VYH’s Lisa Weingartner Named Pennsylvania Social Worker of the Year

Lisa Weingartner, Senior Vice President of Northeast and Central Independent Living Programs at Valley Youth House, has recently received the Social Worker of the Year Award from the National Association of Social Workers Pennsylvania Chapter. Lisa received her award during the NASW-PA annual conference on September 17th at the Keystone Awards Gala. The theme of […]

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VYH x The Attic Youth Art Show

The Attic Youth Center in collaboration with Valley Youth House held the opening exhibit for its youth art show called Connective Tissue. Over a 10 weeks period, youth from Valley Youth House’s Achieving Independence Center, worked with The Attic Youth Center to produce creative-discovery work, sharing their personal stories through art. The two groups connected […]

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Voting for AFP Special Project of the Year Award Starts Today!

Valley Youth House is one of five nominees entered to win the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) – Eastern PA Chapter’s 2017 “Special Project of the Year” Award. Starting September 25th, through October 13th, you can vote once a day for one of the nominees. We have been nominated for our work with the American British Reliability […]

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VYH Welcomes New Southeast VP of Development & Marketing

Valley Youth House (VYH) is pleased to announce that Joseph Lynch has joined the agency as the new Vice President of Development & Marketing for the Southeast Region. Lynch brings over a decade of development experience to the VYH team, most recently serving as the Associate Director of Development for Neuroscience at Thomas Jefferson University […]

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Valley Youth House’s New Office Open House – October 18th

This summer has been quite exciting for Valley Youth House! Starting June 19th, five Valley Youth House offices began the process of moving into one office at 3400 High Point Blvd, Bethlehem, PA 18017–7815. After extensive research and discussion between the Valley Youth House Board of Directors and Real Estate and Finance committees, the decision […]

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Moravian College Students Volunteer at Camp Fowler for Hertiage Day

On September 21st, Moravian College hosted its second annual Heritage Day. On this day hundreds of Moravian College students and faculty come together to celebrate Moravian tradition and to help their community. After coming together at Johnston Hall, they were sent out to different service locations including local schools and other parts of the Bethlehem […]

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2017 Backpack Challenge Results are In!

On August 22nd, VYH and the Department of Human Services closed the most successful Backpack Challenge yet. The agency raised over $30,000 to help secure educational necessities and cover expenses for youth in foster care. In addition, the greater Philadelphia community donated over 6,500 backpacks for our city’s youth, and nearly $20,000 worth of school […]

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