{"id":148291,"date":"2026-03-21T10:06:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148291"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:06:47","slug":"pocono-chamber-youth-appreciation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148291","title":{"rendered":"Pocono Chamber Youth Appreciation Ceremony!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pocono Chamber of Commerce, a proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, invites the community to the Annual Youth Appreciation Ceremony<\/p>\n<p>presented by the Pennsylvania Treasury! This event will be held on Friday, April 17, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Tickets can be purchased at poconochamber.org for $35. We hope you can join us at Monroe Career &amp; Technical for the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Appreciation Ceremony is hosted by the Pocono Chamber\u2019s Education<\/p>\n<p>Committee. They proudly honor remarkable high school students from Monroe County who have overcome adversity in their lives and are excelling in their respective fields. We are excited to honor these exceptional individuals as they represent the future workforce.<\/p>\n<p>A huge thank you to our sponsors and partners: PA Treasury, PSECU, Beth Moloughney State Farm Insurance Agent, ESSA Bank, Wick it Candle Bar, St. Luke\u2019s Hospital \u2013 Monroe Campus, and Michael Straub Photography.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About the Pocono Chamber: <\/em><\/strong><em>Our mission is to drive economic growth and strengthen Monroe County by supporting and promoting businesses of all sizes. We are committed to serving our members and the community by fostering meaningful connections, encouraging collaboration, and addressing key business challenges. A proud partner of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, we engage in a dynamic network of nearly 5,000 members employing more than 200,000 people. Together, we form the largest chamber in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and rank among the top ten nationwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We welcome businesses\u2014large and small\u2014to join us in shaping a prosperous future for our region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nSierra Lefurgy<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pocono Chamber of Commerce, a proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, invites the community to the Annual Youth Appreciation Ceremony presented by the Pennsylvania Treasury! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=148291\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pocono Chamber Youth Appreciation Ceremony!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148292,"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":[482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yap-26.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148291"}],"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=148291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}