Nonprofit News

The Building Hope for Kids project completed a home expansion in Allentown for two brothers to increase their home's accessibility.

The Allentown organization helps kids with educational opportunities regardless of financial or home situation.

City Controller Jeff Glazier has been working to provide children in need with beds - and other furniture - for more than two decades. This year, he's calling it a career.

New Bethany Ministries held its annual Thanksgiving Day dinner. The pandemic and the economy have changed the faces of those in need.

Nonprofits need your help to fill the holiday season with joy for those who need it the most.

A message from the Emmaus Public Library director alerted library residents that the budget item would be discussed at the workshop held Monday. Councilmembers voted to affirm that the funding would remain for the upcoming year.

Several dozen people, bundled up against the cold, memorialized transgender people killed across the country in the last year. That included 48 people the event’s organizers could identify, and many others whose deaths garnered less attention.

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center met its funding goal to build a new Pride Café through donations and state budget funding.

Officials offer 6 tips to keep Pa. consumers' energy costs down and keep warm as temperatures drop.

Community forum for Upper Saucon Township seeks long needed third communal space

From Allentown to Easton, volunteers spent the day beautifying schools, reading to seniors and building beds for shelters. The American Red Cross and the Allentown Fire Department also participated by installing smoke detectors in homes across the city during the annual event.

A recent donation to the Lehigh Valley's County Animal Response Team, or LVCART, will provide the agency with life-saving equipment to aid pets within the first 72 hours after an emergency is declared.

New for this year, among the two different kinds of sheep, rabbits, miniature donkeys and ponies live at the Johnson Barn, there also will be 10 Nigerian Dwarf and Pygmy goats on site for snuggling.

It will offer affordable spay and neuter surgeries, wellness visits, vaccines, TNR services and more, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and Wednesday by appointment only.

PPL will hold a small appliance recycling event, scheduled for Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 20, that will accept room air conditioners and dehumidifiers in working condition, according to a release.

New Bethany resident Hannah Becker, in a video shown at the event, thanked New Bethany and all its people for “allowing me the opportunity to begin again.”

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley received a $35,000 donation from The Giant Company.

Terry Schew said he lives in an encampment on nearby Norfolk Southern railroad property that’s facing a Dec. 15 eviction.

Easton's community has come out in force to offer support to the family and friends of firefighter Tyler Weidner, who died last week.

A retired Easton teacher is aiming to bring South Side Easton a new community library focused on helping the young and old throughout the neighborhood.

Allentown City Council last month gave Mayor Matt Tuerk 30 days to acquire a property for safe camping or temporary shelter for residents of an encampment due to close Sept. 29. Tuerk says he won't meet that deadline.

First responders came together in Easton Thursday for the first Easton Emergency Management Task Force meeting, aiming to strengthen bonds with first responders and community organizations that play pivotal roles during disasters.