Nonprofit News

Fighting AIDS Continuously Together, or FACT, is hosting its 35th annual Snow Ball on Sunday to raise money to help people in the Greater Lehigh Valley with HIV and AIDS.

Toys for Tots Lehigh Valley coordinator, Marine Corps Reserve SSgt. Christopher Olson, urges folks to place a new, unwrapped toy into one of 193 drop boxes throughout the region. The toys will be distributed to underprivileged families in time for Christmas.

The Lehigh Valley IronPigs donated $750 to The Sanctuary at Haafsville to help a rescue pig named Snoop Hogg from Philadelphia

On Giving Tuesday, Essentials Café in west Bethlehem held its soft opening. The café provides free breakfast and lunch for those who cannot afford to pay.

First Presbyterian Church Bethlehem is planning to build new mixed-income housing on its 32-acre Center Street campus. Church leaders and members say the project is a reflection of the congregation's identity — and it wouldn't have happened but for 'painful' recent history.

Boys & Girls Club of Allentown received a donated 2024 Honda Odyssey passenger van on Monday. The club purchased the vehicle with a $60,000 grant from Bridgestone Tire Co.

At Angel Tree Farms in Alburtis, you won't find prices on the Christmas trees. You make a donation and you take a tree. All proceeds go to the Pediatric Cancer Foundation of the Lehigh Valley.

Over 1,500 veterans are buried at Resurrection Cemetery in Upper Macungie Township. But last year, only about 1,032 wreaths were placed, leaving hundreds without one.

It's time for Easton to team up and "Stuff the Bus," providing basic necessities and special gifts to local residents in need this holiday season.

Staff at New Bethany in Bethlehem have been working around the clock, sometimes losing sleep, making sure every family has what they need for Thanksgiving.

Hurricane Helene may be out of the headlines, but the residents of North Carolina still need help with everyday items. Nazareth nonprofit Every Ribbon Counts is rallying the valley to help these victims.

If you need help putting gifts under the tree, here is where to find help.

The center uses harm reduction, social activities, and job services to help people get back on their feet after addiction.

Lehigh Valley Public Media presents the Good Neighbor Awards to recognize community leaders and pay tribute to PBS icon Fred Rogers and his ideals of kindness. This is the ninth year for the awards, to be held May 21, 2025, at the Univest Public Media Center in Bethlehem.

Ashley L. Coleman joined Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center as executive director in January 2023. Her resignation comes as the board of directors expresses uncertainty as funding declines and the political landscape shifts.

The eighth annual Bob Price Memorial Turkey Drive was held at Coca-Cola Park on Friday. More than 2,000 turkeys were donated by area businesses and residents to help feed those in need in the Lehigh Valley.

Community Action Lehigh Valley celebrated its 60th anniversary of assisting low-income folks on Wednesday.

The Kutztown Folk Festival, known as the oldest continuously operated folk festival in America, is no more.

The warm weather, albeit part of a drought, gave more visitors more time to visit Lehigh Valley Zoo and learn about its purpose in 2024. Nearly 185,000 guests visited. The 11th annual Winter Light Spectacular opened this weekend.

More than 20,000 items will be on the shelves at very affordable price points.

Almost 400 students at Washington Elementary School in Allentown received new winter coats for free thanks to the nonprofit organization Operation Warm, in partnership with PPL and Accenture.

The nonprofit school based in Allentown received funds through Educational Improvement Tax Credits for the 2024-25 school year. A total of $66,000 will go toward helping low-income children.