{"id":105586,"date":"2021-03-02T23:40:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105586"},"modified":"2021-03-02T23:40:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:40:57","slug":"via-of-the-lehigh-valley-welcomes-new-board-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105586","title":{"rendered":"Via of the Lehigh Valley Welcomes New Board Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, PA \u2013 Via of the Lehigh Valley is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has elected a new member.<\/p>\n<p>Nakia Flowers of Bethlehem is the Segregation of Duties Oversight Lead at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.\u00a0 Nakia received her Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Penn State University.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About Via of the Lehigh Valley<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serving our community since 1952, Via helps people reach their full potential.\u00a0 In a typical year, Via provides services to 1,250 children and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities living in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Bucks and Berks counties. Services for adults and teens include vocational exploration, community employment, educational activities, volunteer and recreational opportunities. For young children, services include early intervention therapies and inclusive education. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vianet.org\/\">www.ViaNet.org<\/a> to learn more about Via\u2019s services.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMichele Grasso, MPA<br \/>\nVice President of Development &amp; Communications<br \/>\nVia of the Lehigh Valley<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ViaNet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.ViaNet.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; BETHLEHEM, PA \u2013 Via of the Lehigh Valley is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has elected a new member. Nakia Flowers of Bethlehem is the Segregation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=105586\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Via of the Lehigh Valley Welcomes New Board Member<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Nakia-Flowers.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}