Capital Blue Cross has excess equipment they can no longer use and are willing to donate it to a local non-profit. All parties are responsible for pick-up and transport of the items. For inquiries please contact Leo Wagner at 610-820-2734.

Click title to view list of equipment.

Nationwide employee giving increased 13% from 2009. Nationwide Insurance corporate giving is %100 match! Thanks to all the local nationwide donors and to Nationwide Insurance Corporate Headquarters.

Employee giving increased by 27%. Thanks to CEO, Louis Eister for his support!

Victory House employee giving is up 28% and they added three new donors. Their participation is at 62%, the highest over the last five years! Congratulations to Pat Diluzio and Victory House employees.

The ABC's of Birth to Three

A parenting education program of  Community Services for Children, funded by the Allentown Youth Success Zone.

Women's Leadership Initiative of the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley is a coalition of women who strive to lead through philanthropy and advocacy: donating their own funds and working to raise additional funds for projects to benefit women adn children in the Lehigh Valley.

Campaign 2010 Update - Outstanding achievement by Dual Temp. 100% employee participation rate this year! Thank you to CEO David Noel for his leadership and HR Manager Kristy Pollock, this year’s Employee Campaign Coordinator for her efforts organizing their campaign!

Homeless people do not need to stay outside
During the winter the County builds on extensive supports already available throughout the year.

Have you seen our campaign billboards around the region? There is one located on Rt. 22 and another on Rt.33. 

The most colorful place on Earth! Crayolians smash all previous employee giving by 14%. Workplace fundraising continues with two more events scheduled for their 2010 campaign. Talk about colorful!

More great 2010 Campaign news! PNC Bank had a 28% increase in donor participation and increase in giving of 18.4%.
Congratulations to Lauren Allen and the PNC Team! We appreciate your support.

C & S Wholesale Grocers had their largest United Way Campaign ever with a whopping 389% increase in donations from 2009. C&S had four times the number of donors for their 2010 campaign. The business also offers a generous 100% company match! A special thank you to the campaign team of Dennis Arends and Joanne Baitz.

We would like to extend a big thank you to Trifecta whose United Way Campaign saw an increase in donations of 54% from last year and a 65% increase in donors. A special thank you to CEO, Doug Pelletier and Employee Campaign Coordinator Melissa Bosch for going the extra mile with Trifecta’s campaign fundraisers. Join our Facebook group tell us how you LIVE UNITED.

Today we would like to thank the staff of Nestle-Purina whose United Way Campaign saw an increase in both dollars raised and donors - 14.4% increase in donations and a 17.8% increase in donors! Special shout-out to Mallory Jensen for all of her hard work and extra effort.

Have you seen our new "I Give Because..." ads for our 2010 Fundraising Campaign? They're running now in The Morning Call, Lehigh Valley Style and Express-Times. Now you can customize your own "I Give Because..." Campaign and show our community how you LIVE UNITED. Download the template from our Campaign Toolkit.

The United Way sponsored a “Fourth Saturday” literacy event at the Cops ‘n’ Kids Reading Room in Bethlehem.

American Bank is sponsoring the Runback for the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley fundraiser in conjunction with ViaCastTV, RCN TV4 and Service Electric TV2.