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.

Local Businesses Lend a Helping Hand for United Way Day of Caring

September 12th, 2013 marked an important day for community partnerships across the Lehigh Valley. The United Way Day of Caring, in collaboration with the Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley, found 800 employees from area businesses to volunteer their time by completing service projects at local non-profit organizations, including Lehigh Valley Children's Centers (LVCC). LVCC welcomed a total of 14 amazing volunteers into three of our centers to tackle maintenance tasks. A big thank you to Lehigh University, Kistler-O'Brien Fire Protection, and Aesculap, Inc. for donating both time and energy to help us make our facilities a brighter place for learning!

Photo credit:  Christa Neu and Lehigh University

Lehigh University staff reminisced about childhood as they cleaned and organized toys at LVCC's Campus Center. Their efforts preserved LVCC's safe environment for children to play. 

 Kistler-O'Brien Fire Protection spruced up LVCC on Union Boulevard. While a few volunteers weeded the flower boxes outside, others painted our entrance and organized our storage closet inside.

The group from Aesculap, Inc. made huge headway painting LVCC at South Mountain's toddler/preschool gross motor area, as well as a staff bathroom. The walls are bright and cheery again!

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A Day of Caring with Lehigh University

LVCC's Campus Center received a new storage shed thanks to the hard work of Lehigh University volunteers. Our new friends spent half a day constructing the shed. The Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley partnered LVCC with Lehigh University for the Day of Caring project.

Although the day was bitterly cold, the volunteers geared up and toiled through the weather. With a few more hours of work, the shed will soon be completed.

We greatly appreciate the hard work of our engaged volunteers and the generosity of our community partners.