Happy Heart Health Day

On February 7th, the staff and children of LVCC on Walnut Street showed their support of National Wear Red Day® by wearing red clothing and participating in activities that promote heart health awareness.

Toddlers, preschoolers, and Pre-K Counts students
from LVCC on Walnut Street in Allentown.

The morning began with stretching exercises. The preschool and Pre-K Counts children then learned fun facts about the heart's function in the body.

The younger preschoolers practiced important motor development skills like cutting with scissors.While creating heart-shaped art projects, they discussed how the heart is associated with feelings of love and holidays such as Valentine's Day.

In their journals, the older preschoolers in Pre-K Counts practiced writing sentences about having a healthy heart. They also drew nutritious foods that they like to eat. After a delicious snack of applesauce and graham crackers, the children were powered up to learn some more!

View more photos of Heart Health Day.

Rodale Continues United Way Day of Caring

As part of the United Way Day of Caring, volunteers from Rodale, Inc. provided a tremendous service to LVCC on Walnut Street in Allentown today. After a welcome tour of the early education center, our new friends dove right into the task at hand - organizing supplies stored in the basement.

Although the work was dirty, the volunteers cleaned dusty shelves and disposed of broken items. The new shelf units were up within a short time. Emptied and organized, the storage area became a much more efficient space for the teachers to find necessary materials, all thanks to Rodale, Inc.

Our new friends at Rodale, Inc.

Organizing took some guesswork and ingenuity.

Taking down the old and installing the new.