Nonprofit News

Thanks to contributions from over 200 individuals and organizations, victims of the May 29 Ferry Street fire have been provided with over $67,200 in funding to help them recover.

The police pups will appear at the Petersville Gun and Rod Club's Basket Social on Saturday, Sept. 9.

Communities in Schools of Eastern Pennsylvania targets forces outside the classroom that prevent student success. It provides resources to address those issues and operates in nearly 30 schools in Lehigh and Northampton counties.

Community Action Lehigh Valley is hosting a community meeting to discuss turning the former Cleveland School on North Ninth Street in Allentown into a $20 million youth center.

Allentown's 19th Street Theatre has been nominated to be on the National Register of Historic Places.

Silk Lehigh Valley held an open house at its new location in Allentown. It is a drop-in program for LGBTQ youth ages 14 to 29 that is part of Bethlehem-based nonprofit Valley Youth House.

Valley Youth House's Camp Fowler may soon operate year-round with a new recreation center. North Whitehall planners reviewed a sketch plan for the building Tuesday.

Lehigh Valley Pride hosted its 30th annual festival at the SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem on Sunday. It's the festival's first year in South Bethlehem and the first with free admission.

The first Pride Parade in about 20 years came to Hamilton Street in Allentown on Sunday. It was part of the celebration for the 30th anniversary of Lehigh Valley Pride.

This weekend is the 43rd annual Roasting Ears of Corn Festival, hosted by the Museum of Indian Culture. The two-day event will feature performances, cultural heritage demonstrations, artifact displays and more.

The appropriations from the 2022-2023 Pennsylvania state budget will be delivered to the nonprofit within the next few months.

Hurricane ravaged Florida continues to get help from Red Cross volunteers from the Lehigh Valley. One Lehigh County woman said she’s been asked to extend her two-week deployment, as more help is needed.

Tuesday is National Coming Out Day in the United States, but Allentown’s Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center celebrated a day early.

Senior center currently receives $15,000 in taxpayer funding from the city of Allentown.

The 31st annual "Souper Day" highlighted current economic challenges causing greater demand for the nonprofit's services

The 10th annual Luncheon with the Authors, a fundraiser of Society of the Arts – the nonprofit organization supporting the Allentown Art Museum, was held Thursday at Lehigh Country Club in Lower Macungie Township.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, (D-Pa.), joined the non-profit group Cradles to Crayons to discuss families' need for diapers and other childcare items in light of ongoing inflation.

The new executive director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, Dawn Godshall, speaks with WLVR’s Brad Klein.

Dawn Godshall, the new executive director of Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley is preparing to lead the group into its next chapter.

This weekend, a community group in Allentown is hosting a special relief drive for residents in need. The event offers residents home-cooked meals, clothes, toiletries and more.