Partners Unite to Address Child Care Workforce Crisis
Early Childhood Education Action Committee to host roundtable discussion about child care workforce crisis and impact on the local economy.
Category: Education
“We get better together.” First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union commits to United Way Community School in Allentown with $100,000 donation
This new partnership with Francis D. Raub Middle School will provide financial literacy education to students and their families, assist in funding the school store and support school-wide incentives for attendance and behavior.
Moses Taylor Foundation Grant awards $70,000 to support students and families in the Panther Valley School District
Thanks to the continued funding to support the essential Family Development Specialist role, children and families in the Panther Valley School District will be connected with critical resources to reduce instances of child abuse and neglect.
Lehigh Valley Reads Launches Million Minute Challenge on Read Across America Day
United Way and Lehigh Valley Reads celebrated Read Across America and National Reading Month with a full week of events at United Way Community Schools all across the Greater Lehigh Valley.
United Way Community School in Easton opens food pantry to meet their families’ needs thanks to partnership with Lafayette College
Lafayette College in Easton has joined forces with Paxinosa Elementary School, a United Way Community School, to support their food pantry needs.
Third Annual Lehigh Valley Labor Council Toy Drive surprises hundreds of students with an early Christmas
Students at 2 Community Schools in the Allentown School District received hundreds of gifts thanks to Lehigh Valley Labor Council, Capital Blue Cross, TeenWorks™ and partners.
See the Impact: TeenWorks Grant Recipients Hold Day of Joyful Giving at Swain School
On November 22, students from The Swain School, a private elementary school in Allentown, partnered with local nonprofit, Joyful Giving, to pack necessity bags for fellow community members.
St. Luke’s Sacred Heart, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and Partners Address Local Child Care Workforce Crisis at Advocacy Event to Spread Awareness
A recent survey reports that nearly 150 early childhood classrooms are closed in the Greater Lehigh Valley and over 92% of programs have a staffing shortage.
United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, in Partnership with Aevidum and Resilient Lehigh Valley, Present a Youth Mental Health Summit Sponsored by Lehigh County
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.
United Way Community School Coordinators celebrated during a special event sponsored by Crayola
On Thursday, United Way Community School Coordinators (CSCs) were celebrated at the Banana Factory in Bethlehem during a special event sponsored by Crayola.