{"id":111887,"date":"2022-04-21T22:51:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T02:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111887"},"modified":"2022-04-21T22:51:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T02:51:47","slug":"lehigh-valley-senior-all-classic-committee-presents-via-of-the-lehigh-valley-with-13000-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111887","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley Senior All-Classic Committee Presents Via of the Lehigh Valley with $13,000 Check"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured Image: Back Row: Jeremy Coxe, Doug Snyder, Glenn Noack, Harry Mora, Bob Huffstutler, Tom Kresge Front Row:\u00a0 Sydney Cyr, Traci Cyr, Joann Mertz, Michele Grasso (Via), Lisa Walkiewicz (Via)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

47th\u00a0Annual Lehigh Valley All Star Classic and Hall of Fame Committee Presents Check to Via of the Lehigh Valley<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Event to Honor Lehigh Valley Basketball Raised $13,000 to Support Services for People with Disabilities<\/i><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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BETHLEHEM, PA \u2013 Today the Lehigh Valley Senior All-Star Classic Committee presented Via of the Lehigh Valley with a check for $13,000 to support the services Via provides to children and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. On March 27, 2022, the 47th\u00a0Lehigh Valley Senior All-Star Classic, presented by St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network, took place at Northampton Community College. 96 all-stars competed in four basketball games and five new members were inducted into the Lehigh Valley Basketball Hall of Fame.<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic led\u00a0Via\u00a0to make difficult decisions to ensure we continue to fulfill our mission of helping people with developmental and intellectual disabilities reach their full potential within new financial and safety constraints,\u201d said Lisa Walkiewicz, President and CEO of Via of the Lehigh Valley.\u00a0 \u201cAfter careful consideration and deliberation, we determined that we could no longer devote the extraordinary resources needed to host the Senior All Star Classic and Hall of Fame.\u00a0 We are thrilled that members of the basketball community and sponsors, including St. Luke\u2019s, stepped up to continue this tradition to honor Lehigh Valley basketball and support Via\u2019s services. This generous donation will help fund the gap between government funding and the true cost to provide our essential services.\u201d<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

About the Lehigh Valley All-Star Classic and Hall of Fame<\/b><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

Established in the early 1970\u2019s, the Senior All Star Classic and Hall of Fame is an annual event honoring the best basketball players, coaches and contributors from now and the past.\u00a0 The Senior All Star Classic and Hall of Fame has established a strong relationship with Via of the Lehigh Valley and uses the event to spread awareness and raise money for Via\u2019s mission.\u00a0For more information on the Lehigh Valley Senior All-Star Classic or to nominate someone for the Lehigh Valley Basketball Hall of Fame, please go to\u00a0www.lvsallstarclassic.org<\/a>\u00a0.<\/u><\/u>\u00a0<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

About Via of the Lehigh Valley<\/b><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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 intellectual and developmental disabilities living in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Bucks and Berks counties. These services include vocational exploration, community employment, educational activities, volunteer and recreational opportunities for teens and adults and early intervention therapies and inclusive education for young children. Visit\u00a0www.ViaNet.org<\/a>\u00a0to learn more.<\/p>\n

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Information provided to TVL by:
\nMichele Grasso
\nVia of the Lehigh Valley
\nhttp:\/\/www.ViaNet.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Featured Image: Back Row: Jeremy Coxe, Doug Snyder, Glenn Noack, Harry Mora, Bob Huffstutler, Tom Kresge Front Row:\u00a0 Sydney Cyr, Traci Cyr, Joann Mertz, Michele Grasso (Via), Lisa Walkiewicz (Via) … Continue reading Lehigh Valley Senior All-Classic Committee Presents Via of the Lehigh Valley with $13,000 Check<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111888,"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-111887","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\/2022\/04\/via-golf.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111887"}],"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=111887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}