{"id":137904,"date":"2024-11-26T20:58:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T01:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=137904"},"modified":"2024-11-26T20:58:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T01:58:44","slug":"business-women-networking-involving-charity-education-recognizes-area-leader-with-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=137904","title":{"rendered":"Business Women Networking Involving Charity &#038; Education Recognizes Area Leader with Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-137906 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/word-image-137904-1-300x152.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/word-image-137904-1-300x152.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/word-image-137904-1-1024x518.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/word-image-137904-1-768x388.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/word-image-137904-1.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lehigh Valley, PA <\/strong>\u2013 BW NICE, Business Women Networking Involving Charity &amp; Education, Lehigh Valley Chapter is recognizing the chapter\u2019s interim vice president and treasurer, Andrea Brock , as Chapter Member of the Year at the organization\u2019s annual December Sip N Shop fundraising event, open to the public. Funds raised will support the organization\u2019s charity partner The Third Street Alliance for Women &amp; Children. The evening will also include multiple vendors, giving participants the opportunity to shop for the upcoming holiday season. Tickets, which include appetizers, a drink and dessert, can be purchased at this <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/ev\/reg\/7ynhsvp\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea will be honored as the Chapter&#8217;s Member of the Year because she has inspired countless individuals with her leadership, energy, concern for others and commitment to business and community. Under her leadership, the Lehigh Valley witnessed the inaugural launch of The Red Shoe\u2122 flagship fundraiser. Additionally, Andrea has volunteered for Third Street&#8217;s Bistro fundraiser and Back to School program, and she has provided direct support to women transitioning out of the shelter and abusive situations as they rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Founder &amp; President of BW NICE, I am thrilled to see Andrea recognized as Member of the Year for the Lehigh Valley Chapter! This honor is so well-deserved, as Andrea\u2019s unwavering dedication, leadership and service as well as her contributions have made a lasting impact not only on the chapter but also on the BW NICE organization. We are incredibly fortunate to have<\/p>\n<p>her as part of our community and we celebrate her passion and commitment to our mission. Congratulations, Andrea!\u201d said Diane Simovich.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea is a staunch advocate for justice and she has campaigned for legislative changes to extend reporting timeframes for victims of sexual abuse. Her activism has included exposing religious institutional abuse and protecting victims while holding perpetrators accountable.<\/p>\n<p>As the owner of Andrea Brock Healing, LLC, she said, \u201cFrom a young age I&#8217;ve felt a calling to help others and inspire positive change. My highly developed intuition has guided my own healing journey and enables me to help others explore their potential, find clarity, and experience liberation through personalized healing sessions, inspirational speaking, and workshops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What: <\/strong>BW NICE Lehigh Valley Annual December Sip N Shop Fundraiser<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who: <\/strong>Andrea Brock, BW NICE Lehigh Valley Chapter Member of the Year Awardee<\/p>\n<p><strong>When: <\/strong>Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 5 pm &#8211; 8 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: <\/strong>The Pomfret Club 33 South 4th Street, Easton, PA 18042<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>BW NICE is a professional women\u2019s empowerment organization that provides women at all stages of business and personal life with support, education and resources. Each BW NICE Chapter is dedicated to raising funds and awareness supporting a local organization in the fight against domestic violence and sexual abuse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nJan Schwartz<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lehigh Valley, PA \u2013 BW NICE, Business Women Networking Involving Charity &amp; Education, Lehigh Valley Chapter is recognizing the chapter\u2019s interim vice president and treasurer, Andrea Brock , as Chapter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=137904\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Business Women Networking Involving Charity &#038; Education Recognizes Area Leader with Award<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137905,"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-137904","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\/2024\/11\/Andrea-Brock.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137904"}],"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=137904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/137905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}