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May
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many Lehigh Valley families struggling to put food on the table. Recognizing the increasing need for meals and to help prevent hunger among area families, Keenan-Nagle Advertising, Inc., an Allentown-based marketing and communications agency, partnered with three outdoor advertising companies — Adams Outdoor, Lamar Advertising Company and Tri Outdoor, Inc. — to help create awareness of the problem and give people a way to help. Outdoor billboards across the Lehigh Valley will encourage members of the community to help feed their neighbors by visiting FeedLV.org and making a monetary donation to Second Harvest Food Bank, according to a news release. ...
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Apr
“COVID-19 has created obstacles for nonprofit organizations throughout the Lehigh Valley, including a lack of food supply and volunteers. Community Action Lehigh Valley (Community Action) is a nonprofit organization that combats anti-poverty by working through a range of programs, from Second Harvest Food Bank to homeownership counseling…” ...
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Apr
“…Alan Jennings, executive director of Community Action Lehigh Valley, which formed Slate Belt Rising, said officials will hold Fidelity “to the commitment that Merchants had been making for many years.” Community Action under Jennings ensures that low-income families and neighborhoods have access to banks and credit under federal reinvestment law.” ...
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Apr
David Cool of Second Harvest Food Bank in Nazareth expected higher food prices because of the demand created by the coronavirus, but he couldn’t foresee that the vendors he deals with would have a hard time getting the food. ...
19
Dec
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -$160,000 in state funding will go toward efforts to revitalize south Bethlehem. The Department of Community and Economic Development’s Neighborhood Assistance Program will provide funding to the Community Action Development Corporation of Bethlehem for its SouthSide Vision 20/20, State Sen. Lisa Boscola said. ...
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Dec
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Alan Jennings advances his causes and tells (almost) all in new book about community activism… ...
19
Nov
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A new tool was announced Tuesday in Allentown to encourage landlords to reinvest in the city and in turn boost their property value…. ...
05
Nov
The outpouring of community support for those displaced by the Fountain Street fire in Allentown was more amazing then can be put into words. ...
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Oct
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Business and community leaders gathered Tuesday in Bethlehem to announce a new project to combat racism… ...
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Oct
In the Lehigh Valley, 28% of black residents and 36% of Hispanic residents live in an area with little access to housing, transportation, employment and education, according to data from the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission. ...
22
Oct
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Investigators are pressing forward in their search for the cause of a fire that took out an entire row of homes in Allentown… ...
22
Oct
hree Lehigh Valley nonprofit agencies are working together to collect and distribute donations for people displaced by Sunday morning’s fire that destroyed 10 homes in Allentown. ...
22
Oct
Oct. 22–“Everything is gone.” That’s what Giovanni Ramos said Sunday while sitting on a bus parked not far from his burned-out home, one of 10 destroyed by a fire that engulfed a block of North Fountain Street in Allentown. ...
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Oct
In his mind’s eye, Sam Mullay has leveraged every square foot of the cavernous former fabrics mill on North 12th Street to help Allentown kids beat the odds. ...