{"id":96280,"date":"2019-10-25T16:04:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T20:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=96280"},"modified":"2019-10-25T17:41:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T21:41:59","slug":"community-groups-supporting-families-displaced-by-fire-raise-approximately-80000-in-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=96280","title":{"rendered":"COMMUNITY GROUPS SUPPORTING FAMILIES DISPLACED BY FIRE RAISE APPROXIMATELY $80,000 IN DONATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since announcing the Fountain Street Fire Fund on Tuesday, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley and American Red Cross have received approximately $80,000 in donations from community members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re amazed by the public response. This outpouring of support shows how much the Lehigh Valley cares about their neighbors. We look forward to working with American Red Cross and Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley to ensure that 100 percent of the donations is going back to the families in need,\u201d said David Lewis, President, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Donations can be made online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedwayglv.org\/firefund\">www.unitedwayglv.org\/firefund<\/a> or via mail (checks payable to UWGLV, 1110 American Parkway NE, Suite F-120, Allentown, PA 18109 &#8211; attention \u201cFountain Street Fire Fund\u201d). Additionally, individuals interested in making a donation can text \u201cFountainStreet\u201d to 71777. Gift card donations are also encouraged. To ensure that 100 percent of a donation goes to families and individuals affected, the public is encouraged to donate through the Fountain Street Fire Fund.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nLaura McHugh<br \/>\nDirector, Communications and Media Relations<br \/>\nUnited Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley<br \/>\nCelebrating 100 years of service to the Lehigh Valley.<br \/>\n1110 American Parkway NE&nbsp;&nbsp;Suite F-120 &nbsp;Allentown, PA 18109<br \/>\nwww.unitedwayglv.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code>-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\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<code>-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\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":96237,"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-96280","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\/10\/Fountain-Street-fire.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96280"}],"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=96280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}