{"id":87066,"date":"2019-04-09T21:43:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T01:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=87066"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:44:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T14:44:55","slug":"project-to-celebrate-alan-abraham-with-daniel-e-cohen-award-may-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=87066","title":{"rendered":"ProJeCt to Celebrate Alan Abraham with Daniel E. Cohen Award May 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3812773749484073175MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\">(EASTON, PA) \u2014 ProJeCt of Easton will honor Alan Abraham, a long-time advocate and supporter of ProJeCt\u2019s mission, with its Daniel E. Cohen Award at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 9 at the Hampton Inn Easton. The event will feature a cocktail reception (business casual attire) with heavy hors d\u2019oeuvres, beer and wine for $75 per person.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3812773749484073175font8CxSpFirst\">Alan Abraham is a long-time advocate and supporter of ProJeCt&#8217;s mission. He has served on the Board of Directors since 2003 and has previously served as Board President, among other roles. A shareholder emeritus and the founder of Abraham, Borda, Corvino, Butz, LaValva &amp; Co. PC in Easton, Alan helps to manage the organization&#8217;s finances as a volunteer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3812773749484073175font8CxSpLast\">The Daniel E. Cohen Award is named in honor of Danny Cohen, a founding member who, like Alan, has consistently given his time, talent, love and more to ProJeCt. Danny received the inaugural award in 2014. Don S. Follett, former president and CEO of the Follett Corp., received the honor in 2017. This award recognizes an individual, organization or business promoting the well-being of the disadvantaged in the Lehigh Valley and exhibiting exemplary leadership and community activism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3812773749484073175MsoNormalCxSpFirst\">Alan\u2019s commitment to, and leadership in, the community extends beyond ProJeCt. He has volunteered with Children\u2019s Home of Easton, Carl &amp; Emily Weller Foundation, Bnai Abraham Synagogue, Lehigh Valley Community Foundation, Miller-Keystone Blood Center, Weller Health Education Center, Easton Area Neighborhood Center and the Estate Planning Council of the Lehigh Valley. He has received Lehigh Valley Business\u2019 2016 Community Achievement Award and the Weller Health Education Center\u2019s Annual Outstanding Friend to Kids Award.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3812773749484073175MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\">For tickets, sponsorship opportunities or more information about the Daniel E. Cohen Award Ceremony, please call 610-258-4361 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projecteaston.org\">www.projecteaston.org<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-3812773749484073175MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\">Since 1968, ProJeCt has helped people throughout the Lehigh Valley break free from the cycle of poverty. ProJeCt\u2019s mission is to build a better community by helping people help themselves succeed in school, work and life through adult education, family literacy, school-based programming and emergency support services.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAngel R. Ackerman<br \/>\nDevelopment Coordinator<br \/>\nProJeCt of Easton, Inc.<br \/>\n320 Ferry St., Easton, PA 18042<br \/>\nwww.projecteaston.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87067,"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-87066","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\/2019\/04\/project.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87066"}],"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=87066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}