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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Girls on the Run at Jefferson Elementary School in Emmaus collected summer items for the children of the Valley Youth House Independent Living Programs. GOTR is a program for girls in 3rd-5th grade meant to develop individual strengths and celebrate connections. Every season the girls develop more of an understanding of who they are and […]

Valley Youth House is proud to announce this year’s artist for the 2nd Annual Setting the Stage: pop superstar Barry Manilow! Join us on October 6th for a Reception and Awards Presentation at the Renaissance Hotel in Allentown, followed by a night of this GRAMMY, EMMY, and TONY award winner’s classic hits! All proceeds from […]

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 […]

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 […]

Valley Youth House’s Youth Education Program recently attended the Northeast Middle School Health Fair. VYH goodie bags were handed out to all of the children, complete with information packets about Drug and Alcohol Prevention; Over 800 bags were given out to the kids at the fair. This was a great opportunity for the children of […]