United Way Volunteers Complete Projects for Day of Caring

Volunteers from KGB painted a child's block for the parade float. 

Four LVCC locations received special visitors on Thursday for the United Way's annual Day of Caring. Day of Caring is a day for volunteers from area businesses to connect with local non-profits and witness first-hand how their contributions provide service to those in need. While at LVCC, the volunteers toured the centers, then completed various maintenance projects for six hours.

LVCC on Union Boulevard's gymnasium (gross motor area) looks brand new thanks to our new friends at Aetna. They spent the day painting the gym. Representatives from Thermo Fisher Scientific painted and organized a room at LVCC on Walnut Street for LVCC staff to have their own lounge. At LVCC's Fowler Center on Main Street, Lehigh University volunteers planted bulbs and cleaned up the center's playground.

Employees from Aetna and KGB painted colorful flowers and butterflies, along with other creative art projects. Their efforts helped to build a parade float at LVCC's South Mountain. LVCC is presenting the float in Allentown's 250th anniversary "Points of Pride" parade tomorrow, September 29th.

LVCC would like to thank the United Way volunteers and their employers for making a positive contribution to our organization. All the volunteers did a fantastic job!

This event was coordinated through the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley.

Computer Explorers Returns to LVCC

School-age students attending LVCC at Wilson School began their five session after-school Computer Explorers program. Wendy Buchanan of Computer Explorers is leading the hands-on robotics classes.

This past week, the children listened attentively as Wendy instructed the course. They really got a kick out of creating an alligator and making its mouth open and close. To make the Lego pieces actively move, the students used computer programming, collaboration, creative thinking and problem solving.

The Charles A. and Leona K. Gruber Foundation provided funding for Computer Explorers at both LVCC at Wilson School and LVCC at Lower Nazareth School.

Kiwanians Know How to Throw a Party!

Our friends at the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Allentown hosted a fun outing for the preschool children from LVCC's South Mountain and the Pre-K Counts children from LVCC on Walnut Street. Kiwanis members decorated a pavilion at the Allentown Rose Garden with balloons. They offered lots of active games and yummy food at the picnic.

As soon as the children hopped off the schoolbus, their eyes lit up with excitement when they saw the moon bounce blow-up castle. They took turns throwing mini-basketballs into a hoop. In an obstacle course created by our Kiwanis friends, the boys and girls jumped hopscotch, tossed balls into a bucket, twirled a hula hoop, bounced on a hippity-hop, and then raced back to the finish line. The children also found their inner artist while painting pumpkins with designs and many colors.

A beautiful sun-shining day, the picnic was a blast for everyone. Thank you to all of our Kiwanian friends for working hard to give the children such a special memory!

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School Bus Spotting

Now that schools are back in class for the fall, what better time to introduce preschoolers to items that they will encounter in kindergarten next year? School buses were the theme this week in LVCC on Union Boulevard's preschool room.

Expressing themselves through movement and music, these little crooners sang "Wheels on the Bus" while performing the accompanying hand motions. Storytime included inquisitive questions and answers about riding on a school bus. The teachers took the class on an exciting quest for school buses during a vigorous walk outside.

Little hands also practiced motor skills by cutting with scissors. This montage of paper (along with school bus-colored yellow) then became imaginative works of art.

What a busy week of learning!