Flint Hill Farms in Coopersburg was the location for day three on March 8 of the Mini Days of Caring. Penn State Lehigh Valley students assisted with organizing, and painting of the blacksmith shop, which will soon be used as a teaching classroom for the local students who visit Flint Hill farms. Students also assisted in stacking wood and helped with general farm clean-up.
Penn State Lehigh Valley students went to the Sixth Street Shelter in Allentown on March 7 to help distribute food to those who rely on weekly food distributions from the shelter; restock the shelves at the food pantry; organize donation shelves for resident apartments and help clean the child care and play room.
Penn State Lehigh Valley’s CHANCE program is accepting applications for its spring and summer 2017 program, which includes travel to Cuba. The application deadline is April 10.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania is hosting its annual Take the Lead Lehigh Valley event, where it will recognize four distinguished women from the community, including Penn State Lehigh Valley Chancellor Tina Q. Richardson.
As part of the Take the Lead program, Girl Scout McKenzie H., a Southern Lehigh High School sophomore, spent Feb. 28 shadowing Chancellor Tina Q. Richardson to see what a day in the life is like for a chancellor.
Penn State Lehigh Valley women's basketball team finished with a record of 21-4, which is the best record in campus history. The team achieved many honors and received many recognitions.
Penn State Lehigh Valley education students organized and ran a community service project that involved 1,100 local elementary school students writing letters to veterans and active members of the military.
Penn State Lehigh Valley education students and faculty posed with State Representative Zachary Mako after an assembly they organized at Peters Elementary in the Northern Lehigh School District on March 1.
