Nonprofit News

Easton police Officer Jeff Crosson was awarded Officer of the Year during a special event by the city's Kiwanis Club.

Lehigh Valley Transportation Study officials laid out the next steps to getting the process started for resuming passenger rail service in the Lehigh Valley — if that's what they choose to do.

The second annual Greenway Pride will be celebrated 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, at Southside Bethlehem’s Greenway between Taylor and Adams streets.

The Emmaus Memorial Triangle could get a major facelift. A veterans group seeks to build a new memorial complex there and rename it.

North Whitehall Township and kitten rescue Foxy’s Cradle have come to an agreement for how the nonprofit can operate. “It’s a relief,” owner Kandice Reinert said Monday.

After a lengthy battle with a local zoning office, neonatal kitten rescue Foxy's Cradle has found a new way to continue their mission to save young felines: a mobile kitten unit, which was unveiled at a Slatington fire rescue on Sunday, May 5.

The Wilson Area Communities That Care Coalition was honored for their community improvement efforts at the Love and Light Tour Honoree Recognition Ceremony in Philadelphia this week.

The city is still "a few months away" from distributing pandemic-relief money to nonprofits as it works to establish an application process, Mayor Matt Tuerk said in April.

An emergency response fund has been launched to provide immediate support for the families displaced by Tuesday's three-alarm fire in the 700 block of North Seventh Street in Allentown.

Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehab states that much of its current staff is in the form of short-term contracts, but it is optimistic it can meet new federal staffing guidelines.

Lehigh Valley Pride hosted its 30th annual festival at the SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem on Sunday. It's the festival's first year in South Bethlehem and the first with free admission.

The first Pride Parade in about 20 years came to Hamilton Street in Allentown on Sunday. It was part of the celebration for the 30th anniversary of Lehigh Valley Pride.

This weekend is the 43rd annual Roasting Ears of Corn Festival, hosted by the Museum of Indian Culture. The two-day event will feature performances, cultural heritage demonstrations, artifact displays and more.

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center will host its first Pride Parade Sunday. A step-off ceremony at 10:30 a.m. between 13th and 12th streets will be followed at 11 a.m. by the parade which will last about an hour.

Wells Fargo chooses Musikfest 2023 as the venue in which to honor the community partners.

Bethlehem nonprofit New Bethany has dropped the term "Ministries" from their name, citing increased inclusivity and a separation from the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, though they still maintain a connection.

Organizers hope funds raised from an upcoming event will help further restore the home of the first mayor of Bethlehem.

Organizers had hinted that this year's crowds were expected to break records. On Tuesday, ArtsQuest confirmed it. More than 1.3 million visited Bethlehem during the 11 nights of Musikfest 2023.

ProJeCt of Easton CEO Janice D. Komisor will retire at the end of August, following 30 years focused on extending educational opportunities to those in poverty and need.

The hiring of a new executive director completes an extensive search, according to the board of the South Bethlehem facility. Victoria Montero served as executive director for the past five years.

Via of the Lehigh Valley, Bethlehem's nonprofit, has been awarded $157,750 in tax credit funds from 14 local businesses through the EITC program.

Creative consultant and muralist Kyle Edwards, owner of A True Love Story LLC, is hosting a summer market in Downtown Bethlehem that will serve as a cool-off zone for Musikfest.