December 2023

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November 26, 2023
November 27, 2023
November 28, 2023
November 29, 2023
November 30, 2023(2 events)

All day

Our community service project for November is to assemble gift boxes to be donated to needy children under the annual Holiday Hope Chest campaign. This year, we are donating gifts specifically to children enrolled in the Salvation Army Foster Care & Adoption Services. Their request is for 15 gift boxes for younger children in their program, and 3 gift cards for those ages 13 and above. Already Tom & Peg Harp, Enos & Susan Martin, Terry Kennedy, Young Chang, Joyce Crosby, Deb Lamb, Kathryn Best, Ricki Stringfellow and Karen Baker have volunteered to donate gift boxes or cards. We will be filling up shoe boxes with a variety of small gift items. They will be delivered to the agency on December 6. This is a wonderful project that is fun to do!

5:00 pm - 6:06 pm

The Board of Directors will meet using Zoom.

December 1, 2023
December 2, 2023
December 3, 2023
December 4, 2023
December 5, 2023
December 6, 2023
December 7, 2023(1 event)

12:00 pm
The Shanty on 19th
613 N 19th St
Allentown, Pa 18109
USA

Our Foundation Board of Trustees has awarded a total of $10,000 in grants to non-profit organizations that serve children and families in our community. This year, we received 14 applications for funding, and awarded grants to the following applicants:

    • Boys and Girls Club of Allentown – “Make Your M.A.R.K.” Program
    • Community Action Lehigh Valley – Funding for a Mural at the Sixth Street Shelter
    • Community Music School – Music Instruction Scholarships
    • Lehigh Christian Academy – Purchase of Hovercam Document Cameras
    • Lehigh County Historical Society - Children's field trips, tickets, giveaways and in school programs
    • Minsi Trails Boy Scouts Council – “Scouting for Food” Campaign
    • Phantoms Charities – Equipment for Sled Hockey Program
    • Pratyush Sinha Foundation - Mindful Child Initiative (MCI) Classes
    • Salvation Army, Allentown Corps – “Back to School” Backpacks
    • SATORI – “Gift of Music” Instrument Donation Program
    • St. Luke’s VNA - Books for Child Abuse Awareness Month
    • The Kindness Project – Purchase of Foster Care Supplies

We congratulate these organizations for earning grant awards, and appreciate the
important work they do for disadvantaged children and families. They will be recognized,
and receive their grant checks at our annual Foundation Grant Awards Luncheon at
the Shanty on 19th on Thursday, December 7 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM. Please be
sure to save that date on your calendar!

December 8, 2023
December 9, 2023
December 10, 2023
December 11, 2023
December 12, 2023
December 13, 2023
December 14, 2023
December 15, 2023(1 event)

9:00 am
LVCC Early Learning Center
Alliance Hall
231 N. 6th St.
Allentown, PA 18102
USA

Our 17th Annual LVCC Christmas Party is being held on this month. We are expecting 185 children enrolled in LVCC “Pre-K Counts” programs at the South Mountain, Walnut Street and ELC centers to attend. There will be several activity stations set up for the kids in the ELC gym, as well as musical entertainment. We will be treating the children to a lunch of chicken nuggets, baby carrots, cookies and juice boxes. Toys for Tots has approved our request for two toys per child. And each child will enjoy having a personal photo taken with Santa! We are pleased that once again this year, the William Allen HS Key Club will be helping out. And, we would like to thank members of our club who have volunteered for the event, including Karen Baker, Enos & Susan Martin, Bob Ashcraft, Deb Lamb, Young Chang and Tom Harp.

December 16, 2023
December 17, 2023
December 18, 2023
December 19, 2023
December 20, 2023
December 21, 2023
December 22, 2023
December 23, 2023
December 24, 2023
December 25, 2023
December 26, 2023
December 27, 2023
December 28, 2023(1 event)

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Board of Directors will meet using Zoom.

December 29, 2023
December 30, 2023
December 31, 2023
January 1, 2024
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