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• Education
• Human Services
• Culture and Art
• Community Development
Education
Lehigh Valley Child Care, Inc.
Lehigh Valley Child Care has enhanced its current early childhood education
program at the Judith Chase Early Learning Center in Allentown through
the implementation of its newly designed Model Preschool Program. This
program includes a research-based creative curriculum, parental involvement,
collaboration with the Allentown School District, and a transition process
from pre-K to kindergarten.
Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild
The Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild is dedicated to the preservation
and promotion of the art of storytelling. The guild has an annual Storytelling
Festival. One performer, Kala Jojo, incorporates African rhythms on drums,
harp, kalimba, and bylophone. Kala Jojo enthralls audiences of all ages
with traditional African folktales, poetry, praise songs, personal stories,
and historical narratives. Weaving songs and chants born of world African
heritage into stories of healing, conflict resolution, and side-splitting
humor, Jojo’s sensitive, interactive compositions are stimulating
and thought provoking.
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Human Services
Community Bike Works
Through bicycle repairing, Community Bike Works provides local, inner-city
youth with structured activities, supervised by an adult, in bicycle
safety education, literacy training and job skills through an incentive-based
program. Youth can earn bikes and biking equipment by successfully
completing aspects of the program. The youth also help re-condition
bicycles that are shipped out to third world nations.
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Lehigh Valley Military Affairs Council
Lehigh Valley Military Affairs Council (LVMAC) supports local veterans,
active military, National Guard and Reserve troops and their families.
The organization’s mission is to improve the lives of the local
military, veterans and their families by fostering and coordinating
support from local businesses, organizations and communities, and
by promoting awareness of the military’s role in defending America
through educational programs and public events. LVMAC serves the 57,000
veterans of the Lehigh Valley and the 2,000 active military who belong
to local Guard and Reserve units and their families.
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Culture and Art
Pennsylvania Youth Theatre
Pennsylvania Youth Theatre (PYT) educates, entertains and enriches
the lives of young people and their families through the art of theatre.
PYT also offers classes and performance opportunities for children
who face special challenges through their Pegasus Project. The Pegasus
Project opens up the world of mainstage theater production to deaf
and hard of hearing children in the region.
In addition to quality theatre productions, PYT also offers a Performing
Arts School. The school maintains a comprehensive after-school performing
arts curriculum, which includes creative drama, acting, dance and voice
instruction. The REACHING OUT! Scholarship Program affords enriching
theater arts education to youth who would otherwise be unable to participate
due to costs.
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SATORI
SATORI is the only professional chamber music ensemble in the
Lehigh Valley. SATORI maintains a very successful concert series,
with a patron list of over 2,000 Lehigh Valley residents.
In addition to full chamber concerts, the group also provides
community outreach and performs for schools, senior residences
and the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital. In addition
to their concert series and the community outreach, the group
has also performed at Mayfair and in Philadelphia.
SATORI also acts as the local provider of the “A Gift
of Music” endeavor, an initiative of the Pennsylvania
Council in the Arts. “A Gift of Music” collects,
restores and distributes donated band and orchestra instruments
to local music instructional programs and students who may
be unable to afford the cost of buying or renting an instrument.
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Community Development
Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley, Inc.
Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley works in partnership with
people from all walks of life, as well as corporations, foundations,
and faith-based organizations in order to build and renovate houses
so that people in need can live in decent and affordable homes in safe
communities. Habitat for Humanity recently completed homes in the 600
block of East and North Cumberland Street in East Allentown.
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SouthSide Film Institute
The SouthSide Film Institute (SSFI) is dedicated to preserving
and promoting the art of the independent filmmaker. SSFI provides
educational seminars, workshops and opportunities to screen works
both publicly and for private critical evaluation. The organization
also helps filmmakers find the locations, resources, and support
for their filmmaking efforts. SSFI is the organization for filmmakers
to turn to for help in finding people, answers, resources and
opportunities to transport their ideas into realities on the
screen. The annual Independent Film Festival is a highlight of
the organization’s efforts.
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