The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced nearly $2 billion to renew more than 5,800 local homeless housing and service programs across the U.S. and its territories. These Continuum of Care (CoC) grants will help end homelessness and provide critically needed support to local programs on the front lines of serving […]

You’re invited to Valley Youth House’s John E. Walson, Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament held on Monday, May 20, 2019 at Lehigh Country Club. This year’s tournament is chaired by Mark Tervalon, COO, Lutron Electronic Co., Inc. and presented by Service Electric Cable TV & Communications. This tournament has raised over $1.8 million dollars, including $250,000 […]

Valley Youth House (VYH) is pleased to announce that it received awards totaling $407,348 from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, in cooperation with the PA Housing Finance Agency (PHFA). In the summer of 2018, the availability of $4.5 million in Home4Good funding was announced and a Request for Proposals was issued. Valley Youth […]

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms, proud AHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, announced that the team’s 2018 Teddy Bear Toss, presented by Dan’s Camera City, held this past Saturday at the PPL Center, produced an impressive 7,148 teddy bears and stuffed animals, a new record for the Phantoms.  All of the stuffed animals were counted Monday morning […]

Valley Youth House (VYH) is pleased to announce that Emily A. Conners, M.S., will receive the 2018 Rising Star Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Eastern PA Chapter. This award is presented to a fundraising professional with five or fewer years paid experience who exemplifies professionalism and creativity, has documented success in fundraising and […]

Lehigh University‘s student newspaper The Brown and White published a powerful piece on homelessness in the Lehigh Valley. The article vividly describes what it is like to be living on the streets. Thank you, The Brown and White for spreading awareness to your readers about this critical issue! Read the article HERE.

Coatesville, PA –Brandywine Health Foundation announced 30 grants totaling $824,000.  Valley Youth House (VYH) received $5000.00 of the award money designed to assist in assuring that every resident of the Greater Coatesville community has the opportunity to make choices that will allow them to live a long and healthy life, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, […]

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms, proud AHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers, are held their annual Teddy Bear Toss, presented by Dan’s Camera City, this past Saturday at PPL Center.  The event produced an impressive 4,970 teddy bears and stuffed animals. All teddy bears/stuffed animals were counted and promptly delivered to Valley Youth House for distribution […]

Margie Kelly, Valley Youth House’s Office Manager, has been given a campaign spotlight by for her work as Valley Youth House’s campaign coordinator with United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley. United Way is an organization that helps communities globally with education, health organizations, labor and more. United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, which […]

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 […]