{"id":124816,"date":"2023-11-09T22:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T03:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124816"},"modified":"2023-11-09T22:17:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T03:17:59","slug":"valley-youth-houses-setting-the-stage-event-with-stevie-nicks-is-a-landslide-raising-over-352000-to-support-youth-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124816","title":{"rendered":"Valley Youth House&#8217;s Setting the Stage Event with Stevie Nicks is a \u2018Landslide\u2019, Raising Over $352,000 to Support Youth in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Setting the Stage 2023 <\/em>From left, Tom Harrington, President &amp; Executive Director of Valley Youth House, Laurie Hackett, Global Community Relations at Air Products, Khadijah McPherson, MSW, Valley Youth House Alumni Speaker, Richard Wuerthele, President &amp; CEO of Crayola, Eileen Wuerthele, Nurse Practitioner, Phil Jackson, Founder of Jackson Financial Strategies, LLC., Rob Brooks, Owner of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, Todd A. Shamash, President &amp; CEO of Capital Blue Cross, and Christina Schoemaker, Senior Vice President of Advancement at Valley Youth House.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bethlehem, PA (11\/9\/2023)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The event commenced with a reception and awards ceremony, recognizing Rich and Eileen Wuerthele and Crayola, as their Distinguished Honorees for their longstanding philanthropic efforts and commitment to empowering young people through creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Setting the Stage event Co-Chairs were also recognized for their leadership of this event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rob Brooks, Owner, Lehigh Valley Phantoms<\/li>\n<li>Laurie Hackett, Global Community Relations, Air Products<\/li>\n<li>Todd A. Shamash, President and CEO, Capital Blue Cross<\/li>\n<li>Carolyn Stennett, Vice President of Human Resources, Victaulic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Top Sponsors of the event were also recognized and are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diamond Sponsors:<\/li>\n<li>Air Products<\/li>\n<li>Crayola and Rich &amp; Eileen Wuerthele<\/li>\n<li>Platinum Sponsor:<\/li>\n<li>BSI Corporate Benefits<\/li>\n<li>Titanium Sponsor:<\/li>\n<li>PPL<\/li>\n<li>Reception Sponsor:<\/li>\n<li>Capital Blue Cross<\/li>\n<li>Gold Sponsors:<\/li>\n<li>B. Braun Medical Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Equinox Property Management<\/li>\n<li>Lutron Electronics<\/li>\n<li>Morton Brown Family Wealth<\/li>\n<li>Truist<\/li>\n<li>Victaulic<\/li>\n<li>Wells Fargo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Valley Youth House alumna Khadijah McPherson, MSW was also welcomed to the stage as the evening\u2019s Youth Speaker, to share her inspiring story of resilience and determination, highlighting the crucial support she received from Valley Youth House\u2019s Independent Living caseworkers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am truly amazed by the incredible generosity and support we received for this year\u2019s &#8216;Setting the Stage&#8217; event,\u201d said Tom Harrington, President and Executive Director of Valley Youth House. \u201cThis event has proven that when a community comes together to uplift our youth, we can achieve remarkable results. We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributed to this success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the reception, attendees then attended the sold-out Stevie Nicks concert at the PPL Center.<\/p>\n<p>Setting the Stage is Valley Youth House&#8217;s premier fundraising event which celebrates the positive impact that those involved have on the lives of vulnerable individuals in the community. All proceeds from the event will benefit the life-changing programs and services provided to youth and families served by Valley Youth House.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Valley Youth House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Valley Youth House\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=00113MI9gL_0_AGwwwi02t6izHGEo9tJLsPRyRO8QiPAn2mnvv9rooZfeGlW4GBd0oYHSMEWNUDrx8PjPHECQXAvQPUT11qUKE-mtUxgcadTDujMRvduwnYXa-CpAazqjMGvLGUrzjoLBKkGQ63T7XAtcvyVa_aduNbLTWL9cQc9ycUBVGq_hp0e3yKqwqQy8iqipNSGOhMlGQ=&amp;c=wuSmBpqwm_epqF2qVf7j1y_vJp81EWyhQ5vYxMvPmYlxC0hg6GVPUg==&amp;ch=iZFmvgzh9wCINMc9fWaYHDbSaidDO8b63Z6eUMCG1xR3fekLx24tRQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>valleyyouthhouse.org<\/strong><\/a>)\u00a0does more than just provide homes for Pennsylvania\u2019s vulnerable, abused, and homeless youth. We partner with thousands of individuals each year to build a solid foundation for young people and their families. With dedicated street outreach, housing, counseling, skills training, health, prevention, and intervention services, we empower resilient young people in establishing promising futures.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nSarah Pammer<br \/>\nCommunications Specialist<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting the Stage 2023 From left, Tom Harrington, President &amp; Executive Director of Valley Youth House, Laurie Hackett, Global Community Relations at Air Products, Khadijah McPherson, MSW, Valley Youth House &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=124816\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Valley Youth House&#8217;s Setting the Stage Event with Stevie Nicks is a \u2018Landslide\u2019, Raising Over $352,000 to Support Youth in Need<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124817,"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-124816","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\/2023\/11\/vyh-stage.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124816"}],"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=124816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}