{"id":149316,"date":"2026-05-13T21:50:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149316"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:50:35","slug":"the-neffs-national-bank-is-proud-to-present-100000-in-donations-to-eight-local-educational-foundations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149316","title":{"rendered":"The Neffs National Bank is proud to present $100,000 in donations to eight local educational foundations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Neffs, Pa- The Neffs National Bank, is proud to present $100,000 in donations to eight local educational foundations. These donations will help fund essential educational programs to benefit the youth of our local community. The selected foundations include Northern Lehigh School District Education Foundation, Parkland School District Education Foundation, Northwestern Lehigh Educational Foundation, Inc.,\u00a0Wildlands Conservancy, Inc., Wildlife Information Center, Inc., Circle of Seasons Foundation, Inc. The Lehigh Valley Zoological Society, and The Parkland Community Library.<\/p>\n<p>Donations were made through\u00a0The Neffs National Bank\u2019s participation in the state\u2019s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program. This program authorizes tax credits for contributions to Educational Improvement Organizations and allows the bank to earmark their taxes to support these programs.<\/p>\n<p>Since the bank began their participation in the EITC program, they have contributed $1,400,000 to various educational foundations. Kevin Schmidt, President\/CEO The Neffs National Bank noted \u201cthese organizations are continuing to face uncertain times with increased budget constraints and the need to reengineer their education programs. I would encourage local businesses to support these organizations either directly or through participation in the EITC program.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-image-carousel  su-image-carousel-columns-3 su-image-carousel-has-spacing su-image-carousel-crop su-image-carousel-crop-4-3 su-image-carousel-has-lightbox su-image-carousel-has-outline su-image-carousel-slides-style-default su-image-carousel-controls-style-dark su-image-carousel-align-center\" style=\"max-width:100%\" data-flickity-options='{\"groupCells\":true,\"cellSelector\":\".su-image-carousel-item\",\"adaptiveHeight\":false,\"cellAlign\":\"left\",\"prevNextButtons\":true,\"pageDots\":true,\"autoPlay\":2000,\"imagesLoaded\":true,\"contain\":true,\"selectedAttraction\":0.007000000000000000145716771982051795930601656436920166015625,\"friction\":0.25}' id=\"su_image_carousel_6a05438accb4f\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-6.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"Northwestern Lehigh School District:\u00a0Kevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to Amy Kinnon, Foundation Development Director, Valerie Betz-Kile, Foundation President, and Dr. Jennifer Holman, Superintendent of Schools for Northwestern Lehigh School District.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-6.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-6.jpeg 367w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-6-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-6-300x399.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><span>Northwestern Lehigh School District:\u00a0Kevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to Amy Kinnon, Foundation Development Director, Valerie Betz-Kile, Foundation President, and Dr. Jennifer Holman, Superintendent of Schools for Northwestern Lehigh School District.<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-7.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"Parkland School District: Kevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to to Lisa Ervin, Executive Director, Christina Tori Morgan, President, and Treasurer John Pfeiffer, Parkland School District Education Foundation. \u00a0\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-7.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-7.jpeg 367w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-7-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-7-300x399.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><span>Parkland School District: Kevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to to Lisa Ervin, Executive Director, Christina Tori Morgan, President, and Treasurer John Pfeiffer, Parkland School District Education Foundation. \u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-8.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"Northern Lehigh School District:\u00a0\n\nKevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to to Lori Geronikos, President of Northern Lehigh Education Foundation.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-8.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-8.jpeg 367w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-8-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-8-300x399.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><span>Northern Lehigh School District:\u00a0\n\nKevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to to Lori Geronikos, President of Northern Lehigh Education Foundation.<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-3.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"Circle of Seasons Foundation:\n\nKevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to Liz Rose Levy, President Circle of Seasons Foundation.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-3.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-3.jpeg 367w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-3-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-3-300x399.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><span>Circle of Seasons Foundation:\n\nKevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to Liz Rose Levy, President Circle of Seasons Foundation.<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-5.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"Wildlife\/Lehigh Nature Gap:\n\nKevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank, David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank and Irene Emenheiser, Community Development Officer The Neffs National Bank present the check to Chad Schwartz Executive Director Lehigh Gap Nature Center.\u00a0\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-5.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-5.jpeg 367w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-5-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-5-300x399.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><span>Wildlife\/Lehigh Nature Gap:\n\nKevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank, David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank and Irene Emenheiser, Community Development Officer The Neffs National Bank present the check to Chad Schwartz Executive Director Lehigh Gap Nature Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-4.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"Lehigh Valley Zoo:\u00a0\n\nKevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and Irene Emenheiser, Community Development Officer The Neffs National Bank present the check to Amanda Shurr, President &amp; CEO and Cher Vatalaro, Director of Conservation Education, The Lehigh Valley Zoo.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-4.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-4.jpeg 367w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-4-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-4-300x399.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><span>Lehigh Valley Zoo:\u00a0\n\nKevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and Irene Emenheiser, Community Development Officer The Neffs National Bank present the check to Amanda Shurr, President & CEO and Cher Vatalaro, Director of Conservation Education, The Lehigh Valley Zoo.<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-2.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"Wildlands Conservancy:\u00a0Kevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to Jackie Jones Director of Development Wildlands Conservancy and Elizabeth Dugan, Chief Advancement Officer Wildlands Conservancy.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-2.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-2.jpeg 367w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-2-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-2-300x399.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><span>Wildlands Conservancy:\u00a0Kevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO The Neffs National Bank present the check to Jackie Jones Director of Development Wildlands Conservancy and Elizabeth Dugan, Chief Advancement Officer Wildlands Conservancy.<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item\"><div class=\"su-image-carousel-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-caption=\"Parkland Community Library: Kevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO present the check to Maryellen Kanarr, Executive Director Parkland Community Library.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"367\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-1.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-1.jpeg 367w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-1-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/word-image-149316-1-300x399.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><span>Parkland Community Library: Kevin Schmidt, President and CEO The Neffs National Bank and David Matulevich, EVP\/COO\/CFO present the check to Maryellen Kanarr, Executive Director Parkland Community Library.<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><script id=\"su_image_carousel_6a05438accb4f_script\">if(window.SUImageCarousel){setTimeout(function() {window.SUImageCarousel.initGallery(document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_6a05438accb4f\"))}, 0);}var su_image_carousel_6a05438accb4f_script=document.getElementById(\"su_image_carousel_6a05438accb4f_script\");if(su_image_carousel_6a05438accb4f_script){su_image_carousel_6a05438accb4f_script.parentNode.removeChild(su_image_carousel_6a05438accb4f_script);}<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About The Neffs National Bank<\/p>\n<p>The Neffs National Bank, a subsidiary of Neffs Bancorp, Inc., is committed to serving the financial needs of our clients and local communities with high quality customer focused service and maximizing long-term shareholder value.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nCarbon Chamber and Economic Development Corporation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neffs, Pa- The Neffs National Bank, is proud to present $100,000 in donations to eight local educational foundations. These donations will help fund essential educational programs to benefit the youth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=149316\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Neffs National Bank is proud to present $100,000 in donations to eight local educational foundations<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149317,"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-149316","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\/2026\/05\/neffs-donation-zoo.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149316"}],"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=149316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149326,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149316\/revisions\/149326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/149317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}