{"id":106159,"date":"2021-04-06T22:29:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106159"},"modified":"2021-04-06T22:29:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:29:55","slug":"united-way-honors-community-partners-and-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106159","title":{"rendered":"United Way Honors Community Partners and Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Celebration of Caring, presented by Crayola, will be held virtually on <\/em><em>April 15\u00a0to recognize and honor donors, volunteers and community partners.<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Allentown, PA, April 6, 2021 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) will host\u00a0<strong>Celebration of Caring, presented by Crayola<\/strong>, virtually on Thursday, April 15, 2021 to recognize the collaborative efforts of the community during this difficult year.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the pandemic, the Greater Lehigh Valley came together in inspiring ways to rapidly get resources where they were needed most. Celebration of Caring will recognize donors, volunteers and community partners as well as honor the following award recipients:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alvin H.\u00a0Butz, Inc.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0PPL\u00a0LIVE UNITED Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accepted by\u00a0Greg\u00a0Butz, President &amp; CEO<br \/>\n<em>Presented to an organization\/company whose engagement in the Lehigh Valley community results in a significant contribution toward improving the quality of life for those in need.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faces International\u00a0\u2013 Community Building Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accepted by Tyrone Russell, CEO,\u00a0and Kevin Greene, COO<br \/>\n<em>Presented to an individual or organization that supports United Way in its community-building efforts, encourages cooperation,\u00a0contributes talent and resources to further partnerships, creates a common ground, and perseveres in the face of challenges.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duggan &amp; Marcon, Inc.\u00a0\u2013 Campaign Chairs\u2019 Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accepted by\u00a0Charles Marcon, CEO<br \/>\n<em>Presented to a company that has demonstrated leadership and innovation in conducting its United Way campaign and an ability to increase awareness\u00a0throughout the Lehigh Valley.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Services for Children\u00a0\u2013 Air Products Leonard Pool\u00a0Community\u00a0Impact Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accepted by Paula\u00a0Margraf, President &amp; CEO<br \/>\n<em>Presented by Air Products, the award recognizes a nonprofit organization that demonstrates commitment to\u00a0exceptional community leadership, outstanding stewardship of community resources, active and meaningful volunteer engagement, readiness to serve as an example to others, and strategic impact on the Lehigh Valley community.<\/em><br \/>\nValued community partners in sponsorship for this year\u2019s Celebration of Caring include:<br \/>\n<strong><em>Presenting sponsor<\/em><\/strong>\u202f\u2013 Crayola<br \/>\n<strong><em>Gold sponsor<\/em><\/strong>\u202f\u2013\u00a0Dual Temp<br \/>\n<strong><em>Silver sponsors<\/em><\/strong>\u202f\u2013 Capital BlueCross, Highmark Blue Shield, and ESSA Bank<br \/>\n<strong><em>Pearl sponsor<\/em><\/strong>\u202f\u2013 Riverview Bank<br \/>\n<strong><em>In-kind sponsors<\/em><\/strong>\u202f\u2013ASR Media Productions<\/p>\n<p>The public is invited to join United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and Campaign Chairs J.B. and Kathleen Reilly for an hour of inspiration and hope as we recognize our donors, volunteers and community partners.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is free and required. Virtual details will be shared with registrants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedwayglv.org\/events\/celebration-of-caring-(2)\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to register.\u00a0Email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:UWCelebrates@unitewayglv.org\">UWCelebrates@unitewayglv.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 610.758.8010\u00a0with questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley<\/strong><br \/>\nUnited Way fights for the health, safety and education of every person in the Greater Lehigh Valley and envisions communities where every person belongs and every person thrives. We strive to achieve this goal by assessing community needs, raising funds, investing in solutions and mobilizing our community to action. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedwayglv.org\/\">www.UnitedWayGLV.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nLaura McHugh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nAssociate Vice President, Communications and Media Relations\u00a0<br \/>\nUnited Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley<br \/>\n1110 American Parkway NE\u00a0\u00a0Suite F-120 \u00a0Allentown, PA 18109\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nwww.unitedwayglv.org\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Celebration of Caring, presented by Crayola, will be held virtually on April 15\u00a0to recognize and honor donors, volunteers and community partners.\u00a0 &nbsp; Allentown, PA, April 6, 2021 &#8211;\u00a0United Way &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106159\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">United Way Honors Community Partners and Leaders<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106160,"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-106159","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\/04\/United-Way.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106159"}],"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=106159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}