Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley

This morning we attended the Upside Allentown orientation along with other organization leaders. Glad to have a seat at the table with these great people helping downtown Allentown move forward.

Regional nonprofit organization Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley has named Dr. Hasshan Batts as its new Director of Operations. His responsibilities will include developing and managing cross-sector relationships in the community; planning and launching fundraising events to support the organization; developing and implementing the organization’s programs; community organizing; and overseeing staff engagement with neighborhood…

This morning we attended the first day of school at Central Elementary in Allentown School District. Community members and organizations came out to welcome the students back to school. Make it a great school year, students!

Open houses are a great way for parents to meet their children’s teachers this school year and learn about the school’s curriculum. Central – September 19 – 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Cleveland – September 19 – 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. McKinley – September 27 – 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. http://www.allentownsd.org/sites/default/files//assets/images/ASD/NEWS/2017%20Open%20House%20Schedule.pdf

Reminder – our friends at Old Allentown Preservation Association need help with this coming Saturday’s 9/9 fall neighborhood cleanup. Can you help?

If you operate a local child care center, please consider attending this important event that Bethlehem Area School District is hosting next week.

Our August enewsletter is out! Read it online here to find out what we were up to this month: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1113842898305&ca=bbd461c3-2cdd-4fb1-917e-275df6ef6c3c

Last week PNLV and Lehigh Valley Health Network met with a few of our partner agencies to review preliminary findings about families and toxic stress through our joint Allentown Children’s Health Improvement Project (ACHIP) in the city’s downtown.

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday for the Back to Skool Supply Giveaway. It was a great turnout! And BIG THANKS to WOMEN Transforming The Valley for arranging it!

Attention Bethlehem Parents: Free Bethlehem Area School District Immunization Clinic at Liberty High School on Thursday 8/31 from 5 – 7 PM. Call your School Nurse for details.