A Day of Gleaning at the Rodale Institute By: Kaleigh Ohland, Food Access Intern
A workshop to teach community members the process of gleaning. The workshop was held at Rodale Institute in Kutztown, PA. Over 100 pounds of produce was collected and donated to a local food bank in support of food access of the Greater Lehigh Valley!

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley Expands to Carbon County Volunteer-led Carbon County UW Board Unanimously Votes in Favor of Merger

Summer Learning Parent's Guide The Lehigh Valley’s Summer Learning Coalition first ever Summer Learning Parent’s Guide is here! Our newsletter was created to show parents the importance of summer learning through the eyes of their community.

Donate to support our local LGBT Community ​In the aftermath of the attack on Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, many Lehigh Valley people want to help. While there is certainly a need to send funds to directly support the victims, there's also a strong need to support our local LGBT community here in the Lehigh Valley. United Way partners with Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center. 

Talen Energy Special Announcement at Central Elementary School Friday, June 10 at 1:45 p.m. during Soaring Eagle Assembly

WLC Shines at 2016 Women's Summit By: Eileen V. Kelliher, WLC Member
Women's Leadership Council members packed the speakers’ roster at the 2016 Lehigh Valley Women’s Summit on June 7, which drew a record 500 prominent business and professional women to Cedar Crest College for a day of leadership training, self-help and exchanging ideas and business cards.

Summer Programs for Lehigh Valley Kids The time to enroll your kids in a summer program is here! The Lehigh Valley Summer Learning Coalition has an online resource to help you find summer program opportunities for your child. 

PPL helps prep Lehigh Valley elementary students for summer reading PPL is giving away nearly 25,000 books to help keep students from falling behind in reading over the summer. 

2016 Frances R. Hesselbein Scholarship Winner By: Eileen Kelliher, WLC member
Ruby Garcia, 19, a rising sophomore majoring in global studies at Cedar Crest College, is the 2016-17 recipient of the Frances R. Hesselbein scholarship.  Garcia, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., who currently resides in Breinigsville, Pa., says she grew up yearning to see the world.